Congressional Record
Proceedings, Debates of the U.S. Congress
July 20, 2000
106th Congress, 2nd Session
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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED
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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
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EDWARDS AMENDMENT NO. 3954
(Ordered to lie on the Table.)
Mr. EDWARDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes;
as follows:
On page 40, line 17, after the period, insert the
following:
``For an additional amount for the rural community
advancement program under subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.),
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide
loans under the community facility direct and guaranteed
loans program and grants under the community facilities grant
program under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively, of
section 306(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 (a)) with respect
to areas in the State of North Carolina subject to a
declaration of a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5125
et seq.) as a result of Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or
Hurricane Irene: Provided, That the $50,000,000 shall be
available only to the extent that the President submits to
Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement for the purposes of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900 et seq.) Provided further, That the $50,000,000 is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balance Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).''
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COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3955
Mr. COCHRAN proposed an amendment to amendment No. 3938 proposed by
Mr. Harkin to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 2 of the amendment: Strike ``established by the
Secretary'' and insert in lieu thereof: ``Promulgated with
the advice of the National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods and that are shown to be
adulterated''.
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TORRICELLI (AND REED) AMENDMENT NO. 3956
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment
intended to proposed by him to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 50, line 6, before the period, insert the
following: ``: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading shall be made available for sites
participating in the special supplemental nutrition program
for women, infants, and children to--
``(1) determine whether a child eligible to participate in
the program has received a blood lead screening test, using a
test that is appropriate for age and risk factors, upon the
enrollment of the child in the program.
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HATCH (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3957
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
DeWine, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, and Mr.
Voinovich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to
the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 56, line 9, strike ``$313,143,000'' and insert
``$315,143,000''.
On page 57, line 2, strike ``$78,589,000'' and insert
``$76,589,000''.
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SPECTER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3958
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Santorum, Mr.
Kerry, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Jeffords) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
At the end of chapter 6 of title II of division B, add the
following:
Sec. 2607. Amtrak is authorized to obtain services from the
Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator is
authorized to provide services to Amtrak, under sections
201(b) and 211(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b) and 491(b)) for fiscal
year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter until the fiscal
year that Amtrak operates without Federal operating grant
funds appropriated for its benefit, as required by sections
[[Page S7401]]
24101(d) and 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code.
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DASCHLE AMENDMENTS NOS. 3959-3960
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. DASCHLE submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him
to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
Amendment No. 3959
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 740. Good Faith Reliance.--The Food Security Act of
1985 is amended by inserting after section 1230 (16 U.S.C.
3830) the following:
``SEC. 1230A. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE.
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and
notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
Secretary shall provide equitable relief to an owner or
operator that has entered into a contract under this chapter,
and that is subsequently determined to be in violation of the
contract, if the owner or operator in attempting to comply
with the terms of the contact and enrollment requirements
took actions in good faith reliance on the action or advice
of an authorized representative of the Secretary.
``(b) Types of Relief.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) to the extent the Secretary determines that an owner
or operator has been injured by good faith reliance described
in subsection (a), allow the owner or operator--
``(A) to retain payments received under the contract;
``(B) to continue to receive payments under the contract;
``(C) to keep all or part of the land covered by the
contract enrolled in the applicable program under this
chapter; or
``(D) to reenroll all or part of the land covered by the
contract in the applicable program under this chapter; and
``(2) require the owner or operator to take such actions as
are necessary to remedy any failure to comply with the
contract.
``(c) Relation to Other Law.--The authority to provide
relief under this section shall be in addition to any other
authority provided in this or any other Act.
``(d) Exception.--This section shall not apply to a pattern
of conduct in which an authorized representative of the
Secretary takes actions or provides advice with respect to an
owner or operator that the representative and the owner or
operator know are inconsistent with applicable law (including
regulations).''.
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Amendment No. 3960
On page 13, line 13, strike ``$62,207,000'' and insert
``$62,457,000''.
On page 13, line 16, strike ``$121,350,000'' and insert
``$121,100,000''.
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LEVIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 3961-3962
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. LEVIN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to
the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
Amendment No. 3961
On page 89, after line 19, add the following:
Sec. 1111. Tree Assistance Program.--The Secretary of
Agriculture may use $9,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers to
replace or rehabilitate trees (other than trees used for pulp
or timber) and vineyards damaged by natural disasters or
fireblight during the 2000 calendar year: Provided, That the
Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this
section without regard to the provisions described in the
second sentence of section 263(a) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
224): Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that the President submits to
Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement for the purposes of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900 et seq.): Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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Amendment No. 3962
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7____. Bovine Tuberculosis.--It is the sense of the
Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, should--
(1) declare an emergency regarding bovine tuberculosis; and
(2) make available funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation for eradication of bovine tuberculosis.
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DORGAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3963
Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Wellstone,
Mr. Schumer, Mr. Levin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grams, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed,
Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Hollings, Mr.
Baucus, and Mr. Breaux proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461,
supra; as follows:
At the end of chapter 1 of title I of division B, add the
following:
Sec. 1108. Crop Loss Assistance.--(a) In General.--The
Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation (not to exceed
$900,000,000) to make emergency financial assistance
available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in
a 2000 crop due to a disaster, as determined by the
Secretary.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance
available under this section in the same manner as provided
under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-
277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used
in administering that section.
(c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may
be made available for losses due to damaging weather or
related condition (including losses due to scab, sclerotinia,
aflotoxin, and other crop diseases) associated with crops
that are, as determined by the Secretary--
(1) quantity losses (including quantity losses as a result
of quality losses);
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(d) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be
applicable to losses for all crops, as determined by the
Secretary, due to disasters.
(e) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(f) Livestock Indemnity Payments.--The Secretary may use
such sums as are necessary of funds made available under this
section to make livestock indemnity payments to producers on
a farm that have incurred losses during calendar year 2000
for of livestock losses due to a disaster, as determined by
the Secretary.
(g) Hay Losses.--The Secretary may use such sums as are
necessary of funds made available under this section to make
payments to producers on a farm that have incurred losses of
hay stock during calendar year 2000 due to a disaster, as
determined by the Secretary.
(h) Emergency Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for the entire amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is
transmitted by the President to Congress.
(2) Designation.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
Sec. 1109. Specialty Crops.--(a) In General.--The Secretary
of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency
financial assistance available to producers of fruits,
vegetables, and other specialty crops, as determined by the
Secretary, that incurred losses during the 1999 crop year due
to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may
be made available for losses due to a disaster associated
with specialty crops that are, as determined by the
Secretary--
(1) quantity losses;
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(c) Eligibility.--Assistance under this section shall be
applicable to losses for all specialty crops, as determined
by the Secretary, due to disasters.
(d) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(e) Emergency Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for the entire amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is
transmitted by the President to Congress.
(2) Designation.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3964
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 76, after line 18, of Division B, as modified,
insert:
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
``For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations,'' to repair
[[Page S7402]]
damages to the waterways and watersheds, including the
purchase of floodplain easements, resulting from natural
disasters, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided. That funds shall be used for activities identified
by July 18, 2000: Provided further. That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for $70,000,000, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended is transmitted by the President to
the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.''
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GRAHAM (AND MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 3965
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Mack) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 85, after line 8, insert the following:
Sec. ____.--In using amounts made available under section
801(a) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78), or under the matter
under the heading ``crop loss assistance'' under the heading
``Commodity Credit Corporation Fund'' of H.R. 3425 of the
106th Congress, as enacted by section 1001(a)(5) of Public
Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-289), to provide emergency
financial assistance to producers on a farm that have
incurred losses in a 1999 crop due to a disaster, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider nursery stock losses
caused by Hurricane Irene on October 16 and 17, 1999, to be
losses to the 1999 crop of nursery stock: Provided, That the
entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for the entire amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is transmitted by the
President to Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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LOTT (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3966
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Lott (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Kohl))
proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 85, after line 8 of Division B, as modified, add
the following:
Sec. Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)), the Secretary of
Agriculture may permit the enrollment of not to exceed
1,075,00 acres in the wetlands reserve program: Provided,
That notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), such sums as may be
necessary, to remain available until expended, shall be
provided through the Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal
year 2000 for technical assistance activities performed by an
agency of the Department of Agriculture in carrying out this
section: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
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LEAHY (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 3967
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Leahy (for himself, and Mr. Jeffords)) proposed
an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 25, after line 8 of Division B as modified, insert:
Sec. . In addition to other compensation paid by the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall compensate or
otherwise seek to make whole, from funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, not to exceed $4,000,000, the owners of
all sheep destroyed from flocks under the Secretary's
declarations of July 14, 2000 for lost income, or other
business interruption losses, due to actions of the Secretary
with respect to such sheep: Provided, That the entire amount
necessary to carry out this section shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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HARKIN (AND BOND) AMENDMENT NO. 3968
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Harkin (for himself, and Mr. Bond)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 76, after line 18, of Division B, as modified,
insert the following:
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
For an additional amount for the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration, $600,000 for completion of a
biotechnology reference facility: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $600,000, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement in
accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act.
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GRAHAM (AND MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 3969
Mr. COCHRAN. (for Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Mack)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 83, line 5, strike the following: ``; and (e)
compensate commercial producers for losses due to citrus
canker''.
On page 85, after line 8, insert the following:
Sec. . (a) Nothwithstanding any other provision of law
(including the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements Act)
the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not more than
$40,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for a
cooperative program with the state of Florida to replace
commercial trees removed to control citrus canker and to
compensate for lost production: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement under the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. et
seq.), is transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this
section is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A)).
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COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3970
Mr. COCHRAN proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
On page 76, strike lines 6 through 18 and insert in lieu
thereof:
``For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'',
$59,400,000 to be available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That this amount shall be used for the Boll weevil
eradication program for cost share purposes or for debt
retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $59,400,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.''
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THURMOND (AND HOLLINGS) AMENDMENT NO. 3971
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Thurmond (for himself and Mr. Hollings))
proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in chapter 1 of title I of
division B, insert the following:
For an additional amount for the Secretary of Agriculture
to provide financial assistance to the State of South
Carolina in capitalizing the South Carolina Grain Dealers
Guaranty Fund, $2,500,000: Provided, That these funds shall
only be available if the State of South Carolina provides an
equal amount to the South Carolina Grain Dealers Guaranty
Fund: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to
carry out this section shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for the entire amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
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COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3972
Mr. COCHRAN proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
On page 85, after line 8, of Division B, as modified, add
the following:
[[Page S7403]]
Sec. (a). None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to
carry out section 211 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224) unless--
(1) the Secretary permits funds made available under
section 211(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 to be used to provide financial or technical assistance
to farmers and ranchers for the purposes described in section
211(b) of that Act; and
(2) notwithstanding section 387(c) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C.
3836a(c)), the Secretary permits funds made available under
section 211 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224) to be used to
provide additional funding for the Wildlife Habitat Incentive
Program established under that section 387 in such sums as
the Secretary considers necessary to carry out that Program.
(b) The entire amount necessary to carry out this section
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for the entire amount, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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SESSIONS AMENDMENT NO. 3973
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the bill,
H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
In section 1107, after the first proviso insert ``Provided
further, That of the $450,000,000 amount, the Secretary shall
use not less than $5,000,000 to provide assistance for
emergency haying and feed operations in the State of
Alabama:''.
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EDWARDS AMENDMENT NO. 3974
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Edwards) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 40, line 17, after the period, insert the
following:
``For an additional amount for the rural community
advancement program under subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.),
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide
loans under the community facility direct and guaranteed
loans program and grants under the community facilities grant
program under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively, of
section 306(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) with respect to
areas in the State of North Carolina subject to a declaration
of a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
as a result of Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or
Hurricane Irene: Provided, That the $50,000,000 shall be
available only to the extent that the President submits to
Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement for the purposes of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900 et seq.) Provided further, That the $50,000,000 is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
section 251 (b)(2)(A) of the Balance Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901 (b)(2)(A)).
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DORGAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3975
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Conrad,
Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Levin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grams, Mr.
Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Mikulski,
Mr. Hollings, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Breaux)) proposed an amendment to the
bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
At the end of chapter 1 of title I of division B, add the
following:
Sec. 1108. Crop Loss Assistance.--(a) In General.--The
Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation (not to exceed
$900,000,000) to make emergency financial assistance
available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in
a 2000 crop due to a disaster, as determined by the
Secretary.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance
available under this section in the same manner as provided
under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-
277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used
in administering that section.
(c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may
be made available for losses due to damaging weather or
related condition (including losses due to scab, sclerotinia,
aflotoxin, and other crop diseases) associated with crops
that are, as determined by the Secretary--
(1) quantity losses (including quantity losses as a result
of quality losses);
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(d) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be
applicable to losses for all crops, as determined by the
Secretary, due to disasters.
(e) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(f) Livestock Indemnity Payments.--The Secretary may use
such sums as are necessary of funds made available under this
section to make livestock indemnity payments to producers on
a farm that have incurred losses during calendar year 2000
for of livestock losses due to a disaster, as determined by
the Secretary.
(g) Hay Losses.--The Secretary may use such sums as are
necessary of funds made available under this section to make
payments to producers on a farm that have incurred losses of
hay stock during calendar year 2000 due to a disaster, as
determined by the Secretary.
(h) Emergency Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for the entire amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is
transmitted by the President to Congress.
(2) Designation.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
Sec. 1109. Specialty Crops.--(a) In General.--The Secretary
of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency
financial assistance available to producers of fruits,
vegetables, and other specialty crops, as determined by the
Secretary, that incurred losses during the 1999 crop year due
to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may
be made available for losses due to a disaster associated
with specialty crops that are, as determined by the
Secretary--
(1) quantity losses;
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(c) Eligibility.--Assistance under this section shall be
applicable to losses for all specialty crops, as determined
by the Secretary, due to disasters.
(d) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(e) Emergency Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for the entire amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is
transmitted by the President to Congress.
(2) Designation.--The entire amount necessary to carry out
this section is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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INOUYE AMENDMENT NO. 3976
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Inouye) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 85 after line 8 of Division B, as modified, insert:
Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall make a payment in the amount
of $7,200,000 to the State of Hawaii from the Commodity
Credit Corporation for assistance to an agricultural
transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members of which
are eligible to participate in the Farm Service Agency
administered Commodity Loan Program and have suffered
extraordinary market losses due to unprecedented low prices.
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GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 3977
Mr. GRAMM proposed an amendment to the Cochran motion to waive the
Congressional Budget Act relative to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
Strike all after the first word, and insert the following:
``I move to waive section 205 of the budget resolution for
consideration of the Harkin Amendment.''
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COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3978
Mr. COCHRAN proposed an amendment to amendment No. 3977 proposed by
Mr. Gramm to the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act relative
to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
Strike the word ``waive'' in the pending amendment and
insert the following:
Section 205(c) of H. Con. Res. 290 with respect to all
emergency designations in this bill and all amendments filed
at the desk at this time to this bill other than Amendment
No. 3918.
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SMITH OF OREGON (AND WYDEN) AMENDMENT NO. 3979
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4461,
supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. ____. Assistance to Farmers in the Pacific Northwest
Suffering From Dusky Canada Goose Depredation.--(a) In
General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, of
the funds made available by this Act, $250,000 shall be
available to the Wildlife Services division of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service for use in assisting farmers
in the Pacific Northwest that are suffering losses due to
dusky Canada Goose depredation.
(b) Offset.--The amount made available under subsection (a)
shall be derived by transfer of a proportionate amount from
each other account from which this Act makes funds available
for travel, supplies, and printing expenses.
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DURBIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3980
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr.
Harkin)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, as follows:
In section 3102, after the first sentence insert the
following: ``This section does not limit the authority of the
Secretary to promulgate final rules or to revise or amend
subpart 3809 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, so as
to require full financial assurance of reclamation of mining
sites to protect the taxpayers from the actions of hardrock
mining operations that cause damage to or destruction of
public land; to prevent environmental destruction that unduly
threatens fish or wildlife habitat; and to prevent toxic
pollution that threatens public health or the environment.''.
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BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 3981
Mr. BAUCUS proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
Strike section 3104 and insert the following:
SEC. 3104. STUDY OF OREGON INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, NAVIGATION
PROJECT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, shall have
conducted, and submited to Congress, a restudy of the project
for navigation, Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina,
authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1970
(84 Stat. 1818), to evaluate all reasonable alternatives,
including nonstructural alternatives, to the authorized inlet
stabilization project at Oregon Inlet.
(b) Required Elements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary of the Army, shall--
(1) take into account the views of affected interests; and
(2)(A) take into account objectives in addition to
navigation, including--
(i) complying with the policies of the State of North
Carolina regarding construction of structural measures along
State shores; and
(ii) avoiding or minimizing adverse impacts to, or
benefiting, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Pea
Island National Wildlife Refuge; and
(B) develop options that meet those objectives.
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SMITH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (AND BOXER) AMENDMENT NO. 3982
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself and Mrs.
Boxer)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
On page 20, line 8, strike the ``.'' and insert in lieu
thereof the following: ``: Provided further, That no less
than $1 million of the funds available under this heading
made available for wildlife services methods development, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct pilot projects in no
less than four states representative of wildlife predation of
livestock in connection with farming operations for direct
assistance in the application of non-lethal predation control
methods: Provided further, That the General Accounting Office
shall report to the Committee on Appropriations by November
30, 2001, on the Department's compliance with this provision
and on the effectiveness of the non-lethal measures.''.
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BOXER (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 3983
Mr. KOHL (for Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. McConnell)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
``Sec. . Section 2111(a)(3) of the Organic Foods
Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.. 651(a)(3)) is amended by
adding after sulfites, `except in the production of
wine,'.''.
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GRAMS AMENDMENT NO. 3984
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Grams) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, after line 16 insert the following, ``Sec. .
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
require an office of the Farm Service Agency that is using
FINPACK on May 17, 1999, for financial planning and credit
analysis, to discontinue use of FINPACK for six months from
the date of enactment of this Act.''
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HOLLINGS (AND THURMOND) AMENDMENT NO. 3985
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Hollings (for himself and Mr. Thurmond)) proposed
an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 93 of division B, as modified, after line 21,
insert the following:
``Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island, South
Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and funding
from the Rural Development community facilities programs
administered by the Department of Agriculture until such time
new population data is available from the 2000 Census.''.
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REED (AND CHAFEE) AMENDMENT NO. 3986
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Reed (for himself, and Mr. L. Chafee)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 34, line 23, before the period at the end, insert
the following: ``: Provided further, That of the funds made
available for watershed and flood prevention activities,
$500,000 shall be available for a study to be conducted by
the Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation
with the town of Johnston, Rhode Island, on floodplain
management for the Pocasset River, Rhode Island''.
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BINGAMAN (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 3987
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Leahy)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 36, lines 20 through 25, strike ``including grants
for drinking and waste disposal systems pursuant to Section
306C of such Act: Provided further, That the Federally
Recognized Native American Tribes are not eligible for any
other rural utilities program set aside under Rural Community
Advancement Program:'' and insert ``of which (1) $1,000,000
shall be available for rural business opportunity grants
under section 306(a)(11) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)),
(2) $5,000,000 shall be available for community facilities
grants for tribal college improvements under section
306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)), (3)
$15,000,000 shall be available for grants for drinking water
and waste disposal systems under section 306C of that Act (7
U.S.C. 1926c) to federally recognized Native American Tribes
that are not eligible to receive funds under any other rural
utilities program set-aside under the rural community
advancement program, and (4) $3,000,000 shall be available
for rural business enterprise grants under section 310B(c) of
that Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)):''.
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BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 3988
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461,
supra; as follows:
On page 84, line 23 after ``section'', insert ``: Provided
further, That of the funds made available by this section, up
to $40,000,000 may be used to carry out the Pasture Recovery
Program: Provided further, That the payments to a producer
made available through the Pasture Recovery Program shall be
no less than 65 percent of the average cost of reseeding''.
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DODD (AND LIEBERMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 3989
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Lieberman)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 95, after line 22, add the following new section:
Sec. . None of the funds made available in this Act or in
any other Act may be used to recover part or all of any
payment erroneously made to any oyster fisherman in the State
of Connecticut for oyster losses under the program
established under section 1102(b) of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section
101(a) of Division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law
105-277)), and the regulations issued pursuant to such
section 1102(b).
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WYDEN AMENDMENT NO. 3990
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Wyden) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 17, line 1 strike ``; and'' and insert ``; and for
the Oregon State University Agriculture Extension Service,
$176,000 for the
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Food Electronically and Effectively Distributed (FEED)
website demonstration project; and''; line 8, strike
``$12,107,000'' and insert ``$12,283,000'' and strike
``$426,504,000'' and insert ``$426,680,000''; on line 19,
strike ``$43,541,000'' and insert ``$43,365,000''; on line
25, strike ``6,000,000'' and insert ``$5,824,000''.
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BYRD (AND COCHRAN) AMENDMENT NO. 3991
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Byrd (for himself and Mr. Cochran)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
``Sec. . Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
consider any borrower whose income does not exceed 115
percent of the median family income of the United States as
meeting the eligibility requirements for a borrower contained
in section 502(h)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1472(h)(2)).
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KOHL AMENDMENT NO. 3992
Mr. KOHL proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461,
supra; as follows:
In Division B, strike section 1106 and insert the following
new section:
``Sec. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make
and administer supplemental payments to dairy producers who
received a payment under section 805 of Public Law 106-78 in
an amount equal to thirty-five percent of the reduction in
market value of milk production in 2000, as determined by the
Secretary, based on price estimates as of the date of
enactment of this Act, from the previous five-year average
and on the base production of the producer used to make a
payment under section 805 of Public Law 106-78: Provided,
That these funds shall be available until September 30, 2001:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make payments to
producers under this section in a manner consistent with and
subject to the same limitations on payments and eligible
production as, the payments to dairy producers under section
805 of Public Law 106-78: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall make provisions for making payments, in
addition, to new producers: Provided further, That for any
producers, including new producers, whose base production was
less than twelve months for purposes of section 805 of Public
Law 106-78, the producer's base production for the purposes
of payments under this section may be, at the producer's
option, the production of that producer in the twelve months
preceding the enactment of this section or the producer's
base production under the program operated under section 805
of Public Law 106-78 subject to such limitations as apply to
other producers: Provided further, That the entire amount
necessary to carry out this section shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.''
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HUTCHINSON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3993
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Hutchinson (for himself, Mr. Cleland, and Mrs.
Lincoln)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as
follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. --Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(3) Loans to poultry farmers.--
``(A) Inability to obtain insurance.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subtitle, the Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer under this subtitle to cover the loss of a chicken
house for which the farmer did not have hazard insurance at
the time of the loss, if the farmer--
``(I) applied for, but was unable, to obtain hazard
insurance for the chicken house;
``(II) uses the loan to rebuild the chicken house in
accordance with industry standards in effect on the date the
farmer submits an application for the loan (referred to in
this paragraph as `current industry standards');
``(III) obtains, for the term of the loan, hazard insurance
for the full market value of the chicken house; and
``(IV) meets the other requirements for the loan under this
subtitle.
``(ii) Amount.--Subject to the limitation contained in
Sec. 324(a)(2) the amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be an amount that will allow the
farmer to rebuild the chicken house in accordance with
current industry standards.
``(B) Loans to comply with current industry standards.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subtitle, the Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer under this subtitle to cover the loss of a chicken
house for which the farmer had hazard insurance at the time
of the loss, if--
``(I) the amount of the hazard insurance is less than the
cost of rebuilding the chicken house in accordance with
current industry standards;
``(II) the farmer uses the loan to rebuild the chicken
house in accordance with current industry standards;
``(III) the farmer obtains, for the term of the loan,
hazard insurance for the full market value of the chicken
house; and
``(IV) the farmer meets the other requirements for the loan
under this subtitle.
``(ii) Amount.--Subject to the limitation contained in
Sec. 324(a)(2) the amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be the difference between--
``(I) the amount of the hazard insurance obtained by the
farmer; and
``(II) the cost of rebuilding the chicken house in
accordance with current industry standards.''.
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TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 3994
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Torricelli) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PREFERENCE FOR
ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of
Agriculture, in selecting public agencies and nonprofit
organizations to provide transitional housing under section
592(c) of subtitle G of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a(c)), should
consider preferences for agencies and organizations that
provide transitional housing for individuals and families who
are homeless as a result of domestic violence.
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TORRICELLI (AND REED) AMENDMENT NO. 3995
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Torricelli (for himself and Mr. Reed)) proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 50, line 6, before the period, insert the
following: ``: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading shall be made available for sites
participating in the special supplemental nutrition program
for women, infants, and children to--
``(1) determine whether a child eligible to participate in
the program has received a blood lead screening test, using a
test that is appropriate for age and risk factors, upon the
enrollment of the child in the program.
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HATCH (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3996
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Wyden, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Durbin))
proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 56, line 9, strike ``$313,143,000'' and insert
``$315,143,000''.
On page 57, line 2, strike ``$78,589,000'' and insert
``$76,589,000''.
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HARKIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3997
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Hutchinson,
and Mr. Nickles)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra;
as follows:
On page 96 of the modified division B, after line 2, insert
the following:
Drug Enforcement Administration (Domestic Enhancements)
methamphetamine lab cleanup assistance for state and local law
enforcement
For an additional amount for drug enforcement
administration, $5,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Agency to
assist in State and local methamphetamine lab cleanup
(including reimbursement for costs incurred by State and
local governments for lab cleanup since March 2000):
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for $5,000,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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LANDRIEU AMENDMENT NO. 3998
Mr. KOHL (for Ms. Landrieu) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 4, line 12, before the period at the end of the
line, insert ``: Provided, that the Chief Financial Officer
shall actively market cross-servicing activities of the
National Finance Center''.
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NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 3999
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 13, line 13, strike ``$62,207,000'' and insert in
lieu thereof ``$63,157,000''.
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On page 13, line 16, strike ``$121,350,000'' and insert in
lieu thereof ``$120,400,000''.
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CAMPBELL AMENDMENT NO. 4000
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Campbell) proposed an amendment to the bill,
H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 93 of division-B, as modified, after line 21 insert
the following:
``GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE
``Sec. . In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available in Public Law 106-58 to the Department of the
Treasury, Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments
Programs, $123,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001, for maintaining and operating the current Customs
Service Automated Commercial System: Provided, That the funds
shall not be obligated until the Customs Service has
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations an expenditure
plan which has been approved by the Treasury Investment
Review Board, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That none of the
funds may be obligated to change the functionality of the
Automated Commercial System itself: Provided further, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extend that
an official budget request for $123,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available under this section is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.''.
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KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 4001
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 57, line 2, strike ``$78,589,000'' and insert
``$72,589,000''.
On page 57, line 10, insert before the period the
following: ``: Provided further, That in addition to amounts
otherwise appropriated under this heading to the Food and
Drug Administration, an additional $6,000,000 shall be made
available of which $5,000,000 shall be made available for the
Centers for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, and
$1,000,000 shall be made available to the National Center for
Toxicological Research''.
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NICKLES (AND INOUYE) AMENDMENT NO. 4002
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Nickles (for himself and Mr. Inouye)) proposed
an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 71, line 3, strike the comma and insert the
following: ``prior to July 1, 2001,''.
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FEINGOLD (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 4003
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Jeffords)) proposed
an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 740. Natural Cheese Standard.--(a) Prohibition.--
Section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 341) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting ``(a)
Whenever''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) The Commissioner may not use any Federal funds to
amend section 133.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling), to
include dry ultra-filtered milk or casein in the definition
of the term `milk' or `nonfat milk', as specified in the
standards of identity for cheese and cheese products
published at part 133 of title 21, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or
ruling).''.
(b) Importation Study.--Not later than ____ days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall--
(1) conduct a study to determine--
(A) the quantity of ultra-filtered milk that is imported
annually into the United States; and
(B) the end use of that imported milk; and
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes the results
of the study.
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SESSIONS AMENDMENT NO. 4004
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the bill,
H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 13, line 13, strike ``62,207,000'' and insert
``62,707,000''.
On page 13, line 16, strike ``121,350,000'' and insert in
lieu thereof ``120,850,000''.
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BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 4005
Mr. KOHL (for Mrs. Boxer) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in Title VII, insert the
following: ``None of the funds appropriated by this act to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be used to implement
or administer the final rule issued in Docket number 97-110,
at 65 Federal Register 37608-37669 until such time as USDA
completes an independent peer review of the rule and the risk
assessment underlying the rule.''
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LEAHY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 4006
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. Kohl))
proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. . Dairy Export Incentive Program.--Section 153(c) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a-14(c)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(5)(A) any award entered into under the program that is
canceled or voided after June 30, 1995, is made available for
reassignment under the program as long as a World Trade
Organization violation is not incurred; and
``(B) any reassignment under subparagraph (A) is not
reported as a new award when reporting the use of the
reassigned tonnage to the World Trade Organization.''
On page 36, line 9, strike ``749,284,000'' and insert in
lieu thereof ``759,284,000''; on page 36, line 12 strike
``634,360,000'' and insert in lieu thereof ``644,360,000''.
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CAMPBELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 4007
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Conrad,
and Mr. Domenici)) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461, supra;
as follows:
On page 50, line 22, before the period, insert the
following: ``Provided further, That, of funds made available
under this heading and not already appropriated to the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
established under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2013(b), (1) an additional amount not to exceed
$7,300,000 shall be used to purchase bison for the FDPIR and
to provide a mechanism for the purchases from Native American
producers and cooperative organizations''.
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WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 4008
Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 13, line 13, strike ``$62,207,000'' and insert
``$62,707,000''.
On page 13, line 16, strike ``$121,350,000'' and insert * *
*.
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WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 4009
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 47, line 8, after ``areas,'', insert the following:
``of which not more than $3,000,000 may be used to make
grants to rural entities to promote employment of rural
residents through teleworking, including to provide
employment-related services, such as outreach to employers,
training, and job placement, and to pay expenses relating to
providing high-speed communications services, and''.
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JOHNSON AMENDMENT NO. 4010
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Johnson) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 740. State Agricultural Mediation Programs.--(a)
Eligible Person; Mediation Services.--Section 501 of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2)
and inserting the following:
``(1) Issues covered.--
``(A) In general.--To be certified as a qualifying State,
the mediation program of the State must provide mediation
services to persons described in paragraph (2) that are
involved in agricultural loans (regardless of whether the
loans are made or guaranteed by the Secretary or made by a
third party).
``(B) Other issues.--The mediation program of a qualifying
State may provide mediation services to persons described in
paragraph (2) that are involved in 1 or more of the following
issues under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Agriculture:
``(i) Wetlands determinations.
``(ii) Compliance with farm programs, including
conservation programs.
``(iii) Agricultural credit.
``(iv) Rural water loan programs.
``(v) Grazing on National Forest System land.
``(vi) Pesticides.
``(vii) Such other issues as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
``(2) Persons eligible for mediation.--The persons referred
to in paragraph (1) include--
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``(A) agricultural producers;
``(B) creditors of producers (as applicable); and
``(C) persons directly affected by actions of the
Department of Agriculture.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Definition of Mediation Services.--In this section,
the term `mediation services', with respect to mediation or a
request for mediation, may include all activities related
to--
``(1) the intake and scheduling of cases;
``(2) the provision of background and selected information
regarding the mediation process;
``(3) financial advisory and counseling services (as
appropriate) performed by a person other than a State
mediation program mediator; and
``(4) the mediation session.''.
(b) Use of Mediation Grants.--Section 502(c) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(c)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``Each'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Each''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Operation and administration expenses.--For purposes
of paragraph (1), operation and administration expenses for
which a grant may be used include--
``(A) salaries;
``(B) reasonable fees and costs of mediators;
``(C) office rent and expenses, such as utilities and
equipment rental;
``(D) office supplies;
``(E) administrative costs, such as workers' compensation,
liability insurance, the employer's share of Social Security,
and necessary travel;
``(F) education and training;
``(G) security systems necessary to ensure the
confidentiality of mediation sessions and records of
mediation sessions;
``(H) costs associated with publicity and promotion of the
mediation program;
``(I) preparation of the parties for mediation; and
``(J) financial advisory and counseling services for
parties requesting mediation.''.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 506 of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5106) is amended by
striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2005''.
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HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 4011
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 13, line 16, strike $121,350,000'' and insert
``$120,650,000''.
On page 15, line 2, strike ``$494,744,000'' and insert
``$494,044,000''.
On page 17, line 8, strike ``$426,504,000'' and insert
``$427,204,000''.
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DASCHLE AMENDMENT NO. 4012
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Daschle) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 740. Good Faith Reliance.--The Food Security Act of
1985 is amended by inserting after section 1230 (16 U.S.C.
3830) the following:
``SEC. 1230A. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE.
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and
notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
Secretary shall provide equitable relief to an owner or
operator that has entered into a contract under this chapter,
and that is subsequently determined to be in violation of the
contract, if the owner or operator in attempting to comply
with the terms of the contact and enrollment requirements
took actions in good faith reliance on the action or advice
of an authorized representative of the Secretary.
``(b) Types of Relief.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) to the extent the Secretary determines that an owner
or operator has been injured by good faith reliance described
in subsection (a), allow the owner or operator to do any one
or more of the following--
``(A) to retain payments received under the contract;
``(B) to continue to receive payments under the contract;
``(C) to keep all or part of the land covered by the
contract enrolled in the applicable program under this
chapter;
``(D) to reenroll all or part of the land covered by the
contract in the applicable program under this chapter;
``(E) or any other eq2uitable relief the Secretary deems
appropriate; and
``(2) require the owner or operator to take such actions as
are necessary to remedy any failure to comply with the
contract.
``(c) Relation to Other Law.--The authority to provide
relief under this section shall be in addition to any other
authority provided in this or any other Act.
``(d) Exception.--This section shall not apply to a pattern
of conduct in which an authorized representative of the
Secretary takes actions or provides advice with respect to an
owner or operator that the representative and the owner or
operator know are inconsistent with applicable law (including
regulations).''.
``(e) Applicability of Relief.--Relief under this section
shall be available for contracts in effect on January 1, 2000
and for a subsequent contracts.''.
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FEINGOLD AMENDMENT NO. 4013
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R.
4461, supra; as follows:
On page 89, after line 19, add the following:
Sec. 1111. Availability of Data on Imported Herbs.--The
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury,
shall publish and otherwise make available (including through
electronic media) data collected monthly by each Secretary on
herbs imported into the United States.
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ROBB AMENDMENT NO. 4014
Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Robb) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4461,
supra; as follows:
On page 15, line 6, before the period, insert: ``:
Provided, That this paragraph should not apply to research on
the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of
tobacco''.
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WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 4015
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the bill, H.R. 4461, supra; as follows:
On page 75, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7____. Competition in Contracting for Training
Services.--(a) In General.--Section 1669 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
5922) is repealed.
(b) Transition Provision.--Any order or agreement entered
into under that section shall continue in effect until the
date of termination of the order or agreement but may not be
renewed.
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