[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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          AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 2318

  Mr. BROWN 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 appropriate place, in the committee amendment, 
     insert the following new section:

     SEC.   . NO NET COST TO TAXPAYERS TOBACCO ASSESSMENT TO 
                   OFFSET CERTAIN TOBACCO IMPORT LIMITATIONS.

       The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by 
     inserting after section 320C (7 U.S.C. 1314i) the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 320D. NO NET COST TO TAXPAYERS TOBACCO ASSESSMENT TO 
                   OFFSET CERTAIN TOBACCO IMPORT LIMITATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--Each domestic producer of tobacco shall 
     remit to the Secretary a nonrefundable no net cost to 
     taxpayers assessment in an amount determined under subsection 
     (b) if the Secretary determines that--
       ``(1) a tariff-rate quota pursuant to Article XXVIII of the 
     General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is established with 
     respect to tobacco;
       ``(b) Amount.--
       ``(1) In general.--In consultation with the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, the Secretary shall determine the amount of the 
     no net cost to taxpayers assessment required to be remitted 
     by each producer under subsection (a) based on--
       ``(A) the quantity of tobacco produced by the producer; and
       ``(B) the requirement that the total of the amounts 
     assessed against all producers shall be equal, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, to the cost incurred by the Federal 
     Government as a result of the conditions described in 
     subsection (a), as determined under paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Cost to the federal government.--The cost to the 
     Federal Government referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
     equal to--
       ``(A) in the case of a quota referred to in subsection 
     (a)(1), the dollar value associated with the tariff-rate 
     quota imposed on tobacco imported into the United States by--
       ``(i) a country with initial negotiating rights status; and
       ``(ii) a country that imports at least 10 percent of any 
     kind of tobacco into the United States;
       ``(B) in the case of a quantitative limitation or fee 
     referred to in subsection (a)(2), the dollar value associated 
     with the limitation or fee; and
       ``(C) the dollar value associated with any additional 
     tariff, fee, or assessment imposed, in response to the 
     establishment or imposition of a quota, limitation, or fee 
     referred to in subsection (a), by a country described in 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(c) Collection.--An assessment imposed under this section 
     shall be--
       ``(1) collected by the Secretary and transmitted to the 
     Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the general fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       ``(2) enforced in the same manner as provided in section 
     320B.''.
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                  HATCH (AND FORD) AMENDMENT NO. 2319

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

       On page 72, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
       None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used 
     by the Food and Drug Administration for the purchase or 
     rental of cellular telephones for use by the Food and Drug 
     Administration, and for the service and airtime fees related 
     to the use of any cellular telephone used by the Food and 
     Drug Administration (except that expenses may be incurred for 
     the service and airtime fees for the use of one cellular 
     telephone). Any funds under this Act that were to be used by 
     the Food and Drug Administration for the purchase or rental 
     of cellular telephones for use by the Food and Drug 
     Administration, and for the service and airtime fees related 
     to the use of any cellular telephone used by the Food and 
     Drug Administration (except expenses with respect to the 
     service and airtime fees for the use of one cellular 
     telephone) shall instead be used for the medical device 
     approval activities of the Center of Devices and Radiological 
     Health.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2320

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

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     employee of the United States Department of Agriculture shall 
     be peremptorily removed without public hearings from his or 
     her position because of remarks made during personal time in 
     opposition to departmental policies, or proposed policies 
     regarding homosexuals; provided that, any such individual so 
     removed prior to date of enactment shall be reinstated to his 
     or her previous position.''
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                BUMPERS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2321

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

       On page 32, strike line 21 and all that follows through the 
     colon on line 10 on page 33, and insert in lieu thereof:
       Such sums as may be necessary from the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall be available, through July 15, 1995, to 
     producers under the same terms and conditions authorized in 
     chapter 3, subtitle B, Title XXII of Public Law 101-624 for 
     1994 crops, including aquaculture and excluding ornamental 
     fish, affected by natural disasters: Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
     that such funds shall be available only to the extent an 
     official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That these funds shall be made available upon 
     enactment of this Act:
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                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 2322

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

       On page 33, line 10, before the colon, insert: ``: Provided 
     further, That such funds shall also be available for payments 
     to producers for 1995 through 1998 orchard crop losses, if 
     the losses are due to freezing conditions incurred between 
     January 1, 1994, and March 31, 1994, and Federal Crop 
     Insurance is not available for affected orchard crop 
     producers: Provided further, That the use of funds for this 
     purpose is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
     that such use shall be available only to the extent the 
     President designates such use an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to such Act: Provided further, That such funds made 
     available from the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be 
     available to fund the costs of replanting, reseeding, or 
     repairing damage to commercial trees (regardless of the age 
     of the damaged trees), including orchard and nursery 
     inventory, as a result of 1994 weather-related damages: 
     Provided further, That the use of funds for these purposes is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and that 
     such use shall be available only to the extent the President 
     designates such use an emergency requirement pursuant to such 
     Act''.
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                COVERDELL (AND NUNN) AMENDMENT NO. 2323

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

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC.   . REPAYMENT OF DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

       In any case in which the Secretary of Agriculture finds 
     that the farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations of 
     producers on a farm have been substantially affected by a 
     natural disaster in the United States or by a major disaster 
     or emergency designated by the President under the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) during the 1994 crop year, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall not require any repayment under 
     subparagraph (G) or (H) of section 114(a)(2) of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)) for the 1994 
     crop of a commodity prior to January 1, 1995.
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                       BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 2324

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

       In the amendment strike all after ``Administration'' on 
     line 24 and insert the following: ``to remain available until 
     expended, provided that the preceding shall take effect one 
     day after the date of this bill's enactment.
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee 
     of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be 
     peremptorily removed without a hearing from his or her 
     position because of remarks made during personal time 
     regarding Departmental policies, or proposed policies,''
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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 2325

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

       Strike line 15, on page 82, through line 5 on page 83, and 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 723. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR HONEY PAYMENTS OR 
                   LOAN FORFEITURES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
     for a total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan 
     forfeitures to a person to support the price of honey under 
     section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7. U.S.C. 1446h) 
     and section 405A of such Act (7. U.S.C. 1425A) in excess of 
     zero dollars in the 1994 and 1995 crop years.
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 2326

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

       On page 56, line 7, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     subsection (a) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)), a loan made, 
     insured, or guaranteed under such subsection may exceed 
     $25,000,000, but may not exceed $50,000,000, in principal 
     amount''.
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                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

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                        GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 2327

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Gramm) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 
4649) making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) Limitations on Full-Time Equivalent 
     Positions.--
       (1) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to reduce the 
     employment level of the District of Columbia government by an 
     amount proportional to the reduction of 252,000 Federal 
     employees proposed by the Vice President's Reinventing 
     Government Initiative.
       (2) Reduction.--The total number of full-time equivalent 
     positions financed from District of Columbia appropriated 
     funds shall not exceed--
       (1) 34,875 during fiscal year 1995;
       (2) 34,163 during fiscal year 1996;
       (3) 33,451 during fiscal year 1997;
       (4) 32,739 during fiscal year 1998; and
       (5) 32,028 during fiscal year 1999.
       (b) Monitoring and Notification.--The Mayor of the District 
     of Columbia shall--
       (1) regularly monitor the total number of full-time 
     equivalent positions financed from District of Columbia 
     appropriated funds and make a determination on the first date 
     of each quarter of each applicable fiscal year of whether the 
     requirements under subsection (a) are met; and
       (2) notify the appropriate committees of the Congress on 
     the first date of each quarter of each applicable fiscal year 
     of the determinations made under paragraph (1).
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 2328

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4649, supra; as follows:

       On page 10, line 16, before the period insert ``: Provided 
     further, That the District of Columbia shall provide that the 
     lights at parks and playgrounds equipped with lights be lit 
     at a level sufficient to deter crime from the time beginning 
     one hour before sunset until one hour after sunrise''.
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                       WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 2329

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4649, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


               loans to modernize the washington aqueduct

       To the extend subsequently authorized, for loans to 
     jurisdictions served by the Washington Aqueduct, such amount 
     of direct loan authority in any of fiscal years 1995 through 
     2004 as may be necessary to modernize that aqueduct: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury sets terms and 
     conditions on those loans that will result in an estimated 
     cost to the government of zero.


                modernization of the washington aqueduct

       To the extent subsequently authorized, the Corps of 
     Engineers may receive payments in any of fiscal years 1995 
     through 2004 from jurisdictions served by the Washington 
     aqueduct in amounts necessary to fund its modernization and 
     amounts so received are appropriated for that purpose, to 
     remain available until expended.
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                      McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 2330

  Mr. BURNS (for Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4649, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following: 
     ``The District of Columbia shall report to the Congress how 
     monies provided under this fund are expended. And a full 
     accounting shall be made to Congress by March 15, 1995.''

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