[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 145 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S13744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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        THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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                  REID (AND BROWN) AMENDMENT NO. 2685

  Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Brown) proposed an amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 1976) making appropriations for Agriculture, rural 
development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.  . BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS

       None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used 
     for the salaries or expenses of the Board of Tea experts 
     established under section 2 of the Act. entitled ``An Act to 
     prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea'', 
     approved March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C. 42).
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                  KERREY (AND KOHL) AMENDMENT NO. 2686

  Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Kerrey, for himself and Mr. Kohl) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 1976, supra; as follows:

       On page 83, strike line 4 through line 15;
       On page 43, line 17; strike $528,839,000 and insert in its 
     place $563,839,000;
       On page 52, line 18; strike $17,895,000 and insert in its 
     place $22,395,000;
       On page 52, line 24; strike $30,000,000 and insert in its 
     place $37,544,000;
       On page 55, line 1; strike $1,500,000 and insert in its 
     place $3,000,000.
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                 BROWN (AND ABRAHAM) AMENDMENT NO. 2687

  Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Abraham) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 1976, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the amendment, insert the 
     following:
       (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available to the 
     Federal Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to 
     operate the Board of Tea Experts and related activities.
       (b) The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is 
     repealed.
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                    BROWN AMENDMENTS NOS. 2688-2690

  Mr. BROWN proposed three amendments to the bill H.R. 1976, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 2688

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.  . PEANUT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds made available under 
     this Act may be used to carry out a price support or 
     production adjustment program for peanuts.
       (b) Assessment.--The Secretary of Agriculture may charge 
     producers a marketing assessment to carry out the program 
     under the same terms and conditions as are prescribed under 
     section 108B(g) of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1445c-3(g)).
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                           Amendment No. 2689

       At the appropriate place in the amendment, insert the 
     following:

     SEC.   . PRICE SUPPORT AND GRADING AND INSPECTION OF TOBACCO.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds made available under 
     this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of the 
     employees of the Department of Agriculture to grade or 
     inspect tobacco or to administer price support functions for 
     tobacco.
       (b) Assessment.--The Secretary of Agriculture may charge 
     producers a marketing assessment to grade or inspect tobacco 
     and to administer the price support functions under the same 
     terms and conditions as are prescribed in the Agricultural 
     Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-1 and 1445-2).
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                           Amendment No. 2690

       Insert at page 84, between line 2 and line 3:
       Sec. 730. None of the funds available in this Act shall be 
     used for any action, including the development or assertion 
     of any position or recommendation by or on behalf of the 
     Forest Service, that directly or indirectly results in the 
     loss of or restriction on the diversion and use of water from 
     existing water supply facilities located on National Forest 
     lands by the owners of such facilities, or result in a 
     material increase in the cost of such yield to the owners of 
     the water supply; Provided: nothing in this section shall 
     preclude a mutual agreement between any agency of the 
     Department of Agriculture and a state or local governmental 
     entity or private entity or individual.
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                 BRYAN (AND BUMPERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2691

  Mr. BRYAN (for himself and Mr. Bumpers) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 1976, supra; as follows:

       On page 65, line 18, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available under this Act may be used to carry out the 
     market promotion program established under section 203 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623)''.

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