Congressional Record, Volume 143 Issue 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)

[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5441-H5448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the House resolve itself into
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the
further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, and for other purposes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Skeen].
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a
quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 259,
nays 165, not voting 10, as follows:

[Roll No. 281]

YEAS--259

Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Borski
Boucher
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Dellums
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaFalce
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
Matsui
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Ortiz
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wise
Wolf
Young (FL)

NAYS--165

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Boswell
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Edwards
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Ford
Frost
Furse
Gejdenson
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
Lampson
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Poshard
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Skaggs
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOT VOTING--10

Boehlert
Conyers
Forbes
Gonzalez
Houghton
Molinari
Roukema
Schiff
Smith (TX)
Young (AK)

{time} 1329

Messrs. SKAGGS, HILLIARD, RUSH, ROTHMAN, OWENS, DICKS and Ms.
JACKSON-LEE of Texas changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts and Mr. MOLLOHAN changed their vote from
``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Motion to Reconsider the Vote Offered by Mr. Frank of Massachusetts

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the
vote.

Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Kingston

Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the motion to reconsider on
the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Klug). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Kingston] to lay on the
table the motion to reconsider the vote offered by the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238,
noes 188, not voting 8, as follows:

[Roll No. 282]

AYES--238

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Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Molinari
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Towns
Traficant
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOES--188

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Cardin
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dellums
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Dooley
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Poshard
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Skaggs
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOT VOTING--8

Forbes
Furse
Hastert
Petri
Roukema
Schiff
Souder
Young (AK)

{time} 1350

Mr. WAXMAN and Ms. SLAUGHTER changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington changed her vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote was agreed
to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

{time} 1352

In the Committee of the Whole

Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill, H.R. 2160, with Mr. LaHood, (Chairman pro tempore), in the
chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose on
Wednesday, July 16, 1997, all time for general debate had expired.
(Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to speak out of order for
1 minute.)

Amendment Process for Legislative Branch Appropriation

Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet
next week to grant a rule which may limit the amendments offered to the
legislative branch appropriation bill. Members who wish to offer
amendments to the bill should submit 55 copies of their amendment,
together with a brief explanation, to the Committee on Rules in H-312
of the Capitol.
Amendments should be drafted to the bill as ordered reported by the
Committee on Appropriations. Copies of the text will be available for
examination by Members and staff in the offices of the Committee on
Appropriations over here in H-218 of the Capitol.
Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that
their amendments are properly drafted.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, for the purposes of those of us who may have
amendments and want to discuss those amendments, could the gentleman
from New York [Mr. Solomon], the chairman, give us some idea of the
criteria that the committee might use in limiting amendments?
Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I would say to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my good friend, that we would probably follow the
previous precedent as set by both the Republican leadership in the past
and the Democratic leadership before that.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman would yield further,
because I may not be as good a historian as he is, could he give me
some idea what that precedent calls for?
Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, we, first of all, are bound by a
budget agreement with our President. We could not have any amendments
that are going to increase the spending. That would probably be
limited.
Mr. HOYER. If the gentleman would yield further, so that we can cut
spending?
Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I would think so, sure.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, would the committee allow for any and all
amendments to cut spending without limitation to be made in order?
Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I do not know. But we would
certainly take that under consideration, along with the ranking
minority members and other members of the Committee on Rules.
As long as we have the attention of the membership, if I might, there
have been a couple procedural votes here concerning the possibility of
the rule on the foreign operations appropriation bill that will come on
the floor next week.
During testimony before the Committee on Rules, the gentlewoman from
California [Ms. Pelosi], my very, very good friend, testified on behalf
of a pro-choice position that she would, and I went back and looked at
the testimony, that she would ask us if we would please make in order
an alternative viewpoint to the Mexico City-Chris Smith amendment.
And I always want to treat the gentlewoman from California [Ms.
Pelosi] very fairly, because she is a very close personal friend of
mine. And we did, after consultation with the pro-choice side of the
issue, agree to make in order an amendment. And that is really what my
good friend, the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Pelosi], asked for.
I think now there is some kind of an understanding, and we are sorry
that there is a misunderstanding. But we truly did try to be fair to
both the pro-life position and the pro-choice position. So I really
would just urge us to proceed on that because of the agreement that we
had made previously.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I think, in fairness to the chairman, it is
important to point out that the reason that my colleague has had so
many women objecting to proceeding under regular order today and the
reason he has had

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so many of us join them is because we have seen what we regard as a
routine action on the part of the Committee on Rules to systematically
deny to ranking minority members on committees, ranging from the
Committee on Armed Services, to the Subcommittee on Agriculture, to the
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to the Subcommittee on the
Interior. We have seen routinely requests of ranking minority members
denied and then amendments put in order which do extensive rewrite of
authorizations.
And, so, I think that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] needs
to understand that the unhappiness extends far beyond that one
amendment. We believe there must be an understanding about how
amendments are or which amendments are made in order when asked for by
ranking members on all committees. And it is not just that one message
which is causing the problem.
Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, let me say to the gentleman from
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] that, other than the situation with our good
friend from California [Mr. Dellums], I do not know of any other
situation.
I would be glad to sit down and review those with the gentleman from
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] and the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations. In the meantime, I yield to the gentlewoman from
California [Ms. Pelosi], and then we have to get on with regular
business.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, since the distinguished gentleman from New
York [Mr. Solomon], chair of the Committee on Rules, referenced my name
and what possibly occurred in the Committee on Rules, I would like the
privilege of responding to him.
First of all, our bill, the foreign operations bill, is one that we
worked very hard, under the leadership of the gentleman from Alabama
[Mr. Callahan], to produce a bipartisan product that has reached so
much agreement. We came through our full committee in only 40 minutes
of debate, which is probably record time, and we are prepared to come
to the floor with strong bipartisanship.
The amendments made in order by the Committee on Rules did violence
to that bipartisanship and makes this rule unacceptable. One of the
issues involved is the international family planning issues. But that
is only one of the complaints that we have about the bill.
The Democratic women in the House have provided great leadership on
the international family planning issue. And yet, when it was time for
an alternative to the Smith amendment, which was made in order, and
that is fair, when it was time for an alternative to be made in order,
in a back-room deal on the Republican side of the aisle, with not one
Democrat or Democratic woman present, an alternative was given to the
gentleman from California [Mr. Campbell], the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Gilman], and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Greenwood],
without the participation of the women, especially the Democratic women
in the House.
Now, first of all, it is all authorizing on an appropriations bill.
The Smith amendment is. But if you are going to go down that route,
then we thought it would be appropriate that there be an alternative,
and that is what I asked for in my testimony, a bipartisan alternative
that we could present.
The gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] knows full well and the
Republican leadership knows full well that the alternative that they
allowed in this bill, the Republican alternative they allowed, failed
on this floor a matter of weeks ago.
The difference between what we wanted to propose and what they
allowed is that the amendment they allowed is a loser. It is a loser.
And they know it. And that is why they could not accommodate our
fresher approach to a bipartisan amendment that we would present.

{time} 1400

That is why the Democratic women of the House today are saying that
we want to be heard on this subject. You cannot keep us from the table.
One way or another, we will get our point across that this is an
important issue to us, that we have taken the lead on it over and over
again, and that we will be heard on this subject.
With all due respect to my good friend, who I do consider a
distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules, perhaps we had a
misunderstanding. But the misunderstanding springs from the fact that a
bipartisan alternative is not one that is plotted out in the backroom
on the Republican side without the participation of the Democrats,
particularly the Democratic women. I am the ranking member of the
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related
Programs. There are not many women ranking members and I insist on the
respect the ranking member is due.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The time of the gentleman from
New York [Mr. Solomon] has expired.
Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent for further time?
Mr. SOLOMON. Yes, Mr. Chairman, very briefly.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman please yield to me as
a member of the Committee on Rules?
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has the time.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I was simply requesting that he yield to
me.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has the time.
Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, we do have to get up to the Committee on
Rules to deal with a very important bill in just a moment. I just want
to say that the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Pelosi] has certainly
explained her position and she is sincere in it, but I would just have
to read back her testimony.
It says:

If, however, the Rules Committee chooses to make
legislative amendments in order, I would request that I would
be allowed or someone would be allowed to offer perfecting
amendments to the Smith amendment, in particular, again, if
Mr. Smith's amendment imposes the Mexico City language.
Mr. Chairman, I very sincerely took her testimony at heart. We were
going to make in order an amendment.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield for a question?
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from New York has
expired.
The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, and for other purposes, namely:

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 191,
noes 233, not voting 10, as follows:

[Roll No. 283]

AYES--191

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dellums
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Green
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)

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Manton
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOES--233

Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Molinari
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Neumann
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--10

Berman
Brown (CA)
Forbes
Furse
Kasich
Markey
Ney
Oxley
Schiff
Young (AK)

{time} 1419

Mr. PETRI changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. DICKS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:

TITLE I

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

Production, Processing, and Marketing

Office of the Secretary

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000
of this amount, along with any unobligated balances of
representation funds in the Foreign Agricultural Service,
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Secretary.

Executive Operations

chief economist

For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including
economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis,
and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,844,000.

national appeals division

For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $11,718,000.

office of budget and program analysis

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,986,000.

office of the chief information officer

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief
Information Officer, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,773,000.

office of the chief financial officer

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109, $4,283,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial
Officer shall actively market cross-servicing activities
of the National Finance Center.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the
programs funded in this Act, $613,000.

Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C.
486, for programs and activities of the Department which are
included in this Act, and for the operation, maintenance, and
repair of Agriculture buildings, $123,385,000: Provided, That
in the event an agency within the Department should require
modification of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may
transfer a share of that agency's appropriation made
available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer
a share of this appropriation to that agency's appropriation,
but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds
made available for space rental and related costs to or from
this account. In addition, for construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed
equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the
programs of the Department, where not otherwise provided,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended; and in
addition, for necessary relocation expenses of the
Department's agencies, $2,700,000, to remain available until
expended; making a total appropriation of $141,085,000.

Hazardous Waste Management

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section
6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, $20,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste
Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department
for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above
Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

Departmental Administration

(including transfers of funds)

For Departmental Administration, $25,731,000, to provide
for necessary expenses for management support services to
offices of the Department and for general administration and
disaster management of the Department, repairs and
alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical
and efficient work of the Department, including employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable
appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to
the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out
the programs funded in this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive
branch, $3,668,000: Provided, That no other funds
appropriated to the Department in this Act shall be available
to the Department for support of activities of congressional
relations: Provided further, That not less than $2,241,000
shall be transferred to agencies funded in this Act to
maintain personnel at the agency level.

Office of Communications

For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the
dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs authorized by
Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, including employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers'
bulletins.

Office of the Inspector General

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$63,128,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and
private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including a sum not to
exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and
including a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain
confidential operational expenses including the payment of
informants, to be expended under the direction of the
Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and
section 1337 of Public Law 97-98: Provided, That funds
transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through
forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice
Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an
equitable share from the forfeiture of property in
investigations in which the Office of the Inspector
General participates, or through the granting of a
Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited
to the credit of this account for law enforcement
activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, to remain available until expended.

Office of the General Counsel

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $27,949,000.

Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to
administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economics
Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service,
$540,000.

Economic Research Service

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627)
and other laws, $71,604,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

National Agricultural Statistics Service

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates,
statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,
and the Census of Agriculture notwithstanding 13 U.S.C.
142(a-b), as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $118,361,000, of
which up to $36,140,000 shall be available until expended for
the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

Agricultural Research Service

For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration
relating to production, utilization, marketing, and
distribution (not otherwise provided for); home economics or
nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition,
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural information;
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $725,059,000:
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one
for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for
the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of
constructing any one building shall not exceed $250,000,
except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be
limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000
each, and the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building or $250,000, whichever is
greater: Provided further, That the limitations on
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at
Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C.
113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any
State, other political subdivision, organization, or
individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any
research facility or research project of the Agricultural
Research Service, as authorized by law.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Stenholm

Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment offered by Mr. Stenholm: Page 11, line 16,
insert before the period the following: ``: Provided
further, That the item under the heading ``Agricultural
Research Service'' in title I of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-37; 109
Stat. 304), is amended by striking the penultimate
proviso, relating to conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and
Improvement Research Laboratory''.

Mr. STENHOLM (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous
consent that the amendment may be considered as read and printed in the
Record.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from
Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, this amendment repeals a provision in
Public Law 104-37, the Fiscal Year 1996 Agricultural Rural Development
and Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation
Act, directing the conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and Improvement
Research Laboratory in Brownwood, TX, from the Agricultural Research
Service to Texas A&M University.
Due to outstanding liability questions, the conveyance of the
Brownwood Pecan Station cannot take place at this time. This amendment
does not require any additional funds. I have consulted with both the
ARS and Texas A&M, and both are amenable to this amendment. I urge its
adoption.
Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment offered
by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
Mr. Chairman, we have read the amendment, it has a lot of merit, and
we accept it.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say to the gentleman from Texas [Mr.
Stenholm] that we have read his amendment and are agreeable on this
side. I understand that the gentleman has a particular problem in that
the State cannot accept this facility because of cleanup requirements
and that the State of Texas cannot, therefore, take this facility, and
it is going to revert back to the department.
One of my concerns when we first read the amendment was that there be
sufficient funding in the legislation for cleanup purposes which, as I
understand it, total around $3 million.
Will the gentleman confirm that for me, please?
Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
Ms. KAPTUR. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, the ARS has spent $100,000, roughly,
studying the dump and has found it to be a typical dump with a little
methane gas and other benign chemicals, and therefore to do what
Federal regulations would require the State of Texas, Texas A&M
University would be very remiss to spend $3 million cleaning up
something that they consider would not be necessary to meet any health
reasons.
So the State of Texas cannot by law accept a gift of land that
contains a garbage dump. So this language striking the provision is
required for ARS to

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reverse the existing statutory language directing the conveyance. That
is all simply that the amendment does.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, the bill that we are debating today
includes additional funds for the department for hazardous waste
management, and it appears to me in reading the legislation that we
would be able to accommodate this particular site with the appropriated
dollars in the bill. So our major concern regarding funding has been
met in the legislation, and we would agree to the gentleman's
amendment.
Mr. BRADY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Stenholm
amendment to be Agriculture appropriations bill on the conveyance of
the Brownwood, Texas Pecan Station. The Stenholm amendment repeals a
provision in Public Law 104-37, the Fiscal Year 1996 Agriculture
Appropriations Act, directing the transfer of the land from the
Agriculture Research Service to Texas A&M University. Because of
certain outstanding liability issues, the transfer of this land from
ARS to Texas A&M cannot take place at this time.
Mr. Chairman, this is a noncontroversial amendment supported by both
ARS and Texas A&M University. It is also an amendment that does not
require any additional funds.
I support the continued efforts of the Agriculture Research Service's
pecan breeding program because it is the only breeding program in the
world producing improved pecan varieties. Varieties produced by this
program are the foundation of the improved pecan industry worldwide,
setting standards of yield and quality. Pecan breeding and genetics are
the most important tools for improving pecan profitability for U.S.
producers in a global market. Chemical pest management in pecans has
failed to provide long-term solutions to insects and diseases,
regardless of the funds used. Consequently, breeding and selection is
the best option for the future.
As I stated earlier, Texas A&M, in my district, is supportive of this
amendment. The Texas A&M Agriculture Program, through the Texas
Agriculture Experiment Station has long had strong ties to the ARS
Pecan Station at Brownwood. This amendment would in no way diminish the
relationship with the university, the experiment station, or the pecan
station.
I am pleased to support Congressman Stenholm's efforts and I urge the
passage of this amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
The amendment was agreed to.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes
appeared to have it.

recorded vote

Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189,
noes 232, not voting 13, as follows:

[Roll No. 284]

AYES--189

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Carson
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dellums
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lantos
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Stokes
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOES--232

Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cannon
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McInnis
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Molinari
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Parker
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Rahall
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer, Dan
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shimkus
Shuster
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--13

Berman
Fattah
Forbes
Ford
Furse
Goodling
Markey
McHugh
Neumann
Radanovich
Schiff
Stearns
Young (AK)

{time} 1453

Mrs. CUBIN and Mr. MOLLOHAN changed their vote from ``aye'' to
``no.''
Mr. DEUTSCH and Ms. McKINNEY changed their vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the motion was not agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Riggs). The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

buildings and facilities

For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not
otherwise provided, $59,000,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may be
received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

research and education activities

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $168,734,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C.

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361a-361i); $20,497,000 for grants for cooperative forestry
research (16 U.S.C. 582a-582a7); $27,735,000 for payments to
the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
(7 U.S.C. 3222); $31,654,000 for special grants for
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $17,327,000 for
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest
control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $106,744,000 for competitive
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $4,500,000 for the
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C.
3195); $650,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and
products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 for grants for research
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984
(7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available
until expended; $3,000,000 for higher education graduate
fellowships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher
education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000
for a higher education minority scholars program (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $2,500,000 for an education grants program for
Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $4,000,000 for
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for
sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.
5811); $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building grants
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328),
including Tuskegee University, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,450,000 for payments to the
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law
103-382; and $8,882,000 for necessary expenses of Research
and Education Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,
$420,723,000.

Amendment Offered by Mr. Callahan

Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment offered by Mr. Callahan: On page 12 line 17
strike ``31,654,000'' and insert ``32,154,000'' and on
page 13 line 24 strike ``420,723,000'' and insert
``421,223,000''.

Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment provides $500,000 to
Auburn University to work in cooperation with Faulkner State Community
College and Alabama Southern Community College's Center for Excellence
in Forestry.
These projects are unique, joint efforts that focus on water quality
and habitat loss in the gulf coastal region and forestry in the
Southeast. The main efforts of the research will focus on nonpoint
source pollution, watershed management, and the reduction of chemical
discharge from wood and pulp processing.
I would also like to speak for a couple of seconds regarding some
report language that appears in the report accompanying this bill.
In full committee, the chairman offered on my behalf some report
language that supported the School of Forestry building complex at
Auburn University. The language included a sentence that the committee
recommends that up to $4.75 million be made available for this project.
I recognize this language is in an account that has no money and,
therefore, has no standing. I do not intend for that language to give
Auburn University an edge on any other university project. I would hope
that in conference that all facilities be judged on their merit only.
I should like to thank the chairman for giving me this opportunity to
present this amendment, and appreciate the assistance and cooperation
of my good friend from New Mexico, as well as the cooperation from our
good friend, the gentlewoman from Ohio [Ms. Kaptur].
Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. CALLAHAN. I yield to the gentleman from New Mexico.
Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, we have seen the amendment, and we accept
it.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan], our
good friend, for the cooperation that he has exhibited since the time
that we were in the subcommittee and the full committee, it truly is
appreciated, and for his remarks concerning his report language
amendment in full committee.

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I concur with his assessment that the report language he references
has no standing since there is no funding in the Cooperative State
Research Facilities account.
I would like to note for the Record that the subcommittee received
numerous, numerous requests from Members on both sides of the aisle for
funding for research buildings, and I am sure that all these proposals
have merit, and should funding be made available in this account, I
would expect that each proposal that qualifies for these funds would be
judged on their merits.
Mr. Chairman, I also want to say that I thank the gentleman and
supported his amendment, especially because it is done within the
context of the additional money that was included within the
subcommittee allocation. So it is within the budget constraints that we
are forced to abide by, and I want to thank the gentleman for working
with us on this and we accept his amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan].
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Chairman, I am grateful that the Appropriations
Committee has reported continued funding for the Agricultural
Development in the American Pacific [ADAP] project and the Tropical and
Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs, both conducted by the
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service within the
USDA.
With committee provisions reporting ADAP funding at $564,000, as in
previous years, the American Government demonstrates its continuing
commitment to provide funds and grants to its communities in the Asia-
Pacific region. These include not only Guam, but also Hawaii, the
Northern Marianas Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Freely Associated States.
ADAP funds a number of activities for the Asia-Pacific communities.
These include financing research of regional agricultural problems
common to members of the five land-grant institutions in the American-
affiliated Pacific, strengthening market information systems, producing
instructional materials development and distribution, and providing
scholarships for land-grant faculty and staff.
I commend the committee's continued support for ADAP, however, I am
disappointed with the decreased funding it has reported for the
Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs. Not only does
this program impact Guam, it also affects Hawaii, Florida, Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands. For the people of Guam, the Tropical and
Subtropical Research Programs fund numerous activities. These include
financing research contributing to the establishment of energy and
labor efficient irrigation and fertigator systems, watermelon disease
control, modeling crop production systems, market surveys, and the
biological control of pests in order to increase productivity.
Although I have stressed the benefits Guam receives from these
programs, I also point to the implications the Tropical and Subtropical
Research Programs have on the neighboring regions. Knowledge and
expertise culled from these studies not only improve Guam's local
agricultural industry, they are disseminated throughout Micronesia,
Asia, and Africa.
American tropical and subtropical regions face agricultural needs
unique to other areas. Continued support for the Tropical and
Subtropical Research Programs are necessary steps to improving not only
the livelihood of the people of Guam, but also other tropical regions
of the world.
I will continue to actively support funding for ADAP and the Tropical
and Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs. These programs are
fundamental vehicles for improving standards of living not only on
Guam, but also other tropical regions of the United States.
Ms. FURSE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to express my appreciation to
Chairman Skeen and Ranking Member Kaptur for including $364,000 in this
appropriation for multicommodity research at the Food Innovation
Center, located in my district.
This is a joint project of Oregon State University and the Oregon
Department of Agriculture dedicated to the development and marketing of
new food products. This funding will assist in creating family-wage
jobs in Oregon in the food processing industry.
This outstanding facility created for enhancing entrepreneurship
brings together the incredible agricultural productivity of the Pacific
Northwest and the expertise of our business community. The Food
Innovation Center's focus on increasing the value-added component of
the Pacific Northwest's agricultural sector helps derive more income
from the vast array of commodities produced there.
Oregon agriculture continues to break productivity and income
records. We can do even better by utilizing the cost-effective
investment that the Food Innovation Center is. If we in Oregon were to
add value to our raw agricultural products at the national average
level, 20,000 jobs would be created. The Food Innovation Center helps
us move toward that goal.

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I thank the subcommittee for its support of this tremendously cost-
effective private-public partnership.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro].
The question was taken; and the chairman announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.

recorded vote

Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 17-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 344,
noes 73, not voting 17, as follows:

[Roll No. 285]

AYES--344

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cannon
Capps
Carson
Chabot
Chambliss
Christensen
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Coble
Collins
Combest
Condit
Conyers
Cooksey
Costello
Cox
Coyne
Cubin
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Dellums
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Doyle
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehrlich
Engel
Ensign
Eshoo
Evans
Ewing
Farr
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Foglietta
Foley
Ford
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (NJ)
Frost
Gallegly
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goodling
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
John
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E.B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
Kind (WI)
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaFalce
LaHood
Lampson
Lantos
Largent
Latham
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manzullo
Markey
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDade
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Moran (KS)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Parker
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Paxon
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Rangel
Redmond
Reyes
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryun
Sabo
Salmon
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Schaefer, Dan
Schumer
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Smith, Linda
Snowbarger
Snyder
Spence
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (NC)
Thompson
Thornberry
Thune
Thurman
Tiahrt
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Wamp
Waters
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Wexler
Weygand
White
Wicker
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
Young (FL)

NOES--73

Aderholt
Baesler
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Callahan
Campbell
Cardin
Castle
Chenoweth
Coburn
Cook
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cunningham
Davis (IL)
Davis (VA)
Deal
Dreier
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Etheridge
Everett
Fawell
Fowler
Frelinghuysen
Ganske
Goode
Gordon
Goss
Green
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hilleary
Hobson
Houghton
Johnson (CT)
Kingston
Lewis (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCrery
McIntyre
Pease
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickett
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Royce
Sanford
Sawyer
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Scott
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Solomon
Stearns
Stump
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Traficant
Walsh
Watkins
Weller
Whitfield

NOT VOTING--17

Berman
Fattah
Forbes
Furse
Gutknecht
LaTourette
Manton
Martinez
McHugh
Moran (VA)
Oxley
Payne
Schiff
Souder
Stokes
Tauzin
Young (AK)

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Mr. GOSS changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the motion was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Rogan) having assumed the chair, Mr. Riggs, Chairman pro tempore of the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2160)
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, had come to no
resolution thereon.

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