[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3761]
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  AMENDMENT TO RULE ON S. 1150, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND 
             EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1998 CONFERENCE REPORT

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, there is some concern over understanding 
the rule that we are about to take up. I just want to put the House on 
notice that at the end of my remarks, or during the debate on the rule, 
that I will be putting back into the bill an unfunded mandate that was 
removed. I personally oppose unfunded mandates and I will argue against 
it, but the House will have an opportunity to vote on it.
  So at some point I would be offering a manager's amendment, that at 
the appropriate time I would offer an amendment to the rule ensuring 
that the offset for crop insurance and for food stamps for legal aliens 
is going to be in the bill. There would be a vote on whether or not to 
take that out.

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