[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2524 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2524

To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to significantly reduce 
                        annual budget deficits.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 1993

Ms. Harman introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Natural 
                     Resources, and Foreign Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to significantly reduce 
                        annual budget deficits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cut Spending First Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER.

    The United States shall not, after the date of enactment of this 
Act, obligate any funds for the superconducting super collider project.

SEC. 3. ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR.

    No Federal funds shall be expended for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration's Advanced Solid Rocket Motor program, except as 
is necessary to terminate contracts in effect before the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking subsection 
        (c); and
            (2) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)), by striking 
        ``203,''.
    (c) Effect of Repeal on Existing Agreements.--The repeal by 
subsection (a) of the market promotion program established pursuant to 
section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the 
validity or continued operation of an agreement entered into before the 
date of the enactment of this Act to provide assistance under such 
section.

SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT AND PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Price Support Program.--
            (1) Parity price support.--Section 101 of the Agricultural 
        Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
                striking ``tobacco (except as otherwise provided 
                herein), corn,'' and inserting ``corn'';
                    (B) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h), and (i);
                    (C) in subsection (d)(3)--
                            (i) by striking ``, except tobacco,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and no price support 
                        shall be made available for any crop of tobacco 
                        for which marketing quotas have been 
                        disapproved by producers;''; and
                    (D) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (c).
            (2) No net cost provisions.--Sections 106, 106A, and 106B 
        of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445, 1445-1, and 1445-2) are repealed.
            (3) Definition of basic agricultural commodity.--Section 
        408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)) is amended by striking 
        ``tobacco,''.
            (4) Review of burley tobacco imports.--Section 3 of Public 
        Law 98-59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is repealed.
            (5) Powers of commodity credit corporation.--Section 5(a) 
        of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
        714c(a)) is amended by inserting after ``agricultural 
        commodities'' the following: ``(other than tobacco)''.
    (b) Acreage Allotments and Marketing Quotas.--
            (1) Declaration of policy.--Section 2 of the Agricultural 
        Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1282) is amended by striking 
        ``tobacco,''.
            (2) Definitions.--Section 301(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1301(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                    (B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``tobacco,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the following:
                    ``Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1-June 30;
                    ``Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October 1-
                September 30;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (10)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B);
                    (E) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ``and 
                tobacco'';
                    (F) in paragraph (12), by striking ``tobacco,'';
                    (G) in paragraph (14)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A)''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), 
                        and (D);
                    (H) by striking paragraph (15);
                    (I) in paragraph (16)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                    (J) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and (17) as 
                paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively.
            (3) Parity payments.--Section 303 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1303) is amended by striking ``rice, or tobacco,'' and 
        inserting ``or rice,''.
            (4) Marketing quotas.--Part I of subtitle B of title III of 
        such Act (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is repealed.
            (5) Administrative provisions.--Section 361 of such Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking ``tobacco,''.
            (6) Adjustment of quotas.--Section 371 of such Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``peanuts, or 
                tobacco'' and inserting ``or peanuts''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``peanuts or 
                tobacco'' and inserting ``or peanuts''.
            (7) Reports and records.--Section 373 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1373) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``peanuts, or tobacco'' each place 
                it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 
                ``or peanuts''; and
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``all persons engaged in the business of 
                        redrying, prizing, or stemming tobacco for 
                        producers,''; and
                            (ii) in the last sentence, by striking 
                        ``$500;'' and all that follows through the 
                        period at the end of the sentence and inserting 
                        ``$500.''.
            (8) Regulations.--Section 375(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1375(a)) is amended by striking ``peanuts, or tobacco'' and 
        inserting ``or peanuts''.
            (9) Eminent domain.--Section 378 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1378) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by 
                striking ``cotton, tobacco, and peanuts'' and inserting 
                ``cotton and peanuts''; and
                    (B) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f).
            (10) Burley tobacco farm reconstitution.--Section 379 of 
        such Act (7 U.S.C. 1379) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``(a)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ``, but 
                        this clause (6) shall not be applicable in the 
                        case of burley tobacco''; and
                    (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
            (11) Acreage-poundage quotas.--Section 4 of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
        1938, as amended, to provide for acreage-poundage marketing 
        quotas for tobacco, to amend the tobacco price support 
        provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for 
        other purposes'', approved April 16, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 1314c 
        note), is repealed.
            (12) Burley tobacco acreage allotments.--The Act entitled 
        ``An Act relating to burley tobacco farm acreage allotments 
        under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended'', 
        approved July 12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315), is repealed.
            (13) Transfer of allotments.--Section 703 of the Food and 
        Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 1316) is repealed.
            (14) Advance recourse loans.--Section 13(a)(2)(B) of the 
        Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 (7 U.S.C. 1433c-
        1(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``tobacco and''.
            (15) Tobacco field measurement.--Section 1112 of the 
        Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203) 
        is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (c) Transition Provisions.--
            (1) Liability.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        not affect the liability of any person under any provision of 
        law as in effect before the application of the amendments in 
        accordance with subsection (d).
            (2) Tobacco stocks and loans.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall issue regulations that require--
                    (A) the orderly disposition of tobacco stocks; and
                    (B) the repayment of all tobacco price support 
                loans outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act 
                by not later than 1 year after the effective date of 
                this Act.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
beginning with the marketing year that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF WOOL AND MOHAIR PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1781 et 
seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 256(a) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (1) and (2), respectively.
    (c) Transition.--The amendments made by this section shall not 
affect the liability of any person under any provision of law as in 
effect before the application of the amendments in accordance with 
subsection (d).
    (d) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply beginning with the marketing year beginning on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF HONEY PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Sections 207 and 405A of the Agricultural Act of 
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h and 1425a, respectively) are repealed.
    (b) Payment Limitations.--Section 1001(2) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``(other than 
        honey)''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C).
    (c) Designated Nonbasic Agricultural Commodities.--Section 201(a) 
of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)) is amended by 
striking ``honey,''.
    (d) Other Nonbasic Agricultural Commodities.--Section 301 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by inserting after 
``nonbasic agricultural commodity'' the following: ``(other than 
honey)''.
    (e) Definitions.--Section 408(k) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1428(k)) is amended by striking ``honey,'' each place it 
appears.
    (f) Powers of Commodity Credit Corporation.--Section 5(a) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amended 
by inserting after ``agricultural commodities'' the following: ``(other 
than honey)''.
    (g) Transition.--The amendments made by this section shall not 
affect the liability of any person under any provision of law as in 
effect before the application of the amendments in accordance with 
subsection (d).
    (h) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply beginning with the crop year that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. ELIMINATION OF PEANUT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Sections 108A and 108B of the Agricultural Act of 
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445c-2 and 1445c-3) are repealed.
    (b) Inapplicability of Certain Price Support Provisions.--The first 
sentence of section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) 
is amended by inserting ``(except peanuts)'' after ``basic agricultural 
commodity''.
    (c) Repeal of Marketing Quota Provisions.--(1) Part VI of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1357 et seq.) is 
repealed.
    (2) Section 361 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking ``peanuts,''.
    (3) Section 371 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``peanuts,''; and
            (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``peanuts''.
    (d) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply beginning with the crop year that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. ROYALTY ON HARDROCK MINERALS.

    (a) Reservation of Royalty.--Production of locatable minerals from 
a claim located on lands open to mineral entry under the Mining Law of 
1872 shall be subject to an annual royalty of not less than 5 percent 
of the gross income from such production. In no event shall a royalty 
be less than the following--
            (1) $5 per acre per year during years one through five 
        commencing after the applicable year.
            (2) $10 per acre per year during years six through ten 
        commencing after the applicable year.
            (3) $15 per acre per year during years eleven through 
        fifteen commencing after the applicable year.
            (4) $20 per acre per year for each year thereafter.
For purposes of paragraphs (1) through (4), the applicable year shall 
be the calendar year in which the claim is recorded in the case of a 
claim recorded after the enactment of this Act or the calendar year 
1993 in the case of a claim recorded on or before the enactment of this 
Act.
    (b) Payment of Royalty.--Royalty payments shall be made according 
to regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior. The 
Secretary of the Interior may require to be filed with the royalty 
payment a copy of the parts of the tax return filed with the Internal 
Revenue Service determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be 
applicable to determining gross income. The Commissioner of the 
Internal Revenue Service shall cooperate with the Secretary of the 
Interior to verify the information submitted with such royalty payment.
    (c) Failure To Pay.--(1) Upon failure to pay the royalty required 
by this section, the claim shall be deemed conclusively to be abandoned 
and shall be null and void by operation of law.
    (2) The claimant shall be prohibited from locating a new claim on 
the lands included in such abandoned claim for one year from the date 
such claim is deemed abandoned and null and void by operation of law.
    (d) Effective Date..--This section shall apply to any claim 
described in subsection (a) which is located after the date of 
enactment of this Act. In the case of any claim located on or before 
such date of enactment, this section shall take effect on January 1 of 
the first calendar year beginning more than 3 years after the enactment 
of this Act.
    (e) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) The term ``locatable minerals'' means any mineral not 
        subject to disposition under--
                    (A) the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
                seq.);
                    (B) the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 
                1000 et seq.); or
                    (C) the Act of July 31, 1947 (30 U.S. 601 et seq.), 
                as amended by this Act.
            (2) The term ``gross income'' means ``gross income from the 
        property'' as defined in section 613(c)(1) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code and in regulations promulgated by the Treasury 
        Department pursuant to section 613(c)(1) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code. Any amendments or revisions of section 613(c)(1) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code or of regulations promulgated by 
        the Treasury Department pursuant to section 613(c)(1) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code, shall be deemed applicable to the 
        definition of ``gross income'' as used in this section.
            (3) The term ``Mining Law of 1872'' means the general 
        mining laws of the United States which generally comprise 
        chapters 2, 12A, and 16, and sections 161 and 162 of title 30, 
        United States Code.

SEC. 10. ANNUAL DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK GRAZING FEE.

    Section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1751), is hereby amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections:
    ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest lands in the 16 
contiguous western states (except National Grasslands) administered by 
the United States Forest Service where domestic livestock grazing is 
permitted under applicable law, and the Secretary of the Interior with 
respect to public domain lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management where domestic livestock grazing is permitted under 
applicable law, shall establish beginning 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this subsection an annual domestic livestock grazing fee 
equal to fair market value: Provided, That the fee charged for any 
given year shall not increase nor decrease by more than 33.3 percent 
from the previous year's grazing fee.
    ``(2)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term `fair market 
value' is defined as follows:

                                                                        
                                   Appraised Base Value x Forage Value  
                                                  Index                 
          Fair Market Value=   -----------------------------------------
                                                   100                  
                                                                        

    ``(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) the term `Forage Value Index' means the Forage Value 
        Index (FVI) computed annually by the Economic Research Service, 
        United States Department of Agriculture, and set with the 1993 
        FVI equal to 100; and
            ``(ii) the term `Appraised Base Value' means the 1983 
        Appraisal Value conclusions for mature cattle and horses 
        (expressed in dollars per head or per month), as determined in 
        the 1986 report prepared jointly by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior entitled `Grazing 
        Fee Review and Evaluation', dated February 1986, on a westwide 
        basis using the lowest appraised value of the pricing areas 
        adjusted for advanced payment and indexed to 1993.
    ``(3) Executive Order No. 12548, dated February 14, 1986, shall not 
apply to grazing fees established pursuant to this Act.
    ``(d) The grazing advisory boards established pursuant to 
Secretarial action, notice of which was published in the Federal 
Register on May 14, 1986 (51 Fed. Reg. 17874), are hereby abolished, 
and the advisory functions exercised by such boards, shall, after the 
date of enactment of this sentence, be exercised only by the 
appropriate councils established under this section.
    ``(e) Funds appropriated pursuant to section 5 of the Public 
Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1904) or any other 
provision of law related to disposition of the Federal share of 
receipts from fees for grazing on public domain lands or National 
Forest lands in the 16 contiguous western States shall be used for 
restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, for 
restoration and improved management of riparian areas, and for 
implementation and enforcement of applicable land management plans, 
allotment plans, and regulations regarding the use of such lands for 
domestic livestock grazing. Such funds shall be distributed as the 
Secretary concerned deems advisable after consultation and coordination 
with the advisory councils established pursuant to section 309 of this 
Act and other interested parties.''.

SEC. 11. ELIMINATION OF BELOW-COST TIMBER SALES.

    (a) Rules Required.--Within 90 days of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish in the Federal 
Register an interim timber sale policy to eliminate below-cost timber 
sales in units of the National Forest System effective immediately upon 
publication. After considering the public comments received on the 
interim policy, and within 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a final 
timber sale policy to eliminate such sales.
    (b) Description of Below-Cost Sales.--The interim timber sale 
policy required by subsection (a) shall contain a description of--
            (1) the manner and criteria by which the Secretary will 
        determine whether a timber sale is below cost; and
            (2) any types of timber sales that the Secretary proposes 
        to exempt from the prohibition against below-cost timber sales.

SEC. 12. REPEAL OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT AND RELIANCE ON ANNUAL 
              DISASTER ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY.

    (a) Repeal.--The Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 
is repealed.
    (b) Effect of Repeal on Existing Contracts.--The repeal by 
subsection (a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act shall not affect the 
validity or continued operation of any contract of insurance or 
reinsurance entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act 
with respect to crops to be harvested in 1993 or 1994.

SEC. 13. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING AGREEMENTS FOR INCREASED HOST NATION 
              SUPPORT.

    Section 1301(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2545) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``should'' and inserting 
        ``shall'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``assumes an increased share of the 
                costs'' and inserting ``assumes at least 75 percent of 
                the share of the costs''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``excluding the costs of United 
                States military and civilian personnel and'' after ``in 
                that country,''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``with respect to'' 
        and all that follows through ``(ii) a foreign country'' and 
        inserting ``with respect to a foreign country''.

                                 <all>

HR 2524 IH----2