[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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          AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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                 McCAIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2305

  Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Dole, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Durenberger, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Exon, Mr. Packwood, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Bond, 
Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Thurmond) 
proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4554) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the pending committee amendment add the 
     following:
       ``Provided further, That the following Section of the bill 
     is null and void: Provided further, That no funds provided 
     herein shall be available to provide food assistance in cash 
     in any county not covered by a demonstration project that 
     received final approval from the Secretary on or before July 
     1, 1964.''
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                  LEAHY (AND LUGAR) AMENDMENT NO. 2306

  Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Lugar) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the section of the bill entitled 
     ``Agricultural Research Service'' add the following:
       ``Provided further, The Secretary may exercise his 
     authority to close the research locations specified for 
     closure in the President's 1995 budget.''
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                        LUGAR AMENDMENT NO. 2307

  Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2306 proposed by Mr. 
Leahy to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       At the end of amendment add the following: ``for the 
     Department of Agriculture.''
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                       BRADLEY AMENDMENT NO. 2308

  Mr. BRADLEY proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 12, line 23, strike ``$38,718,000'' and insert 
     ``$25,700,000''.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2309

  Mr. HELMS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC.   . ENDING THE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS TO ENCOURAGE 
                   EMPLOYEES TO ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALITY AS A 
                   LEGITIMATE OR NORMAL LIFESTYLE.

       None of the funds made available under this Act may be used 
     to fund, promote, or carry out any seminar or program for 
     employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, or 
     to fund any position in the Department of Agriculture, the 
     purpose of which is to compel, instruct, encourage, urge or 
     persuade Departmental employees or officials to:
       (1) recruit, on the basis of sexual orientation, 
     homosexuals for employment with the Department; or
       (2) embrance, accept, condone, or celebrate homosexuality 
     as a legitimate or normal lifestyle.
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                  REID (AND BRYAN) AMENDMENT NO. 2310

  Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Bryan) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. --. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to provide any Federal benefit or assistance to 
     any individual or entity in the United States unless the 
     Federal entity or official to which the funds are made 
     available takes reasonable actions to determine whether the 
     individual is in a lawful immigration status in the United 
     States.
       (b) In no case may a Federal entity, official or their 
     agent discriminate against any individual with respect to 
     filing, inquiry, or adjudication of an application for 
     funding made available in this Act on the basis of race, 
     color, creed, handicap, religion, sex, sexual orientation, 
     national origin citizenship status or form of lawful 
     immigration status.
       (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Federal 
     benefit or assistance'' does not include search and rescue; 
     emergency medical care; emergency mass care; emergency 
     shelter; clearance of roads and construction of temporary 
     bridges necessary to the performance of emergency tasks and 
     essential community services; warning of further risks or 
     hazards; dissemination of public information and assistance 
     regarding health and safety measures; the provision on an 
     emergency basis of food, water, medicine, and other essential 
     needs, including movement of supplies of persons; reduction 
     of immediate threats to life, property and public health and 
     safety; and programs funded under title IV of this Act.
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                BUMPERS (AND COCHRAN) AMENDMENT NO. 2311

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself and Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 56, line 19, strike ``$198,000,000'' and insert: 
     ``$297,000,000''.
       On page 57, line 3, strike ``$40,000'' and insert: 
     ``$60,000''.
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                BUMPERS (AND COCHRAN) AMENDMENT NO. 2312

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself and Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 14, line 24, strike ``$1,500,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof: ``$4,350,000'';
       On page 16, line 3, strike ``$420,233,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof: ``$423,083,000''; and
       On page 83, strike lines 6 through 16 and insert in lieu 
     thereof:
       ``Sec. 724. No funds shall be available in fiscal year 1995 
     and thereafter for payments under the Act of August 30, 1980 
     and the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading 
     ``Emergency Appropriations'' of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 
     U.S.C. 321 et seq.).
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                HOLLINGS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2313

  Mr. BUMPERS (for Mr. Hollings for himself, Mr. Gramm, and Mrs. 
Murray) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 12, line 23, strike ``$38,718,000'' and insert: 
     ``$43,718,000''.
       On page 16, line 15, strike ``$59,836,000'' and insert: 
     ``$62,744,000''.
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                       KERREY AMENDMENT NO. 2314

  Mr. BUMPERS (for Mr. Kerrey) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 23, line 1, strike ``$533,929,000'' and insert 
     ``$533,094,000''.
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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 2315

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Dole) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 34, line 17, strike ``$582,141,000'', and insert 
     ``$591,049,000''.
       On page 71, line 3, strike ``$767,156,000'', and insert 
     ``$758,248,000'' and on line 21, strike ``$150,800,00'', and 
     insert ``159,708,00''.
       On page 61, line 18, after the word ``Institute'', insert 
     the following ``: Provided further, That $859,000 shall be 
     available to provide grants to states for non-recurring costs 
     in providing for the special dietary needs of children with 
     disabilities''
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                CONRAD (AND BUMPERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2316

  Mr. BUMPERS (for Mr. Conrad for himself, and Mr. Bumpers) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 38, line 15, strike ``$11,672,000'' and insert 
     ``$18,672,000''.
       On page 71, line 3, strike ``$758,248,000'' and insert 
     ``$754,587,000''.
       On page 71, line 21, strike ``$159,708,000'' and insert 
     ``$163,369,000''.
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                 CONRAD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2317

  Mr. BUMPERS (for Mr. Conrad for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Dorgan) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4554, supra; as follows:

       On page 47, line 25, insert before the period the 
     following: ``: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, from the date of enactment of this Act 
     until September 30, 1994, the Secretary of Agriculture--
       ``(1) may transfer funds so as to make available--
       ``(A) the amounts that would otherwise be available for 
     gross obligations for the principal amount of farm ownership, 
     operating, or emergency loans; and
       ``(B) the amounts that would otherwise be available for the 
     cost of farm ownership, operating, or emergency loans 
     (including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a));

     for any of such gross obligations or such costs; and
       ``(2) may not expend any funds, or disburse any new loans, 
     after September 30, 1994, made available by a transfer 
     described in paragraph (1) for fiscal year 1994''.

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