[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S12458]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2240. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Helms) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to 
enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for 
farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to 
ensure consumers abundant food and fiber, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following 
     sections:

     SEC.  . COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment 
     shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
     Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of 
     living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal 
     year 2002.
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  SA 2241. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1731, to strengthen the 
safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation 
and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural 
research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant 
food and fiber, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.  . COMMERCIAL FISHERIES FAILURE.

       In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act, there are appropriated to the 
     Department of Agriculture $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, 
     which shall be transferred to the Department of Commerce to 
     provide emergency disaster assistance for the commercial 
     fishery failure under section 308(b)(1) of the 
     Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 
     4107(b)(1)) with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries. 
     Amounts made available under this section shall be used to 
     support a voluntary fishing capacity reduction program in the 
     Northeast multispecies fishery that permanently revokes 
     multispecies, limited access fishing permits so as to obtain 
     the maximum sustained reduction in fishing capacity at the 
     least cost and in the minimum period of time and to prevent 
     the replacement of fishing capacity removed by the program.
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  SA 2242. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Craig) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1731, to strengthen the 
safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation 
and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural 
research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant 
food and fiber, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike section 132 and insert the following:

     SEC. 132. STUDY OF NATIONAL DAIRY POLICY.

       (a) Study Required.--Not later than April 30, 2002, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a 
     comprehensive economic evaluation of the potential direct and 
     indirect effects of the various elements of the national 
     dairy policy, including an examination of the effect of the 
     national dairy policy on--
       (1) farm price stability, farm profitability and viability, 
     and local rural economies in the United States;
       (2) child, senior, and low-income nutrition programs, 
     including impacts on schools and institutions participating 
     in the programs, on program recipients, and other factors; 
     and
       (3) the wholesale and retail cost of fluid milk, dairy 
     farms, and milk utilization.
       (b) National Dairy Policy Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``national dairy policy'' means the dairy policy of the 
     United States as evidenced by the following policies and 
     programs:
       (1) Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
       (2) Interstate dairy compacts (including proposed compacts 
     described in H.R. 1827 and S. 1157, as introduced in the 
     107th Congress).
       (3) Over-order premiums and State pricing programs.
       (4) Direct payments to milk producers.
       (5) Federal milk price support program.
       (6) Export programs regarding milk and dairy products, such 
     as the Dairy Export Incentive Program.

     

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