[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2559

                        Offered By: Mrs. Clayton

       Amendment No. 1: Section 304(b)(1) Insert after (D):
       ``(E) Expenditures for software development, testing, 
     maintenance and infrastructure security through USDA's 
     Building Rural American Venture Opportunities (BRAVO) 
     program, not to exceed $15 million per fiscal year.''
       Section 304(b)(2) Insert after (E):
       ``(F) Expenditures for software development, testing, 
     maintenance and infrastructure security through USDA's 
     Building Rural American Venture Opportunities (BRAVO) 
     program, not to exceed $15 million per fiscal year.''

                               H.R. 2559

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 2: Add at the end of title III the following 
     new section:

     SEC. ____. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PARTICIPATION OF 
                   MINORITY AND LIMITED-RESOURCE PRODUCERS IN CROP 
                   INSURANCE PROGRAMS.

       It is the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
     Agriculture should ensure the full participation of minority 
     and limited-resource farmers and ranchers in the programs 
     operating under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended by 
     this Act.

                               H.R. 2559

                         Offered By: Mr. LaHood

       Amendment No. 3: Page 16, strike lines 1 through 18, and 
     insert the following:
       ``(A) Programs required.--
       ``(i) Number and types of programs.--The Corporation shall 
     conduct two or more pilot programs to evaluate the 
     effectiveness of risk management tools for livestock 
     producers, including the use of--

       ``(I) futures and options contracts and policies and plans 
     of insurance that provide livestock producers with reasonable 
     protection from the financial risks of price or income 
     fluctuations inherent in the production and marketing of 
     livestock, provide protection for production losses, and 
     otherwise protect the interests of livestock producers; and
       ``(II) policies and plans of insurance that, 
     notwithstanding the second sentence of subsection (a)(1), and 
     subject to the exclusions in subsection (a)(3), provide 
     livestock producers with reasonable protection from liability 
     to mitigate or compensate for adverse environmental impacts 
     from producers' operations caused by natural disasters, 
     unusual weather or climatic conditions, third-party acts, or 
     other forces or occurrences beyond the producers' control, 
     and with coverage to satisfy obligations established by law 
     for closure of producers' operations.

       ``(ii) Purpose of programs.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Corporation shall evaluate the greatest 
     number and variety of pilot programs described in clause (i) 
     to determine which of the offered risk management tools are 
     best suited to protect livestock producers from the financial 
     risks associated with the production and marketing of 
     livestock.

                               H.R. 2559

                         Offered By: Mr. Upton

       Amendment No. 4: Add at the end of title I the following 
     new section:

     SEC. ____. CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS PRICE ELECTION, MICHIGAN 
                   FRESH MARKET PEACHES.

       (a) Additional Payment Based on Corrected Price.--Using 
     funds available to carry out the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     make a payment to each producer of fresh market peaches in 
     Michigan who purchased a crop insurance policy for the 1999 
     fresh market peaches crop and received a payment under the 
     policy. The amount of the additional payment shall be equal 
     to the difference between--
       (1) the amount the producer would have received under the 
     policy had the correct price election for the 1999 crop of 
     $11.00 per bushel been used; and
       (2) the amount the producer actually received under the 
     policy using the erroneous price election of $6.25 per 
     bushel.
       (b) Premium Deduction.--The amount determined under 
     subsection (a) for a producer shall be reduced by an amount 
     equal to the additional premium (if any) that the producer 
     would have paid for a policy for the 1999 fresh market 
     peaches crop that used the correct price election.