[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 169 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5021-S5022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1348. Mr. REED (for himself and Mrs. Britt) submitted an amendment

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intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray 
(for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) For an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
     Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', there is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which--
       (1) $1,000,000 shall be for research on East Coast 
     shellfish; and
       (2) $1,000,000 shall be for the Agricultural Research 
     Service to enter into cooperative agreements with qualified 
     nonprofit organizations to expedite research using plant 
     genomics to develop drought- and disease-resistant peanut 
     varieties and other agriculturally important crops.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act--
       (1) the amount made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``Agricultural Programs--Processing, Research, and 
     Marketing--Office of the Secretary'' in title I for the 
     Office of Communications shall be $7,738,000; and
       (2) the amount made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``Farm Production and Conservation Programs--Farm Service 
     Agency--State Mediation Grants'' in title II shall be 
     $6,000,000.

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