[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 68 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4876-S4877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3547. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3401 proposed by Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Grassley) 
to the bill (H.R. 3009) to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to 
grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 244, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
       (C) Objective regarding nicaragua.--It is the objective of 
     the United States to seek mechanisms that will Nicaragua, a 
     close Central American friend and ally of the United States, 
     to send at least 6,000 metric tons of peanuts into the United

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     States, at in-quota tariff rates, on an annual basis. An 
     increase in Nicaraguan peanut exports to the United States 
     will help strengthen and stabilize the Nicaraguan economy and 
     democracy, as well as help protect the nearly 40,000 rural 
     workers and their families in Nicaragua that have come to 
     depend upon peanut farming for their livelihoods.
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  SA 3548. Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3401 proposed 
by Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Grassley) to the bill (H.R. 3009) to 
extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade 
benefits under that Act, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
     direct appropriation may be made under this act.''

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