[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        NATIONAL TOBACCO POLICY AND YOUTH SMOKING REDUCTION ACT

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                  FORD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2707

  Mr. FORD (for himself, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. Robb) proposed an 
amendment to amendment No. 2437 proposed by Mr. Durbin to the bill (S. 
1415) to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products 
are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of 
tobacco use, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:

     SEC. . INAPPLICABILITY OF TITLE XV.

       The provisions of Title XV shall have no force and effect.

     SEC. . ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS EXPERIENCING LOSSES OF FARM 
                   INCOME.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, from amounts made available under section 451(d), 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall use up to $250,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 1999 through 2004 to establish a program 
     to indemnify eligible producers that have experienced, or are 
     experiencing, catastrophic losses in farm income during any 
     of the 1997 through 2004 crop years, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Gross Income and Payment Limitations.--In carrying out 
     this section, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, use gross income and payment limitations 
     established for the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program under 
     section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a).
       (c) Effect on Other Payments.--None of the payments made 
     under this section shall limit or alter in any manner the 
     payments authorized under section 1021 of this Act.

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