[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14472-14483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED DURING THE ADJOURNMENT

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   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
              RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FY 2000

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                     BOND AMENDMENTS NOS. 1038-1039

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BOND submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, two amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill (S. 1233) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1038

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Contracts for Procurement of Food Aid 
     Commodities.--None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to award, through the HUBZone program established 
     by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a), 
     including the price evaluation preference authorized by such 
     program in cases of contract awards through full and open 
     competition, contracts for the procurement or processing of 
     commodities furnished under title II of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 
     et seq.), section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
     U.S.C. 1431(b)), or the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 
     U.S.C. 1736o) if more than 50 percent of the dollar value of 
     the contracts are awarded to any single vendor.
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                           Amendment No. 1039

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Contracts for Procurement of Food Aid 
     Commodities.--None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to award, through the HUBZone program established 
     by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15. U.S.C. 657a), 
     including the price evaluation preference authorized by such 
     program in cases of contract awards through full and open 
     competition, contracts for the procurement or processing of 
     commodities furnished under title II of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 
     et seq.), section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
     U.S.C. 1431(b)), or the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 
     U.S.C. 1736o) if more than 50 percent of the dollar value of 
     the contracts are awarded to any single vendor.
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                        BURNS AMENDMENT NO. 1040

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BURNS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill, 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Planting of Dry Edible Beans and Garbanzo Beans 
     on Contract Acreage.--Section 118(b)(1) of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7218(b)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``and dry peas'' and inserting ``dry peas, dry 
     edible beans, and garbanzo beans''.
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                       LINCOLN AMENDMENT NO. 1041

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. LINCOLN submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill, 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       Sec.  . Section 889 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by inserting ``HARRY K. DUPREE'' before 
     ``STUTTGART''; (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in the heading,by inserting ``HARRY K. DUPREE'' before 
     ``STUTTGART''; and
       (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting ``Harry K. 
     Dupree'' before ``Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research 
     Center'' each place it appears.
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                        SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 1042

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SMITH of Oregon submitted, under authority of the order of the 
senate of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Cranberry Marketing Orders.--(a) Paid Advertising 
     for Cranberries and Cranberry Products.--Section 8c(6)(I) of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(6)(I)), 
     reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
     Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first proviso--
       (1) by striking ``or Florida grown strawberries'' and 
     inserting ``, Florida grown strawberries, or cranberries''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``and Florida Indian River grapefruit'' and 
     inserting ``Florida Indian River grapefruit, and 
     cranberries''.
       (b) Collection of Cranberry Inventory Data.--Section 8d of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d), reenacted 
     with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 
     of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Collection of cranberry inventory data.--
       ``(A) In general.--If an order is in effect with respect to 
     cranberries, the Secretary of Agriculture may require persons 
     engaged in the handling or importation of cranberries or 
     cranberry products (including producer-handlers, second 
     handlers, processors, brokers, and importers) to provide such 
     information as the Secretary considers necessary to 
     effectuate the declared policy of this title, including 
     information on acquisitions, inventories, and dispositions of 
     cranberries and cranberry products.
       ``(B) Delegation to committee.--The Secretary may delegate 
     the authority to carry out subparagraph (A) to any committee 
     that is responsible for administering an order covering 
     cranberries.
       ``(C) Confidentiality.--Paragraph (2) shall apply to 
     information provided under this paragraph.
       ``(D) Violations.--Any person that violates this paragraph 
     shall be subject to the penalties provided under section 
     8c(14).''.
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                   ROBERTS AMENDMENTS NOS. 1043-1045

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROBERTS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, three amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1043

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Prohibited Activities on CRP Acreage.--None of 
     the funds made available by this or any other Act shall be 
     used to implement Notice CRP-327, issued by the Farm Service 
     Agency on October 26, 1998.
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                           Amendment No. 1044

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. __. Continuous Signup and Other Procedures for CRP.--
     None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to 
     implement Notice CRP-338, issued by the Farm Service Agency 
     on March 10, 1999.
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                           Amendment No. 1045

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. CRP Cross-Compliance With Certain Conservation 
     Requirements.--Section 1232(a) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (9), by adding ``and'' after the semicolon 
     at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a period;''; and
       (3) by striking paragraph (11).

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                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1046

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REID submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 16, strike the figure ``$119,300,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof the figure ``$118,800,000'' and on 
     page 13, line 13, strike the figure ``$54,276,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof the figure ``$54,776,000''.
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                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1047

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEVIN submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 13, strike ``$54,276,000'' and insert 
     ``$55,166,000''.
       On page 13, line 14, before the semicolon, insert the 
     following: ``, of which not less than $445,000 shall be used 
     to make a special grant to the State of Michigan to carry out 
     sustainable agriculture research, and of which not less than 
     $445,000 shall be used to make a special grant to the State 
     of Michigan to carry out a research program on improved fruit 
     practices''.
       On page 13, line 16, strike ``$119,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$118,410,000''.
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 1048

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Emergency and Market Loss Assistance.--(a) 
     Additional Crop Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts that have been made 
     available to carry out section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public 
     Law 105-277) under other law, the Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this section as the `Secretary') shall use 
     not more than $430,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to provide crop loss assistance in accordance 
     with that section in a manner that, to the maximum extent 
     practicable--
       (A) fully compensates agricultural producers for crop 
     losses in accordance with that section (including regulations 
     promulgated to carry out that section); and
       (B) provides equitable treatment under that section for 
     agricultural producers described in subsections (b) and (c) 
     of that section.
       (2) Citrus crop losses.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law (including regulations), for the purposes of 
     section 1102 of that Act, a loss of a citrus crop caused by a 
     disaster in 1998 shall be considered to be a loss of the 1998 
     crop of the citrus crop, without regard to the time of 
     harvest.
       (b) Market Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and 
     (5), the Secretary shall use not more than $4,145,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
     assistance to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for payments for fiscal year 1999 under a production 
     flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) to partially 
     compensate the owners and producers for the loss of markets 
     for the 1999 crop of a commodity.
       (2) Amount.--Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), 
     the amount of assistance made available to owners and 
     producers on a farm under this subsection shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the contract payment received 
     by the owners and producers for fiscal year 1999 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act.
       (3) Time for payment.--The assistance made available under 
     this subsection for an eligible owner or producer shall be 
     provided as soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (4) Dairy producers.--
       (A) In general.--Of the total amount made available under 
     paragraph (1), $200,000,000 shall be available to provide 
     assistance to dairy producers in a manner determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (B) Federal milk marketing orders.--Payments made under 
     this subsection shall not affect any decision with respect to 
     rulemaking activities under section 143 of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7253).
       (5) Peanuts.--
       (A) In general.--Of the total amount made available under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not to exceed 
     $45,000,000 to provide payments to producers of quota peanuts 
     or additional peanuts to partially compensate the producers 
     for the loss of markets for the 1998 crop of peanuts.
       (B) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to producers on a 
     farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the product obtained by 
     multiplying--
       (i) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts 
     produced or considered produced by the producers under 
     section 155 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7271); by
       (ii) an amount equal to 5 percent of the loan rate 
     established for quota peanuts or additional peanuts, 
     respectively, under section 155 of that Act.
       (c) Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply 
     (Section 32).--For an additional amount for the fund 
     maintained for funds made available under section 32 of the 
     Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), there is 
     appropriated, out any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $355,000,000.
       (d) Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance.--For an additional 
     amount to provide emergency livestock feed assistance in 
     accordance with section 1103 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public 
     Law 105-277), there is appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $180,000,000.
       (e) Oilseed Purchases and Donations.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall use not less than $1,000,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purchase 
     and distribution of oilseeds, vegetable oil, and oilseed meal 
     under applicable food aid authorities, including--
       (A) section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
     U.S.C. 1431(b));
       (B) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o); and
       (C) the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
     of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.).
       (2) Least developed countries.--Not less than 40 percent of 
     the commodities distributed pursuant to this subsection shall 
     be made available to least developed countries, as determined 
     by the Secretary.
       (3) Local currencies.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
     local currencies generated from the sale of commodities under 
     this subsection shall be used for development purposes that 
     foster United States agricultural exports.
       (f) Upland Cotton Price Competitiveness.--
       (1) In general.--Section 136(a) of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(in the case of each 
     of the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 marketing years for upland 
     cotton, at the option of the recipient)'' after ``or cash 
     payments'';
       (B) by inserting ``(or, in the case of each of the 1999-
     2000 and 2000-2001 marketing years for upland cotton, 1.25 
     cents per pound)'' after ``3 cents per pound'' each place it 
     appears;
       (C) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(A) Redemption, marketing, or exchange.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
     for redeeming marketing certificates for cash or marketing or 
     exchange of the certificates for--

       ``(I) except as provided in subclause (II), agricultural 
     commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation in such 
     manner, and at such price levels, as the Secretary determines 
     will best effectuate the purposes of cotton user marketing 
     certificates; or
       ``(II) in the case of each of the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 
     marketing years for upland cotton, agricultural commodities 
     owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation or pledged to the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for a loan in such 
     manner, and at such price levels, as the Secretary determines 
     will best effectuate the purposes of cotton user marketing 
     certificates, including enhancing the competitiveness and 
     marketability of United States cotton.

       ``(ii) Price restrictions.--Any price restrictions that 
     would otherwise apply to the disposition of agricultural 
     commodities by the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not 
     apply to the redemption of certificates under this 
     subparagraph.''; and
       (D) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, except that this paragraph shall not 
     apply to each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001''.
       (2) Ensuring the availability of upland cotton.--Section 
     136(b) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
     7236(b)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in paragraph (7), the''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 marketing years.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of each of the 1999-2000 and 
     2000-2001 marketing years for upland cotton, the President 
     shall carry out an import quota program as provided in this 
     paragraph.
       ``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and 
     announces that for

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     any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday through Thursday 
     average price quotation for the lowest-priced United States 
     growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch cotton, 
     delivered C.I.F. Northern Europe, adjusted for the value of 
     any certificate issued under subsection (a), exceeds the 
     Northern Europe price by more than 1.25 cents per pound, 
     there shall immediately be in effect a special import quota.
       ``(C) Tight domestic supply.--During any month for which 
     the Secretary estimates the season-ending United States 
     upland cotton stocks-to-use ratio, as determined under 
     subparagraph (D), to be below 16 percent, the Secretary, in 
     making the determination under subparagraph (B), shall not 
     adjust the Friday through Thursday average price quotation 
     for the lowest-priced United States growth, as quoted for 
     Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F. Northern 
     Europe, for the value of any certificates issued under 
     subsection (a).
       ``(D) Season-ending united states stocks-to-use ratio.--For 
     the purposes of making estimates under subparagraph (C), the 
     Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, estimate and report the 
     season-ending United States upland cotton stocks-to-use 
     ratio, excluding projected raw cotton imports but including 
     the quantity of raw cotton that has been imported into the 
     United States during the marketing year.
       ``(E) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the 
     United States during any marketing year described in 
     subparagraph (A) under the special import quota established 
     under this paragraph may not exceed the equivalent of 5 
     weeks' consumption of upland cotton by domestic mills at the 
     seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 months immediately 
     preceding the first special import quota established in any 
     marketing year.''.
       (3) Removal of suspension of marketing certificate 
     authority.--Section 171(b)(1)(G) of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)(G)) is amended by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, 
     except that this subparagraph shall not apply to each of the 
     1999-2000 and 2000-2001 marketing years for upland cotton''.
       (4) Redemption of marketing certificates.--Section 115 of 
     the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445k) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking ``rice (other than negotiable marketing 
     certificates for upland cotton or rice)'' and inserting 
     ``rice, including the issuance of negotiable marketing 
     certificates for upland cotton or rice'';
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) redeem negotiable marketing certificates for cash 
     under such terms and conditions as are established by the 
     Secretary.''; and
       (B) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by striking 
     ``export enhancement program or the marketing promotion 
     program established under the Agricultural Trade Act of 
     1978'' and inserting ``market access program or the export 
     enhancement program established under sections 203 and 301 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623, 5651)''.
       (g) Farm Service Agency.--For an additional amount for the 
     Farm Service Agency, to be used at the discretion of the 
     Secretary, for salaries and expenses of the Farm Service 
     Agency or for direct or guaranteed farm ownership, operating, 
     or emergency loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), there is 
     appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $50,000,000.
       (h) State Mediation Grants.--For an additional amount for 
     grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
     Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), there is appropriated, out of 
     any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $2,000,000.
       (i) Rural Economic Assistance.--For an additional amount 
     for rural economic assistance, there is appropriated, out of 
     any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $100,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall be administered 
     in accordance with the provisions of section 793 of P.L. 104-
     127; Provided further, That the highest priority in the use 
     of such funds shall be for the most economically 
     disadvantaged rural communities.
       (j) Emergency Requirement.--The entire amount necessary to 
     carry out this section and the amendments made by 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, That 
     the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
     such Act.
       (k) Availability.--The amount necessary to carry out this 
     section and the amendments made by this section shall be 
     available in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
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                      COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 1049

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COVERDELL submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate 
of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Lake Oconee Land Exchange.--(a) Definitions.--In 
     this section:
       (1) Description of the boundary.--The term ``description of 
     the boundary'' means the documents entitled ``Description of 
     the Boundary'' dated September 6, 1996, prepared by the 
     Forest Service and on file with the Secretary.
       (2) Exchange agreement.--The term ``exchange agreement'' 
     means the agreement between Georgia Power Company and the 
     Forest Service dated December 26, 1996, as amended on August 
     17, 1998, on file with the Secretary.
       (3) Georgia power company.--The term ``Georgia Power 
     Company'' means Georgia Power Company, a division of the 
     Southern Company, a Georgia corporation, or its successors or 
     assigns.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (b) Land Exchange.--
       (1) In general.--Simultaneously with conveyance by Georgia 
     Power Company to the Secretary of all right, title, and 
     interest in and to the land described in paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) convey to Georgia Power Company all right, title, and 
     interest in and to the land described in paragraph (3), 
     except as provided in the exchange agreement; and
       (B) make a value equalization payment of $23,250 to Georgia 
     Power Company.
       (2) Land to be conveyed to the secretary.--The land 
     described in this paragraph is the land within or near the 
     Chattahoochee National Forest and Oconee National Forest in 
     the State of Georgia, comprising approximately 1,175.46 
     acres, described in the exchange agreement and the 
     description of the boundary.
       (3) Land to be conveyed to georgia power company.--The land 
     described in this paragraph is the land in the State of 
     Georgia, comprising approximately 1,275.80 acres, described 
     in the exchange agreement and the description of the 
     boundary.
       (c) Partial Revocation of Withdrawals.--
       (1) In general.--The orders issued by the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission under section 24 of the Federal Power 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 818), authorizing Power Project Numbers 2413 
     and 2354, issued August 6, 1969, and October 1, 1996, 
     respectively, are revoked insofar as the orders affect the 
     land described in subsection (b)(3).
       (2) No annual charge.--No interest conveyed to Georgia 
     Power Company or easement right retained by Georgia Power 
     Company under this section shall be subject to an annual 
     charge for the purpose of compensating the United States for 
     the use of its land for power purposes.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 1050

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEAHY submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       Insert under General Provisions, the following:


             ``outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers

       ``The Secretary may transfer funds from salary and expense 
     accounts within the Department as provided in this Act for 
     activities pursuant to section 2501 of title XXV of the Food, 
     Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.''
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                    KERREY AMENDMENTS NOS. 1051-1054

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KERREY submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, four amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1051

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Regulatory Authority Over Packers and 
     Stockyards.--(a) In General.--Notwithstading any other 
     provision of law, the Attorney General shall carry out and 
     exercise regulatory authority over the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).
       (b) Funding.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer 
     to the Attorney General unobligated amounts that have been 
     made available to carry out the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
     U.S.C. 182(a)), is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively.

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       (2) Section 203(b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 193(b)), is amended in the last sentence by 
     striking ``pay such penalty'' and all that follows through 
     ``may recover'' and inserting ``pay the penalty, the Attorney 
     General may recover''.
       (3) Section 204(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 194(a)), is amended by striking ``Secretary's 
     order'' and inserting ``order of the Attorney General''.
       (4) Section 312(b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 213(b)), is amended in the last sentence by 
     striking ``pay such penalty'' and all that follows through 
     ``may recover'' and inserting ``pay the penalty, the Attorney 
     General may recover''.
       (5) Section 315 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
     U.S.C. 216), is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``the Secretary, or any party injured thereby,'' and 
     inserting ``any party injured thereby,''.
       (6) Section 404 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
     U.S.C. 224), is amended by striking ``The Secretary may 
     report any violation of this Act to the Attorney General of 
     the United States, who'' and inserting ``In the case of any 
     violation of this Act, the Attorney General''.
       (7) Sections 406 and 407(c) of the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 227, 228(c)), are amended by striking 
     ``Secretary of Agriculture'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Attorney General''.
       (8) Section 408 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
     U.S.C. 228a), is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Secretary's order, 
     the Secretary may notify the Attorney General, who'' and 
     inserting ``Attorney General's order, the Attorney General''; 
     and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``Secretary of 
     Agriculture may, with the approval of the Attorney General,'' 
     and inserting ``Attorney General may''.
       (9) Section 411(b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 228b-2(b)), is amended in the last sentence by 
     striking ``pay such penalty'' and all that follows through 
     ``may recover'' and inserting ``pay the penalty, the Attorney 
     General may recover''.
       (10) Section 412(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 228b-3(a)), is amended by striking ``Secretary's 
     order'' and inserting ``order of the Attorney General''.
       (11) Section 416 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
     U.S.C. 229a), is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
     Agriculture'' each place it appears and inserting ``Attorney 
     General''.
       (12) The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et 
     seq.), is amended by striking ``Secretary'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Attorney General''.
       (13) Section 285(c)(1) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7005(c)(1)) is amended 
     by striking ``grain inspection, and packers and stockyards'' 
     and inserting ``and grain inspection''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1052

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Supplier Credits.--Section 202(a)(2) of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622(a)(2)) is 
     amended by striking ``180 days'' and inserting ``1 year''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1053

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Payment of Transportation Costs.--Section 
     406(b)(6) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
     Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736(b)(6)) is amended by 
     striking ``in the case of commodities for urgent and 
     extraordinary relief requirements (including pre-positioned 
     commodities)''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1054

       On page 36 of S. 1233, line 3 after the word ``systems:'' 
     insert the following:
       ``Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to the Grassroots 
     project.''
                                 ______
                                 

                   DASCHLE AMENDMENTS NOS. 1055-1059

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DASCHLE submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, five amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1055

       On page 6, line 23 strike ``3,000,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof, ``$4,499,000''.
       On page 17, line 9 strike ``$35,541,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$39,499,000''.
       On page 17, line 13 strike ``payments'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``payments for the crops at risk from 
     FQPA implementation program, $1,000,000; payments for the 
     FQPA risk mitigation program systems, $2,958,000; payments''.
       On page 22, line 26 strike ``$24,287,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$25,499,000''.
       On page 25, line 16 strike ``$2,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``2,499,000''.
       On page 67, line 6 strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$30,000,000''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1056

       On page 25, line 16 strike ``$2,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``2,499,000''.
       On page 67, line 6 strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$49,999,400''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1057

       On page 22, line 26 strike ``$24,287,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$25,499,000''.
       On page 67, line 6 strike ``$50,000,000 and insert in lieu 
     thereof, ``$40,000,000''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1058

       On page 6, line 23 strike ``3,000,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof, ``$4,499,000''.
       On page 67, line 6 strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$40,000,000''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1059

       On page 17, line 13 strike ``payments'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``payments for the crops at risk from 
     FQPA implementation program, $1,000,000; payments for the 
     FQPA risk mitigation program systems, $2,958,000; payments''.
       On page 67, line 6 strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof, ``$47,041,999''.
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                 THOMAS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1060

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Allard, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Craig, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Daschle) submitted, under authority 
of the order of the Senate of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to 
be proposed by them to the bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 14, line 22, before the period at the end, insert 
     the following: ``, of which not less than $250,000 shall be 
     provided to carry out programs and activities of the 
     Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, 
     Colorado''.
       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Pilot Programs.--(a) Domestic Market Reporting 
     Pilot Program.--Section 416 of the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 229a) is repealed.
       (b) Export Market Reporting Pilot Investigation.--Section 
     1127 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1990 
     (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-277) is repealed.
       (c) Market Analysis Programs.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative States Research 
     Education and Extension Service, shall use any unobligated 
     funds for fiscal year 1999 that are made available as the 
     result of the amendments made by this section to carry out 
     market analysis programs at the Livestock Marketing 
     Information Center in Lakewood, Colorado.
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                      JEFFORDS AMENDMENT NO. 1061

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JEFFORDS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Dairy Compacts; Federal Milk Marketing Orders.--
     (a) Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.--Section 147 of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Massachusetts, New Hampshire,'' and inserting ``Maryland, 
     Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``concurrent'' and all 
     that follows through ``section 143'' and inserting ``on 
     December 31, 2002'';
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Delaware, New Jersey, 
     New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia'' and 
     inserting ``Delaware, Ohio, and Pennsylvania'';
       (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code'';
       (6) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and
       (7) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Compensation of special milk program.--Before the end 
     of each fiscal year in which a Compact price regulation is in 
     effect, the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission 
     shall compensate the Secretary for the cost of any milk and 
     milk products provided under the special milk program 
     authorized under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1772) that results from the operation of the 
     Compact price regulation during the fiscal year, as 
     determined by the Secretary (in consultation with the 
     Commission) using notice and comment procedures provided in 
     section 553 of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (b) Southern Dairy Compact.--
       (1) In general.--Congress consents to the Southern Dairy 
     Compact entered into among

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     the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
     Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
     Virginia, and West Virginia as specified in section 201(b) of 
     Senate Joint Resolution 22 of the 106th Congress, as placed 
     on the calendar of the Senate, subject to the following 
     conditions:
       (A) Limitation of manufacturing price regulation.--The 
     Southern Dairy Compact Commission may not regulate Class II, 
     Class III, or Class III-A milk used for manufacturing 
     purposes or any other milk, other than Class I, or fluid 
     milk, as defined by a Federal milk marketing order issued 
     under section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
     608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (referred to in this 
     subsection as a ``Federal milk marketing order'') unless 
     Congress has first consented to and approved such authority 
     by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint 
     resolution.
       (B) Duration.--Consent for the Southern Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on December 31, 2002.
       (C) Additional states.--The States of Florida, Georgia, 
     Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas are the only additional 
     States that may join the Southern Dairy Compact, individually 
     or otherwise.
       (D) Compensation of commodity credit corporation.--Before 
     the end of each fiscal year in which a Compact price 
     regulation is in effect, the Southern Dairy Compact 
     Commission shall compensate the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     for the cost of any purchases of milk and milk products by 
     the Corporation that results from the operation of the 
     Compact price regulation during the fiscal year, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Agriculture (in consultation 
     with the Commission) using notice and comment procedures 
     provided in section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
       (E) Compensation of special milk program.--Before the end 
     of each fiscal year in which a Compact price regulation is in 
     effect, the Southern Dairy Compact Commission shall 
     compensate the Secretary of Agriculture for the cost of any 
     milk and milk products provided under the special milk 
     program authorized under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772) that results from the operation of 
     the Compact price regulation during the fiscal year, as 
     determined by the Secretary (in consultation with the 
     Commission) using notice and comment procedures provided in 
     section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
       (F) Milk marketing order administrator.--At the request of 
     the Southern Dairy Compact Commission, the Administrator of 
     the applicable Federal milk marketing order shall provide 
     technical assistance to the Compact Commission and be 
     compensated for that assistance.
       (2) Reservation of rights.--The right to alter, amend, or 
     repeal this subsection is reserved.
       (c) Federal Milk Marketing Orders.--
       (1) In general.--Section 143 of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7253) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(e) Fluid or Class I Milk.--In implementing the final 
     decision for the consolidation and reform of Federal milk 
     marketing orders under this section (including the decision 
     of the Secretary published in the Federal Register on April 
     2, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 16026)) (referred to in this section as 
     the `final decision'), effective beginning on the earlier of 
     the date of enactment of this subsection or October 1, 1999, 
     the Secretary shall implement, as the method for pricing 
     fluid or Class I milk under the orders, the Class I price 
     structure identified as Option 1A in the proposed rule 
     published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1998 (63 
     Fed. Reg. 4802, 4975-5020) (as amended on February 25, 1998 
     (63 Fed. Reg. 9686)).
       ``(f) Class II, III, and III-A Milk.--
       ``(1) In general.--In implementing the final decision, 
     during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     subsection and ending on the date on which the actions 
     required by paragraph (2) are complete, the Secretary shall 
     implement, as the method for pricing milk classified as Class 
     II, III, or III-A milk under the orders, the pricing 
     published in the Federal Register for--
       ``(A) Class III-A milk on October 29, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 
     58112);
       ``(B) Class II milk on December 14, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 
     64524);
       ``(C) Class II, III, and III-A milk on February 7, 1995 (60 
     Fed. Reg. 7290); and
       ``(D) Class III milk on June 4, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 30564);
     rather than the prices included as part of the final 
     decision.
       ``(2) Formal rulemaking.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after a 
     referendum is conducted to approve a consolidated order under 
     this section, the Secretary shall conduct rulemaking, on the 
     record after opportunity for an agency hearing, on proposed 
     formulae for determining prices for Classes II, III, and III-
     A milk in accordance with the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
     U.S.C. 601 et seq.), reenacted with amendments by the 
     Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.
       ``(B) Recommended and final decisions.--The Secretary shall 
     issue--
       ``(i) a recommended decision on a formula described in 
     subparagraph (A) not later than 120 days after the close of 
     the hearing; and
       ``(ii) a final decision on the formula not later than 120 
     days after the issuance of the recommended decision.
       ``(3) Limitation.--No pricing under this section shall 
     result in any significant reduction of the percentage that 
     the minimum price of milk for a given class represents (on 
     the date of enactment of this subsection) of the value of the 
     finished product used in establishing the minimum prices.
       ``(4) Compulsory reporting of prices and costs.--If the 
     Secretary bases any price under this subsection on a survey 
     of prices at which commodities are sold or the costs of 
     plants used to purchase and produce the commodities, the 
     Secretary may, by rule, require all plants purchasing milk, 
     regardless of whether the milk is subject to Federal milk 
     marketing orders, to report such data as are necessary to 
     conduct an accurate survey of those prices and costs.
       ``(g) Implementation.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) revise the final decision to reflect and comply with 
     the requirements of subsections (e) and (f); and
       ``(B) issue proposed consolidated orders under this 
     section.
       ``(2) Referenda.--As soon as practicable after revising the 
     final decision and issuing a proposed consolidated order, the 
     Secretary shall conduct a referendum among affected producers 
     to determine whether the producers approve each consolidated 
     order.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 738 of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 
     Stat. 2681-30), is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (a);
       (B) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
     (a) and (b), respectively; and
       (C) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)--
       (i) by striking ``subsection (a)(2) of such section'' and 
     inserting ``section 143(a)(2) of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7253(a)(2))''; and
       (ii) by striking ``final rule referred to in subsection 
     (a)'' and by inserting ``final rule to implement the 
     amendments to Federal milk marketing orders required by 
     section 143(a)(1) of that Act''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The section and the amendments made by 
     this section take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) the date of enactment of this section; or
       (2) October 1, 1999.
                                 ______
                                 

                JOHNSON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1062

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Conrad) 
submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of June 24, 1999, 
an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill S. 1233, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Labeling of Imported Meat and Meat Food 
     Products.--(a) Definitions.--Section 1 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(w) Beef.--The term `beef' means meat produced from 
     cattle (including veal).
       ``(x) Imported beef.--The term `imported beef' means beef 
     that is not United States beef, whether or not the beef is 
     graded with a quality grade issued by the Secretary.
       ``(y) Imported lamb.--The term `imported lamb' means lamb 
     that is not United States lamb, whether or not the lamb is 
     graded with a quality grade issued by the Secretary.
       ``(z) Imported pork.--The term `imported pork' means pork 
     that is not United States pork.
       ``(aa) Lamb.--The term `lamb' means meat, other than 
     mutton, produced from sheep.
       ``(bb) Pork.--The term `pork' means meat produced from 
     hogs.
       ``(cc) United states beef.--
       ``(1) In general.--The term `United States beef' means beef 
     produced from cattle slaughtered in the United States.
       ``(2) Exclusion.--The term `United States beef' does not 
     include beef produced from cattle imported into the United 
     States in sealed trucks for slaughter.
       ``(dd) United states lamb.--
       ``(1) In general.--The term `United States lamb' means lamb 
     produced from sheep slaughtered in the United States.
       ``(2) Exclusion.--The term `United States lamb' does not 
     include lamb produced from sheep imported into the United 
     States in sealed trucks for slaughter.
       ``(ee) United states pork.--
       ``(1) In general.--The term `United States pork' means pork 
     produced from hogs slaughtered in the United States.
       ``(2) Exclusion.--The term `United States pork' does not 
     include pork produced from hogs imported into the United 
     States in sealed trucks for slaughter.''.
       (b) Misbranding.--Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and

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       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(13)(A) if it is imported beef, imported lamb, or 
     imported pork offered for retail sale as muscle cuts of beef, 
     lamb, or pork and does not bear a label that identifies its 
     country of origin;
       ``(B) if it is United States beef, United States lamb, or 
     United States pork offered for retail sale as muscle cuts of 
     beef, lamb, or pork, and does not bear a label that 
     identifies its country of origin; or
       ``(C) if it is United States or imported ground beef, 
     ground lamb, or ground pork and is not accompanied by 
     labeling that identifies it as United States beef, United 
     States lamb, United States pork, imported beef, imported 
     lamb, imported pork, or other designation that identifies the 
     content of United States beef, imported beef, United States 
     lamb, imported lamb, United States pork, and imported pork 
     contained in the product, as determined by the Secretary.''.
       (c) Labeling.--Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(g) Mandatory Labeling.--The Secretary shall provide by 
     regulation that the following offered for retail sale bear a 
     label that identifies its country of origin:
       ``(1) Muscle cuts of United States beef, United States 
     lamb, United States pork, imported beef, imported lamb, and 
     imported pork.
       ``(2) Ground beef, ground lamb, and ground pork.
       ``(h) Audit Verification System for United States and 
     Imported Muscle Cuts of Beef, Lamb, and Pork and Ground Beef, 
     Lamb, and Pork.--The Secretary may require by regulation that 
     any person that prepares, stores, handles, or distributes 
     muscle cuts of United States beef, imported beef, United 
     States lamb, imported lamb, United States pork, imported 
     pork, ground beef, ground lamb, or ground pork for retail 
     sale maintain a verifiable recordkeeping audit trail that 
     will permit the Secretary to ensure compliance with the 
     regulations promulgated under subsection (g).''.
       (d) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     promulgate final regulations to carry out the amendments made 
     by this section.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     take effect 60 days after the date on which final regulations 
     are promulgated under subsection (e).
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                  GRAHAM (AND MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 1063

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Mack) submitted, under authority of 
the order of the Senate of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 18, line 12, strike ``$437,445,000'' and insert 
     ``$439,445,000'';
       On page 18, line 19, after the colon, insert the following: 
     ``Provided further, That, of the amounts made available under 
     this heading, not less than $24,970,000 shall be used for 
     fruit fly exclusion and detection (including at least 
     $6,000,000 for fruit fly exclusion and detection in the state 
     of Florida);
       On page 20, line 16, strike ``$7,200,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,200,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1064

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate 
of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:

                          TITLE I--SHORT TITLE

       Agriculture Trade Fairness and Enforcement Act of 1999.

    TITLE II--COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF MARKET-
        DISTORTING PRACTICES AFFECTING THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

     SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Trade representative.--The term ``Trade 
     Representative'' means the United States Trade 
     Representative.
       (2) Comprehensive strategy.--The term ``comprehensive 
     strategy'' means the comprehensive strategy for the 
     elimination of market-distorting practices described in 
     section 101(c) and includes the findings that led to the 
     development of the strategy.

     SEC. 2. DIRECTIVE TO THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.

       (a) Initiation of Investigation.--Not later than 45 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Trade 
     Representative shall initiate an investigation under section 
     302(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 of market-distorting 
     practices of foreign governments that have insulated foreign 
     agriculture producers from competitive pressures and have 
     contributed to the investment in, and development of, 
     agriculture on terms inconsistent with competitive market 
     conditions. The provisions of sections 302(b)(1)(B), 303, and 
     304 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall not apply to the 
     investigation conducted pursuant to this subsection.
       (b) Identification of Priority Foreign Market-Distorting 
     Practices.--
       (1) In general.--In the course of the investigation 
     described in subsection (a), the Trade Representative shall 
     identify the priority foreign market-distorting practices 
     that have the greatest impact on the United States 
     agriculture industry as targets for further action under 
     subsection (d).
       (2) Annual identification.--The Trade Representative shall 
     annually update and publish in the Federal Register a list of 
     the priority foreign market-distorting practices that have 
     the greatest impact on the United States agriculture industry 
     as targets for further action under title III of the Trade 
     Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.) or any other provision 
     of law.
       (3) Initiation of investigation.--
       (A) In general.--By no later than the date that is 30 days 
     after the date on which a practice is identified under 
     paragraph (2), initiate an investigation under section 302(b) 
     of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to such practice if--
       (i) at that time the practice is not the subject of any 
     other investigation or action under this title or under title 
     III of the Trade Act of 1974; and
       (ii) the foreign government, with respect to which a 
     priority foreign market-distorting practice has been 
     identified, fails to take steps to eliminate the practice.
       (B) Exception.--The Trade Representative shall not be 
     required to initiate an investigation under subparagraph (A) 
     with respect to any practice of a foreign country if the 
     Trade Representative determines that the initiation of the 
     investigation would be detrimental to the economic interest 
     of the United States and so certifies to Congress.
       (c) Comprehensive Strategy.--
       (1) In general.--The Trade Representative shall, as a 
     result of the investigation required under subsection (a)--
       (A) develop a comprehensive strategy for the elimination of 
     the market-distorting practices identified under subsection 
     (b)(1); and
       (B) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to the President the comprehensive strategy 
     including the findings that led to the development of the 
     strategy.
       (2) Factors to be considered.--In developing the 
     comprehensive strategy under this subsection, the Trade 
     Representative shall consider all relevant factors, 
     including--
       (A) the market-distorting practices described in subsection 
     (a);
       (B) the impact of foreign market-distorting practices on 
     the United States economy generally and on the United States 
     agriculture industry and its workers specifically;
       (C) the extent to which a foreign country's market-
     distorting practices are prohibited under the trade 
     agreements to which that foreign country is a party;
       (D) the extent to which a foreign country's market-
     distorting practices are prohibited under existing 
     commitments made by that foreign country to an international 
     financial institution (as defined in section 401(b));
       (E) the extent to which a foreign government's failure to 
     enforce its antimonopoly law leads to market-distorting 
     practices; and
       (F) the views of the public, the United States agriculture 
     industry and its workers.
       (3) Notice; public hearing.--The Trade Representative shall 
     hold at least one public hearing on the comprehensive 
     strategy to consider all relevant factors. Not later than 45 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Trade 
     Representative shall publish in the Federal Register notice 
     of the investigation and the public hearing to be conducted 
     under this section.
       (d) Recommendations for Action.--The Trade Representative 
     shall include within the strategy described in subsection 
     (c), recommendations for action to address the foreign 
     market-distorting practices identified in subsection (b)(1) 
     and a schedule for implementing any action recommended. The 
     recommendations shall include, where appropriate, one or more 
     of the following actions:
       (1) Negotiations on a multilateral or bilateral basis to 
     liberalize trade in agriculture products worldwide, 
     including--
       (A) the elimination of tariffs, quantitative restraints, 
     licensing requirements, or any other barrier to imports of 
     agriculture products that have the effect of insulating 
     foreign agriculture producers from competition;
       (B) the elimination of any export or production subsidies 
     provided by foreign governments to agriculture producers, 
     including the elimination of the practice of providing 
     capital or other goods at below-market rates or other 
     practices that have the effect of distorting the terms of 
     trade or encouraging investment in agriculture manufacturing 
     capacity on terms inconsistent with competitive market 
     conditions;
       (C) the elimination of restrictions on capital movement or 
     investment that--
       (i) allow foreign governments to insulate agriculture 
     producers from the competitive effects of a functioning 
     global capital market; or
       (ii) otherwise permit foreign governments to direct 
     financing to agriculture producers regardless of market 
     conditions;
       (D) the privatization of any agriculture producer where 
     government ownership permits the producer to operate on terms 
     inconsistent with competitive market conditions; and

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       (E) the elimination of administrative guidance by a foreign 
     government to its agriculture producers that leads to market-
     distorting practices or prevents the removal of market-
     distorting practices.
       (2) Initiation of action under section 201 of the Trade Act 
     of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251).
       (3) Use of the authority available to the President under 
     section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132).
       (4) Initiation of a countervailing duty investigation under 
     title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.)
       (5) Initiation of an antidumping duty investigation under 
     title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930.
       (6) Initiation of an action under section 302 of the Trade 
     Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2412).
       (7) Consideration by the Attorney General or the Chairman 
     of the Federal Trade Commission of evidence of 
     anticompetitive behavior in foreign markets that has the 
     effect of insulating foreign agriculture producers from 
     competitive pressures of the marketplace and leads to adverse 
     impacts in the United States market, including--
       (A) private anticompetitive behavior, such as 
     cartelization;
       (B) governmental toleration of anticompetitive behavior; 
     and
       (C) governmental action that encourages, requires or 
     prevents the elimination of anticompetitive behavior.
       (8) Any other action the Trade Representative deems 
     appropriate.
       (e) Identification of Resources.--The Trade Representative 
     shall, as part of the comprehensive strategy, identify and 
     report to Congress regarding the resources necessary to 
     implement actions recommended in the comprehensive strategy.

     SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT OF COORDINATOR AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 
                   INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.

       (a) Appointment of Coordinator--The Trade Representative 
     shall appoint one Deputy Trade Representative to serve as the 
     coordinator of the development and implementation of the 
     comprehensive strategy required by section 101(c).
       (b) Establishment of Working Group--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall 
     establish an interagency working group composed of 
     representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
     State, Treasury, and Agriculture, the National Economic 
     Council, the National Security Council, and such other 
     departments and agencies as the President deems appropriate, 
     to assist the Trade Representative in the development and the 
     implementation of the comprehensive strategy required by 
     section 101(c).

     SEC. 4. CONSULTATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Consultation.--The Trade Representative shall consult 
     with the Committees on Finance and Agriculture of the Senate 
     and the Committees on Ways and Means and Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives at least once every 60 days during 
     the course of the investigation required under section 
     101(a), and regularly thereafter, regarding the 
     implementation of the comprehensive strategy required by 
     section 101(c).
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act the Trade Representative shall 
     submit the comprehensive strategy report required by section 
     01(c)(1) to the Committees on Finance and Agriculture of the 
     Senate and the Committees on Ways and Means and Agriculture 
     of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 

                   KERREY AMENDMENTS NOS. 1065--1066

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KERREY submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, two amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1065

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

                       TITLE VIII--CROP INSURANCE

     SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Crop Insurance for the 
     21st Century Act''.

                  Subtitle A--Crop Insurance Coverage

     SEC. 811. PAYMENT OF PORTION OF PREMIUM BY CORPORATION.

       (a) Expected Market Price.--Section 508(c) of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
       ``(5) Expected market price.--
       ``(A) In general.--For the purposes of this title, the 
     Corporation shall establish or approve the price level 
     (referred to in this title as the `expected market price') of 
     each agricultural commodity for which insurance is offered.
       ``(B) Amount.--The expected market price of an agricultural 
     commodity--
       ``(i) except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, 
     shall be not less than the projected market price of the 
     agricultural commodity, as determined by the Corporation;
       ``(ii) may be based on the actual market price of the 
     agricultural commodity at the time of harvest, as determined 
     by the Corporation;
       ``(iii) in the case of revenue and other similar plans of 
     insurance, shall be the actual market price of the 
     agricultural commodity, as determined by the Corporation; or
       ``(iv) in the case of cost of production or similar plans 
     of insurance, shall be the projected cost of producing the 
     agricultural commodity, as determined by the Corporation.''.
       (b) Premium Amounts.--Section 508(d)(2) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
     subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
       ``(C) In the case of additional coverage at greater than or 
     equal to 65 percent of the recorded or appraised average 
     yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market 
     price, or an equivalent coverage, but less than 75 percent of 
     the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at 100 
     percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent 
     coverage, the amount of the premium shall--
       ``(i) be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a 
     reasonable reserve; and
       ``(ii) include an amount for operating and administrative 
     expenses, as determined by the Corporation, on an industry-
     wide basis as a percentage of the amount of the premium used 
     to define loss ratio.
       ``(D) In the case of additional coverage equal to or 
     greater than 75 percent of the recorded or appraised average 
     yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market 
     price, or an equivalent coverage, the amount of the premium 
     shall--
       ``(i) be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a 
     reasonable reserve; and
       ``(ii) include an amount for operating and administrative 
     expenses, as determined by the Corporation, on an industry-
     wide basis as a percentage of the amount of the premium used 
     to define loss ratio.''.
       (c) Payment of Portion of Premium by Corporation.--Section 
     508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--
       ``(A) Mandatory payments.--For the purpose of encouraging 
     the broadest possible participation of producers in the crop 
     insurance plans of insurance authorized to be insured or 
     reinsured under subsections (b) and (c), the Corporation 
     shall pay a part of the premium in the amounts determined 
     under this subsection.
       ``(B) Discretionary payments.--In the case of a plan of 
     insurance approved by the Corporation under subsections 
     (a)(7) and (h), the Corporation may pay a part of the premium 
     in the amounts not to exceed the amounts determined under 
     this subsection.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(B) In the case of additional coverage less than 65 
     percent of the recorded or appraised average yield 
     indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or 
     an equivalent coverage, the amount shall be equal to the sum 
     of--
       ``(i) 45 percent of the amount of the premium established 
     under subsection (d)(2)(B)(i); and
       ``(ii) the amount of operating and administrative expenses 
     determined under subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii).
       ``(C) In the case of coverage at greater than or equal to 
     65 percent of the recorded or appraised average yield 
     indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or 
     an equivalent coverage, but less than 75 percent of the 
     recorded or appraised average yield indemnified at 100 
     percent of the expected market price, or an equivalent 
     coverage, the amount shall be equal to the sum of--
       ``(i) 50 percent of the amount of the premium established 
     under subsection (d)(2)(C)(i); and
       ``(ii) the amount of operating and administrative expenses 
     determined under subsection (d)(2)(C)(ii).
       ``(D) In the case of coverage equal to or greater than 75 
     percent of the recorded or appraised average yield 
     indemnified at 100 percent of the expected market price, or 
     an equivalent coverage, the amount shall be equal to the sum 
     of--
       ``(i) 55 percent of the amount of the premium established 
     for coverage at 75 percent of the recorded or appraised 
     average yield indemnified at 100 percent of the expected 
     market price under subsection (d)(2)(D)(i); and
       ``(ii) the amount of operating and administrative expenses 
     determined under subsection (d)(2)(D)(ii).''.
       (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 508(h)(2) of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)(2)) is amended by 
     striking the second sentence.

     SEC. 812. ASSIGNED YIELDS.

       Section 508(g)(2)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1508(g)(2)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``assigned a yield'' and inserting 
     ``assigned--
       ``(i) a yield'';
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) a yield determined by the Corporation, in the case 
     of--

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       ``(I) a person that has not been actively engaged in 
     farming for a share of the production of the insured crop for 
     more than 2 crop years, as determined by the Secretary;
       ``(II) a producer that produces an agricultural commodity 
     on land that has not been farmed by the producer; and
       ``(III) a producer that rotates a crop produced on a farm 
     to a crop that has not been produced on the farm.''.

     SEC. 813. MULTIYEAR DISASTER ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY 
                   ADJUSTMENT.

       Section 508(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1508(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Transitional adjustment for disasters.--
       ``(A) Definition of a producer that has suffered a 
     multiyear disaster.--In this paragraph, the term `a producer 
     that has suffered a multiyear disaster' means a producer that 
     has suffered a natural disaster during at least 3 of the 
     immediately preceding 5 crop years that resulted in a 
     cumulative reduction of at least 25 percent in the actual 
     production history of the crop of an agricultural commodity.
       ``(B) Elimination of certain years of production history.--
     Effective beginning with the 2000 crop year, for the purpose 
     of calculating the actual production history for a crop of an 
     agricultural commodity, a producer that has suffered a 
     multiyear disaster with respect to the crop may exclude 1 
     year of production history for each 5 years included in the 
     actual production history calculation of the crop for which 
     the producer purchased crop insurance.
       ``(C) Corporation's share of changed costs.--In the case of 
     an exclusion under subparagraph (B), in addition to any other 
     authority to pay any portion of premium, the Corporation 
     shall pay--
       ``(i) the portion of the premium that represents the 
     increase in premium associated with the exclusion;
       ``(ii) all additional indemnities associated with the 
     exclusion; and
       ``(iii) any amounts that result from the difference in the 
     administrative and operating expenses owed to an approved 
     insurance provider as the result of an adjustment in actual 
     production history under this paragraph.
       ``(D) Increase in actual production history after 
     exclusions.--In the case of a producer that has received an 
     exclusion under subparagraph (B), the Corporation shall not 
     limit the increase of the actual production history based on 
     the producer's actual production of the crop of an 
     agricultural commodity in succeeding crop years until the 
     actual production history for the producer reaches the level 
     for the crop year immediately preceding the first year of the 
     multiyear disaster.
       ``(E) Termination of exclusion authority.--The authority to 
     apply this paragraph to a producer shall terminate with 
     respect to the first crop year in which crop insurance is 
     available to the producer that adequately insures against 
     natural disasters that occur in multiple crop years, as 
     determined by the Corporation.''.

     SEC. 814. INCREASING COVERAGE POLICY.

       Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1508(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(6) Increasing coverage policy.--In the case of a plan of 
     insurance that includes coverage for that percentage of 
     coverage that is not covered under other crop insurance plans 
     offered under this title, the Corporation may pay a portion 
     of the premium of the policy in an amount not to exceed the 
     sum of--
       ``(A) the cost of administrative and operating expenses, as 
     determined by Corporation; and
       ``(B) the amount authorized under subsection 
     (e)(2)(D)(i).''.

     SEC. 815. RATING METHODOLOGIES PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
       ``(8) Rating methodologies pilot program.--Not later than 
     September 30, 2000, the Office of Risk Management shall--
       ``(A) review the methodologies that are used to rate plans 
     of insurance under this title; and
       ``(B) enter into a contract with a person in the private 
     sector to develop new methodologies for rating plans of 
     insurance under this title that take into account the lower 
     risk pool of--
       ``(i) producers that elect not to participate in the 
     Federal crop insurance program established under this title; 
     and
       ``(ii) producers that elect only to obtain catastrophic 
     risk protection under subsection (b).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 507(c) of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1507(c)) is amended in the last 
     sentence by striking ``Nothing'' and inserting ``Except as 
     provided in section 508(h)(8), nothing''.

     SEC. 816. LIVESTOCK INSURANCE.

       Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1518) is amended by striking ``livestock and''.

  Subtitle B--Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Risk Management 
                                 Agency

     SEC. 821. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CORPORATION.

       Section 505 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1505) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) Board of Directors.--
       ``(1) In general.--The management of the Corporation shall 
     be vested in a Board subject to the general supervision of 
     the Secretary.
       ``(2) Composition.--The Board shall consist of--
       ``(A) 2 members who are active agricultural producers with 
     or without crop insurance;
       ``(B) 1 member who is active in the crop insurance 
     business;
       ``(C) 1 member who is active in the reinsurance business;
       ``(D) the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
     Services;
       ``(E) the Under Secretary for Rural Development; and
       ``(F) the Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture.
       ``(3) Appointment and terms of private sector members.--The 
     members of the Board described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
     (C) of paragraph (2)--
       ``(A) shall be appointed by, and hold office at the 
     pleasure of, the Secretary;
       ``(B) shall not be otherwise employed by the Federal 
     Government;
       ``(C) shall be appointed to staggered 4-year terms, as 
     determined by the Secretary; and
       ``(D) shall serve not more than 2 consecutive terms.
       ``(4) Chairperson.--The Board shall select a member of the 
     Board described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph 
     (2) to serve as Chairperson of the Board.''.

     SEC. 822. OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.

       Section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``independent Office of 
     Risk Management'' and inserting ``Office of Risk Management, 
     which shall be under the direction of the Board of Directors 
     of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(1) Assistance to the Board in developing, reviewing, and 
     recommending plans of insurance under section 508(a)(7) of 
     the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(7)) to 
     ensure that each agricultural commodity (including each new 
     or speciality crop) is adequately served by plans of 
     insurance.''.

     SEC. 823. OFFICE OF PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended 
     by inserting after section 507 (7 U.S.C. 1507) the following:

     ``SEC. 507A. OFFICE OF PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.

       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and 
     maintain in the Department an Office of Private Sector 
     Partnership, which shall be under the direction of the Board.
       ``(b) Functions.--The Office shall--
       ``(1) provide at least monthly reports to the Board on crop 
     insurance issues, which shall be based on comments received 
     from producers, approved insurance providers, and other 
     sources that the Office considers appropriate;
       ``(2)(A) review policies and materials with respect to--
       ``(i) subsidized plans of insurance authorized under 
     section 508; and
       ``(ii) unsubsidized plans of insurance submitted to the 
     Board under section 508(h); and
       ``(B) make recommendations to the Board with respect to 
     approval of the policies and materials;
       ``(3) administer the reinsurance functions described in 
     section 508(k) on behalf of the Corporation; and
       ``(4) perform such other functions as the Board considers 
     appropriate.
       ``(c) Administrator.--The Office shall be headed by an 
     Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
       ``(d) Staff.--The Administrator shall appoint such 
     employees pursuant to title 5, United States Code, as are 
     necessary for the administration of the Office, including 
     employees who have commercial reinsurance and actuarial 
     experience.''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1516) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) salaries and expenses of the Office of Private Sector 
     Partnership.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) salaries and expenses of the Office of Private Sector 
     Partnership, but not to exceed $5,000,000 for each fiscal 
     year; and''.

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     SEC. 824. ADEQUATE COVERAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

       Section 508(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1508(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Adequate coverage for agricultural commodities.--
       ``(A) Review.--The Board shall review the plans of 
     insurance that are offered by approved insurance providers 
     under this Act to determine if each agricultural commodity 
     (including each new or speciality crop) is adequately served 
     by the plans.
       ``(B) Recommendations.--If the Board determines that an 
     agricultural commodity (including a new or specialty crop) is 
     not adequately served by the plans, the Board shall recommend 
     to the Office of Risk Management that the Office--
       ``(i) develop or (through the Corporation) contract to 
     develop plans of insurance for the agricultural commodity; 
     and
       ``(ii) provide the plans to approved insurance providers, 
     to be offered for sale to producers.''.

     SEC. 825. FEES FOR PLANS OF INSURANCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 508(h)(5) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)(5))) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Any policy'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--Any policy''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Fees for existing plans of insurance.--
       ``(i) In general.--Effective beginning with the 2000 
     reinsurance year, if an approved insurance provider elects to 
     sell a plan of insurance that was developed by another 
     approved insurance provider and the plan of insurance was 
     approved by the Board before January 1, 1999, the approved 
     insurance provider that developed the plan of insurance shall 
     have the right to receive a fee from the approved insurance 
     provider that elects to sell the plan of insurance.
       ``(ii) Amount.--The amount of the fee that is payable by an 
     approved insurance provider for a plan of insurance under 
     clause (i) shall be--

       ``(I) for each of the first 5 crop years that the plan is 
     sold, $2.00 for each policy under the plan that is sold by 
     the approved insurance provider;
       ``(II) for each of the next 3 crop years that the plan is 
     sold, $1.00 for each policy under the plan that is sold by 
     the approved insurance provider; and
       ``(III) for each crop year thereafter that the plan is 
     sold, 50 cents for each policy under the plan that is sold by 
     the approved insurance provider.

       ``(C) Fees for new plans of insurance.--
       ``(i) In general.--Effective beginning with the 2000 
     reinsurance year, if an approved insurance provider elects to 
     sell a plan of insurance that was developed by another 
     approved insurance provider, the plan of insurance was 
     approved by the Board on or after January 1, 1999, and the 
     plan of insurance was not available at the time the plan of 
     insurance was approved by the Board, the approved insurance 
     provider that developed the plan of insurance shall have the 
     right to receive a fee from the approved insurance provider 
     that elects to sell the plan of insurance.
       ``(ii) Amount.--

       ``(I) In general.--Subject to subclause (II), the amount of 
     the fee that is payable by an approved insurance provider for 
     a plan of insurance under clause (i) shall be an amount that 
     is--

       ``(aa) determined by the approved insurance provider that 
     developed the plan; and
       ``(bb) approved by the Board.

       ``(II) Approval.--The Board shall not approve the amount of 
     a fee under clause (i) if the amount of the fee unnecessarily 
     inhibits the use of the plan of insurance, as determined by 
     the Board.

       ``(D) Payments.--The Corporation shall annually--
       ``(i) collect from an approved insurance provider the 
     amount of any fees that are payable by the approved insurance 
     provider under subparagraphs (B) and (C); and
       ``(ii) credit any fees that are payable to an approved 
     insurance provider under subparagraphs (B) and (C).''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1516) (as amended by section 823(b)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(E) payment of fees in accordance with section 
     508(h)(5)(C).''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and fees'' after 
     ``premium income''.

     SEC. 826. FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY PILOT PROGRAM.

       Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1508(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(11) Flexible subsidy pilot program.--For each of the 
     2000 through 2002 crop years, the Corporation shall carry out 
     a pilot program under which flexible subsidies are provided 
     under this title to encourage private sector innovation 
     through exclusive marketing rights and premium rate 
     competition.''.
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                           Amendment No. 1066

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Farmer Owned Reserve Program.--(a) Restoration.--
       (1) In general.--Section 171(b)(1) of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)) is amended--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (E); and
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (L) as 
     subparagraphs (E) through (K), respectively.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 110 of the Agricultural 
     Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``price support'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``marketing assistance'';
       (ii) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Price support'' 
     and inserting ``Marketing assistance''; and
       (II) in the second sentence, by striking ``this title'' and 
     inserting ``subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.)''; and

       (iii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) by striking ``not be less than'' and inserting ``not be 
     greater than''; and
       (II) by striking ``this title'' and inserting ``subtitle C 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et 
     seq.)''; and

       (B) in subsections (n) and (p), by striking ``1990'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``1999''.
       (b) Interest Charges.--Section 110(c) of the Agricultural 
     Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``105 percent of the then 
     current established price for the commodity'' and inserting 
     ``150 percent of the loan rate for the commodity under this 
     section''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``105 percent of the 
     established price for the commodities'' and inserting ``150 
     percent of the loan rate for the commodity under this 
     section''.
       (c) Storage Payments.--Section 110(d) of the Agricultural 
     Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e(d)) is amended by striking 
     paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Timing.--The Secretary shall make storage payments 
     available to participants in this program--
       ``(A) at the end of each quarter; or
       ``(B) at the option of the Secretary, not more than 1 year 
     in advance of the date the payments would otherwise be 
     payable under subparagraph (A).
       ``(3) Duration.--The Secretary shall cease making storage 
     payments whenever the price of wheat or feed grains is equal 
     to or exceeds 140 percent of loan rate for the commodities 
     under this section, and for any 90-day period immediately 
     following the last day on which the price of wheat or feed 
     grains was equal to or in excess of 140 percent of the loan 
     rate for the commodities under this section.
       ``(4) Rates.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
     Secretary shall ensure that the rates of the storage payments 
     are equivalent to the average rates paid for commercial 
     storage.''.
       (d) Quantity of Commodities in Program.--Section 110(f) of 
     the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e(f)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``less than 300 million 
     bushels, nor more than 450 million bushels'' and inserting 
     ``more than 300,000,000 bushels''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``less than 600 million 
     bushels, nor more than 900 million bushels'' and inserting 
     ``more than 1,000,000,000 bushels''.
       (e) Withdrawal of Wheat and Feed Grains.--Section 110 of 
     the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445e) is amended by 
     striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:
       ``(h) Withdrawal of Wheat and Feed Grains.--In the case of 
     a producer that has wheat or feed grains stored under this 
     section, if the price of wheat or feed grains is--
       ``(1) less than 130 percent of the loan rate for wheat or 
     feed grains, respectively, under this section, the producer 
     may not withdraw the wheat or feed grains from storage;
       ``(2) at least 130 percent, but less than 140 percent, of 
     the loan rate for wheat or feed grains, respectively, under 
     this section, the producer may--
       ``(A) withdraw the wheat or feed grains from storage and 
     repay any loan made for wheat or feed grains under this 
     section; or
       ``(B) continue to store the wheat or feed grains under this 
     section and receive storage payments for the wheat or feed 
     grains under subsection (d);
       ``(3) at least 140 percent, but less than 150 percent, of 
     the loan rate for wheat or feed grains, respectively, under 
     this section, the producer may continue to store the wheat or 
     feed grains under this section, but shall not be eligible for 
     storage payments for the wheat or feed grains under 
     subsection (d); or
       ``(4) 150 percent or more of the loan rate for wheat or 
     feed grains, respectively, under this section, the producer 
     shall withdraw the wheat or feed grains from storage under 
     this section and repay any loan made for wheat or feed grains 
     under this section.''.
       (f) Funding.--The entire amount necessary to carry out this 
     section and the amendments made by 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

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     Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
                                 ______
                                 

                 LEAHY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1067

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Daschle, and Mrs. 
Feinstein) submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 35, line 20, after the semicolon, insert the 
     following: ``not to exceed $12 million shall be for water and 
     waste disposal systems to benefit Federally Recognized Native 
     American Tribes, including grants pursuant to section 306C of 
     such Act, provided that the Federally Recognized Native 
     American Tribe is not eligible for any other rural utilities 
     programs set aside under the Rural Community Advancement 
     Program;''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   STEVENS AMENDMENTS NOS. 1068-1069

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, two amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1068

       At the appropriate place insert the following new section:

     SEC.  . EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR ALASKA NATIVE SERVING 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary may make competitive 
     grants (or grants without regard to any requirement for 
     competition) to Alaska Native serving institutions for the 
     purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska 
     Native serving institutions to carry out education, applied 
     research, and related community development programs.
       (b) Use of Grant Funds.--Grants made under this section 
     shall be used--
       (1) to support the activities of consortia of Alaska Native 
     serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under 
     represented students:
       (2) to strengthen institutional educational capacities, 
     including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific 
     instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student 
     recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified 
     State, regional, national, or international educational needs 
     in the food and agriculture sciences:
       (3) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate 
     students from under represented groups in order to prepare 
     them for careers related to the food, agricultural, and 
     natural resource systems of the United States, beginning with 
     the mentoring of students at the high school level including 
     by village elders and continuing with the provision of 
     financial support for students through their attainment of a 
     doctoral degree; and
       (4) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or 
     more Alaska Native serving institutions, or between Alaska 
     Native serving institutions and units of State government or 
     the private sector, to maximize the development and use of 
     resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to 
     improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to make grants under this section 
     $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2005.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1069

       At the appropriate place insert the following new section:
       ``Sec.  . Public Law 95-113, section 16(a) is amended by 
     inserting after the phrase ``Indian reservation under section 
     11(d) of this Act'' the following new phrase: ``or in a 
     Native village within the State of Alaska identified in 
     section 11(b) of Public Law 92-203, as amended''.''
                                 ______
                                 

                       INOUYE AMENDMENT NO. 1070

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. INOUYE submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary may make competitive 
     grants (or grants without regard to any requirement for 
     competition) to Native Hawaiian serving institutions for the 
     purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions to carry out education, applied 
     research, and related community development programs.
       (b) Use of Grant Funds.--Grants made under this section 
     shall be used--
       (1) to support the activities of consortia of Native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance educational equity 
     for underrepresented students;
       (2) to strengthen institutional educational capacities, 
     including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific 
     instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student 
     recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified 
     State, regional, national, or international educational needs 
     in the food and agriculture sciences;
       (3) to attract and support undergraduate and graduate 
     students from underrepresented groups in order to prepare 
     them for careers related to the food, agricultural, and 
     natural resource systems of the United States, beginning with 
     the mentoring of students at the high school level and 
     continuing with the provision of financial support for 
     students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
       (4) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or 
     more Native Hawaiian serving institutions, or between Native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions and units of State government 
     or the private sector, to maximize the development and use of 
     resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to 
     improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to make grants under this section 
     $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2005.
                                 ______
                                 

                  BRYAN (AND REID) AMENDMENT NO. 1071

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BRYAN (for himself and Mr. Reid) submitted, under authority of 
the order of the Senate of June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Deregulation of Producer Milk Prices in Clark 
     County, Nevada.--Effective October 1, 1999, section 8c(11) of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(11)), 
     reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
     Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(D) Producer milk prices in clark county, nevada.--The 
     price of milk received by producers located in Clark County, 
     Nevada, shall not be subject to any order issued under this 
     section or any other regulation by the Secretary.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   FEINGOLD AMENDMENTS NOS. 1072-1073

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FEINGOLD submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, two amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1072

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Indication of Country of Origin of Imported 
     Ginseng.--(a) Notice of Country of Origin Required.--A 
     retailer of ginseng imported into the United States shall 
     inform consumers, at the final point of sale to consumers, of 
     the country of origin of the ginseng.
       (b) Method of Notification.--
       (1) In general.--The information required by subsection (a) 
     may be provided to consumers by means of a label, stamp, 
     mark, placard, or other clear and visible sign on the 
     imported ginseng or on the package, display, holding unit, or 
     bin containing the ginseng at the final point of sale to 
     consumers.
       (2) Existing labeling.--If the imported ginseng is already 
     labeled regarding country of origin by the packer, importer, 
     or another person, the retailer shall not be required to 
     provide any additional information in order to comply with 
     this section.
       (c) Violations.--If a retailer fails to indicate the 
     country of origin of imported ginseng as required by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may impose a 
     monetary penalty on the retailer in an amount not to exceed--
       (1) $1,000 for the first day on which the violation occurs; 
     and
       (2) $250 for each day on which the violation continues.
       (d) Deposit of Funds.--Amounts collected under subsection 
     (c) shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
     as miscellaneous receipts.
       (e) Application.--This section shall apply with respect to 
     ginseng imported into the United States after the end of the 
     180-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       Sec. 7__. Availability of Data on Imported Herbs.--The 
     Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     acting through the United States Customs Service, shall 
     publish and otherwise make available (including through 
     electronic media) data collected monthly by each Secretary on 
     herbs imported into the United States.

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                                  ____
                           Amendment No. 1073

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Unreported Importation of Ginseng Products.--It 
     is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, acting through the United States Customs Service, 
     should, to the maximum extent practicable, conduct 
     investigations into, and take such other actions as are 
     necessary to prevent, the importation of ginseng products 
     into the United States from foreign countries, including 
     Canada and Asian countries, unless the importation is 
     reported to the Service, as required under Federal law.
                                 ______
                                 

                  TORRICELLI AMENDMENTS NOS. 1074-1083

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate 
of June 24, 1999, 10 amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1074

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTRIES SUPPORTING ACTS 
                   OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

       The export of any medicine, medical device, or agricultural 
     commodity sold under contract to any country the government 
     of which the Secretary of States determines under section 
     6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 has repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism shall be 
     made pursuant to a specific license.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1075

       At the end of the amendment, add the following new section:
       Sec. __. (a) Treatment of Sales if Country Is on the List 
     of Terrorist States.--At any time during which a country has 
     been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371), commercial sales of food and medicine to such country 
     shall only be made pursuant to a specific license for each 
     transaction issued by the United States Government.
       (b) Prevention of Torture and Proliferation of Chemical or 
     Biological Weapons.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed as authorizing the sale or transfer of equipment, 
     medicines, or medical supplies that could be used for 
     purposes of torture or human rights abuses or in the 
     development of chemical or biological weapons.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1076

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Cuba, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1077

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with North Korea, which has been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1078

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Iran, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).

                           Amendment No. 1079

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Iraq, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1080

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Libya, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1081

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Sudan, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1082

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Syria, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1083

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing any commercial sale that is otherwise prohibited 
     by law to any country that on June 20, 1999, had been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371).
                                 ______
                                 

                    HELMS AMENDMENTS NOS. 1084-1093

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HELMS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, 10 amendments intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1084

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing any commercial sale that is otherwise prohibited 
     by law to any country that on June 20, 1999, had been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1085

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit 
     commercial transactions with Cuba, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1086

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with North Korea, which has been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1087

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or Government States Government credit 
     for commercial transactions with Iran, which has been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1088

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Iraq, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1089

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.   . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Libya, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have

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     repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1090

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.   . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Sudan, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1091

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.   . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing financing or United States Government credit for 
     commercial transactions with Syria, which has been determined 
     by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1092

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTRIES SUPPORTING ACTS 
                   OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

       The export of any medicine, medical device, or agricultural 
     commodity sold under contract to any country the government 
     of which the Secretary of State determines under section 6(j) 
     of the Export Administration Act of 1979 has repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism shall be 
     made pursuant to a specific license.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1093

       At the appropriate place, add the following new section:
       Sec.   . (a) Treatment of Sales if Country Is on the List 
     of Terrorist States.--At any time during which a country has 
     been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism under 
     section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2371), commercial sales of food and medicine to such country 
     shall only be made pursuant to a specific license for each 
     transaction issued by the United States Government.
       (b) Prevention of Torture and Proliferation of Chemical or 
     Biological Weapons.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed as authorizing the sale or transfer of equipment, 
     medicines, or medical supplies that could be used for 
     purposes of torture or human rights abuses or in the 
     development of chemical or biological weapons.
                                 ______
                                 

                SANTORUM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1094

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Leahy and Mr. Specter) submitted, 
under authority of the order of the Senate of June 24, 1999, an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill S. 1233, supra; 
as follows:

       On page 31, line 5, after ``forecasting'', insert the 
     following: ``, up to $10,000,000 may be used to carry out the 
     farmland protection program established under section 388 of 
     the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-127,''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 1095

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following new section:
       ``Sec.   . Beginning in the fiscal year 2000 and 
     periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall review the Food 
     Packages listed at 7 C.F.R. 246.10(c) (1996) and consider 
     including additional nutritious foods for women, infants and 
     children.''
                                 ______
                                 

                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 1096

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of 
June 24, 1999, an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 45, after line 22, insert the following:


                                increase

       Each amount made available under this title shall be 
     increased, on a pro rata basis, by an amount equal to the 
     difference between the total amount made available to carry 
     out this title for fiscal year 1999 and the total amount made 
     available under the other headings of this title.

                          ____________________