[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 110 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9949-S9950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIOINS FOR FY 2000

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                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 1495

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 1233) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Sense of the Senate Concerning Actions by the 
     World Trade Organization Relating to Trade in Agricultural 
     Commodities.--

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       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) agricultural producers in the United States compete 
     effectively when world markets are not distorted by 
     government intervention;
       (2) the elimination of barriers to competition in world 
     markets for agricultural commodities is in the interest of 
     producers and consumers in the United States;
       (3) the United States must provide leadership on the 
     opening of the agricultural markets in upcoming multilateral 
     World Trade Organization negotiations;
       (4) countries that import agricultural commodities are more 
     likely to liberalize practices if they are confident that 
     their trading partners will not curtail the availability of 
     agricultural commodities on world markets for foreign policy 
     purposes; and
       (5) a multilateral commitment to use the open market, 
     rather than government intervention, to guarantee food 
     security would advance the interests of the farm community of 
     the United States.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) members of the World Trade Organization should 
     undertake multilateral negotiations to eliminate policies and 
     programs that distort world markets for agricultural 
     commodities; and
       (2) as part of the multilateral negotiations, members of 
     the World Trade Organization should agree to renounce the use 
     of unilateral sanctions to prohibit, restrict, or condition 
     agricultural exports.

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