[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8388-S8389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                GRASSLEY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3172

  Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Bond) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 2159) 
making

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appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 19999, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 67, after line 23, add the following:

     SEC. 7____. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING APPROPRIATE 
                   ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE THE ECONOMIC 
                   EFFECT OF LOW COMMODITY PRICES.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) Congress should pass and the President should sign S. 
     1269, which would reauthorize fast-track trading authority 
     for the President;
       (2) Congress should pass and the President should sign S. 
     2078, the Farm and Ranch Risk Management Act, which would 
     allow farmers and ranchers to better prepare for fluctuations 
     in the agricultural economy;
       (3) the House of Representatives should follow the Senate 
     and provide full funding for the International Monetary Fund;
       (4) Congress should pass and the President should sign 
     sanctions reform legislation so that the agricultural economy 
     of the United States is not harmed by sanctions on foreign 
     trade;
       (5) Congress should uphold the presidential waiver of the 
     Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 Trade Act providing 
     normal trade relations status for China and continue to 
     pursue normal trade relations with China;
       (6) the House and Senate should continue to pursue a 
     package of capital gains and estate tax reforms;
       (7) the President should pursue stronger oversight on all 
     international trade agreements affecting agriculture and 
     commerce dispute settlement procedures when countries are 
     found to be violating such trade agreements;
       (8) the President should sign legislation providing full 
     deductibility of health care insurance for self-employed 
     individuals; and
       (9) the Congress and the administration should pursue 
     efforts to reduce regulations on farmers. The President 
     should use the administrative tools available to him to use 
     Commodity Credit Corporation and Unused Export Enhancement 
     Program funds for humanitarian assistance.
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                 CONRAD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3173

  Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
Burns, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Kerrey) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 2159, supra; as follows:

       On page 29, after line 21, add the following:

                          Reserve Inventories

       For the reserve established under section 813 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a), $500,000,000: 
     Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to 
     the extent that the President submits to Congress an official 
     budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement for the purposes of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That the entire amount of funds 
     necessary to carry out this paragraph is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement under section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).

       On page 67, after line 23, add the following:

     SEC. 7____. RESERVE INVENTORIES.

       Section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 
     1427a) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by inserting 
     ``of agricultural producers'' after ``distress'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``the Secretary or'' 
     after ``President or''; and
       (3) in subsection (h)--
       (A) by striking ``(h) There is hereby'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--There are''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Use of funds for cash payments.--The Secretary may 
     use funds made available under this section to make, in a 
     manner consistent with this section, cash payments that don't 
     go for crop disasters, but for income loss to carry out the 
     purposes of this section.''.

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