[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S15115]
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 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 77--MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE 
                        ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3194

  Ms. COLLINS (for Mr. Lott (for himself and Mr. Daschle)) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed 
to:

                            S. Con. Res. 77

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
     in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 3194), making 
     appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
     and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
     revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, shall make the 
     following correction:
       At the appropriate place of the bill insert the following:

                      Commodity Credit Corporation


           Producer-Owned Marketing Associations Forgiveness

       Sec. 1. The Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
     amount of any principal due on a loan made to marketing 
     association incorporated in the State of North Carolina for 
     the 1999 crop of an agricultural commodity by at least 75 
     percent if the marketing association suffered losses of the 
     agricultural commodity in a county with respect to which--(1) 
     a natural disaster was declared by the Secretary for losses 
     due to Hurricane Dennis, Floyd, or Irene; or (2) a major 
     disaster or emergency was declared by the President for 
     losses due to Hurricane Dennis, Floyd, or Irene under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
       If the Secretary assigns a grade quality for the 1999 crop 
     of an agricultural commodity marketed by an association 
     described in this section that is below the base quality of 
     the agricultural commodity, the Secretary shall compensate 
     the association for losses incurred by the association as a 
     result of the reduction in grade quality.
       Up to $81,000,000 of the resources of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall be used for the cost of this section: 
     Provided, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this 
     section shall be available only to the extent that an 
     official budget request for the entire amount, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
     as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
     and Section 252(e) of such Act.
       Sec. 2. In administering $50,000,000 in emergency 
     supplemental funding for the Emergency Conservation Program, 
     the Secretary shall give priority to the repair of structures 
     essential to the operation of the farm.

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