Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

Long title	An original bill to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FACT
Nicknames	1990 U.S. Farm Bill Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Effective	November 28, 1990
Citations
Public law	101–624
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 3359
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2830 by Patrick Leahy (D–VT) on July 6, 1990 Committee consideration by Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Passed the Senate on July 27, 1990 (70–21) Passed the House of Representatives on August 4, 1990 (Unanimous consent) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 22, 1990; agreed to by the House of Representatives on October 23, 1990 (318–102) and by the Senate on October 25, 1990 (60–36) Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 28, 1990

The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade (FACT) Act of 1990 — P.L. 101-624 (November 28, 1990) was a 5-year omnibus farm bill that passed Congress and was signed into law.

This bill, also known as the 1990 farm bill, continued to move agriculture in a market-oriented direction by freezing target prices and allowing more planting flexibility.