[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8632-S8633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2233. Mr. KOHL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) 
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 59, line 22, strike ``2,995,218,000'' and insert 
     ``3,230,218,000''.
       On page 60, line 9, strike ``and''.
       On page 60, line 12, after ``expended'', insert ``; and 
     $235,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees 
     authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco 
     Control Act (Public Law 111-31) and shall be credited to this 
     account and remain available until expended''.
       On page 60, line 14, strike ``and'', and insert ``, and 
     tobacco product'' after ``generic drug''.
       On page 61, line 12, strike (7) and insert ``(8)''; after 
     ``Research;'' insert ``(7) $216,523,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
     in the Office of Regulatory Affairs;''; and strike 
     ``$115,882,000'' and insert ``$117,225,000''.
       On page 61, line 15, strike ``(8)'' and insert ``(9)''.
       On page 61, line 16, strike ``$168,728,000'' and insert 
     ``$171,526,000''.
       On page 61, line 17, strike ``(9)'' and insert ``(10)''.
       On page 61, line 18, strike ``$185,793,000'' and insert 
     ``$200,129,000''.
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  SA 2234. Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1908 
submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R. 
2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 8, line 2, before the period, insert the following: 
     ``: Provided, That of the amount made available for the 
     Office of Inspector General to conduct investigations such 
     sums as are necessary shall be made available for the 
     inspection of the national organic program established under 
     the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 
     seq.)''.
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  SA 2235. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) 
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. (a) In this section, the term ``discretionary 
     spending'' means all amounts provided under this Act other 
     than amounts provided for programs funded through direct 
     spending (as defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985(2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each 
     discretionary spending amount provided by this Act is reduced 
     by the pro rata percentage required to reduce the total 
     discretionary spending amount provided by this Act to 
     $20,721,900,000.
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  SA 2236. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) 
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 31, line 19, strike ``2250a.'' and insert the 
     following:
     2250a: Provided further, That, of the funds made available by 
     this Act for the conduct of activities by the Natural 
     Resources Conservation Service in the State of Maine, not 
     less than $1,500,000 shall be used to carry out irrigation 
     activities.
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  SA 2237. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lieberman, 
Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Kerry) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and 
Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the following 
     communities and municipal districts to be rural areas for 
     purposes of eligibility for water or waste disposal grants 
     and direct or guaranteed loans described in section 
     381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 2009d(d)(2))):
       (1) The unincorporated community of Bourne, in Barnstable 
     County, Massachusetts.
       (2) The unincorporated community of Charlton, in Worcester 
     County, Massachusetts.

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       (3) The unincorporated community of Dudley, in Worcester 
     County, Massachusetts.
       (4) The North Raynham Water District, in Bristol County, 
     Massachusetts.
       (5) The Bolton Lakes Regional Water Pollution Control Area, 
     in Tolland County, Connecticut.
       (6) The Cherry Valley/Rochdale District, in Worcester 
     County, Connecticut.
       (7) The North Tiverton Fire District, in Newport County, 
     Rhode Island.
       (8) The Harrisville Fire District, in Providence County, 
     Rhode Island.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the following 
     communities and municipal districts to be rural areas for 
     purposes of eligibility for community facility direct and 
     guaranteed loans and grants under section 306(a) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1926(a)):
       (1) The town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
       (2) The town of Newtown, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
       (3) The town of Windham, in Windham County, Connecticut.
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  SA 2238. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. 
Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__.  Section 1506(e)(2)) of the Food, Conservation, 
     and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773(e)(2)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Multigenerational dairy producers.--In addition to 
     the payment quantity limitation for all producers on a single 
     dairy operation established under subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary shall establish a separate payment quantity 
     limitation for each producer on a single dairy operation who, 
     as determined by the Secretary--
       ``(i) is a lineal descendant of another producer who--

       ``(I) owns or operates the single dairy operation; and
       ``(II) is eligible to receive a payment subject to all or 
     part of the payment quantity limitation for the single dairy 
     operation established under subparagraph (A);

       ``(ii) is a producer with respect to the dairy operation, 
     as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     standards described in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(iii) uses the income from the dairy operation to support 
     the family of the producer.''.
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  SA 2239. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) 
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     the Food and Drug Administration may be used to prevent an 
     individual not in the business of importing a prescription 
     drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(g))) from 
     importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That the 
     prescription drug may not be--
       (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 
     the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
       (2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
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  SA 2240. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Johanns) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for 
himself and Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations 
for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     complete a State-by-State analysis of the impacts on 
     agricultural producers of the American Clean Energy and 
     Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2452, as passed by the House of 
     Representatives on June 26, 2009) (referred to in this 
     section as ``H.R. 2452'').
       (b) In conducting the analysis under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) use a range of peer-reviewed analyses of H.R. 2454 
     conducted by public and private entities, including land 
     grant universities;
       (2) consider a scenario in which the fertilizer industry 
     does not receive any free allowances under H.R. 2454;
       (3) consider the impacts of H.R. 2454 on a range of 
     fishing, aquaculture, livestock, poultry, and swine 
     production and a variety of crop production, including 
     specialty crops; and
       (4) analyze projected land use changes, afforestation 
     patterns, and other market incentives created by H.R. 2454 
     that may impact food or agriculture commodity prices, 
     including specific acreage estimates of parcels of land 
     planted with trees in the United States.

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