[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19428-19444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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

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                ROBERTS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1509

  Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Burns, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Hagel) proposed an 
amendment 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 follow:

       Beginning on page 1, line 3, strike all that follows 
     ``Sec.'' to the end of the amendment and insert the 
     following:
       __. Emergency and Market Loss Assistance.--(a) Crop Loss 
     Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with this subsection, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall administer a program under which 
     emergency financial assistance is made available to producers 
     on a farm that have incurred crop losses due to disasters (as 
     determined by the Secretary).
       (2) Losses incurred for 1999 crop.--The Secretary shall use 
     not more than $400,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make available assistance to producers on a 
     farm that have incurred losses in the 1999 crop due to 
     disasters.
       (3) Qualifying losses.--With respect to a crop, assistance 
     under this subsection may be made for--
       (A) quantity losses;
       (B) quality (including aflatoxin) losses; or
       (C) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or 
     related condition.
       (4) Crops covered.--Assistance under this subsection shall 
     be applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of 
     trees from which a crop is harvested), as determined by the 
     Secretary, due to disasters.
       (b) Market Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $5,500,000,000 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.).
       (2) Amount.--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 not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (c) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
     Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of 
     the payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a 
     person shall be entitled to receive under the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for 1 or more 
     contract commodities and oilseeds during the 1999 crop year 
     may not exceed $150,000.
       (d) 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 striking ``or cash payments'' and 
     inserting ``or cash payments, at the option of the 
     recipient,'';
       (B) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
       (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
     ``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'' and inserting ``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''; and
       (D) by striking paragraph (4).
       (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) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Establishment.--
       ``(A) In general.--The President shall carry out an import 
     quota program during the period ending July 31, 2003, as 
     provided in this subsection.
       ``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and 
     announces that for 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.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the 
     United States during any marketing year under the special 
     import quota established under this subsection may not exceed 
     the equivalent of 5 week's 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.''.
       (e) Oilseed Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall use not less than $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to 
     obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 131 of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).

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       (2) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this subsection shall be computed by multiplying--
       (A) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (B) the quantity of oilseeds that the producers on the farm 
     are eligible to place under loan under section 131 of that 
     Act.
       (3) Limitation.--Payments made under this subsection shall 
     be considered to be contract payments for the purposes of 
     section 1001(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1308(1)).
       (f) Assistance to Livestock Producers.--The Secretary shall 
     use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to provide assistance to livestock producers in a manner 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (g) Crop Insurance.--The Secretary shall use $400,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist 
     agricultural producers in purchasing additional coverage for 
     the 2000 crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
       (h) Specialty and Other Crops.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $300,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
     assistance, in a manner determined by the Secretary, to 
     producers of specialty crops and other agricultural 
     commodities that are not eligible for assistance under other 
     provisions of this section.
       (2) Condition on payment of salaries and expenses.--None of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to 
     carry out or enforce section 156(f) of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal year 
     2001, if the Federal budget is determined by the Office of 
     Management and Budget to be in surplus for fiscal year 2000.
       (i) 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.
       (__) Requirement of Congressional Approval of Any 
     Unilateral Agricultural or Medical Sanction.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
     commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 402 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
     (7 U.S.C. 1732).
       (B) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
     program'' means--
       (i) any program administered under the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et. 
     seq.);
       (ii) any program administered under section 416 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
       (iii) any commercial sale of agricultural commodities, 
     including a commercial sale of an agricultural commodity that 
     is prohibited under a unilateral agricultural sanction that 
     is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (iv) any export financing (including credits or credit 
     guarantees) for agricultural commodities.
       (C) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint resolution'' 
     means--
       (i) in the case of paragraph (2)(A)(ii), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (2)(A)(i) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(__)(2)(A)(i) of the _____ Act __, transmitted on 
     _______.'', with the blank completed with the appropriate 
     date; and
       (ii) in the case of paragraph (5)(B), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (5)(A) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(__)(5)(A) of the _____ Act __, transmitted on _______.'', 
     with the blank completed with the appropriate date.
       (D) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
     ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, 
     restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural 
     program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity 
     that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign 
     policy or national security, except in a case in which the 
     United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral 
     regime and the other member countries of that regime have 
     agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
       (E) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral 
     medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or 
     condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance 
     consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a 
     foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the 
     United States for reasons of foreign policy or national 
     security, except in a case in which the United States imposes 
     the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other 
     member countries of that regime have agreed to impose 
     substantially equivalent measures.
       (2) Restriction.--
       (A) New sanctions.--Except as provided in paragraphs (3) 
     and (4) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction 
     or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or 
     foreign entity for any fiscal year, unless--
       (i) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed 
     to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress 
     that--

       (I) describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, 
     restricted, or conditioned; and
       (II) describes the actions by the foreign country or 
     foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

       (ii) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the 
     approval of Congress for the report submitted under clause 
     (i).
       (B) Existing sanctions.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), with 
     respect to any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral 
     medical sanction that is in effect as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act for any fiscal year, the President 
     shall immediately cease to implement such sanction.
       (ii) Exemptions.--Clause (i) shall not apply to a 
     unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
     sanction imposed with respect to an agricultural program or 
     activity described in clause (ii) or (iv) of paragraph 
     (1)(B).
       (3) Exceptions.--The President may impose (or continue to 
     impose) a sanction described in paragraph (2) without regard 
     to the procedures required by that paragraph--
       (A) against a foreign country or foreign entity with 
     respect to which Congress has enacted a declaration of war 
     that is in effect on or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act; or
       (B) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, 
     restrict, or condition the provision or use of any 
     agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device that is--
       (i) controlled on the United States Munitions List;
       (ii) an item for which export controls are administered by 
     the Department of Commerce for foreign policy or national 
     security reasons; or
       (iii) used to facilitate the development or production of a 
     chemical or biological weapon.
       (4) Countries supporting international terrorism.--This 
     subsection shall not affect the current prohibitions on 
     providing, to the government of any country supporting 
     international terrorism, United States government assistance, 
     including United States foreign assistance, United States 
     export assistance, or any United States credits or credit 
     guarantees.
       (5) Termination of sanctions.--Any unilateral agricultural 
     sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is imposed 
     pursuant to the procedures described in paragraph (2)(A) 
     shall terminate not later than 2 years after the date on 
     which the sanction became effective unless--
       (A) not later than 60 days before the date of termination 
     of the sanction, the President submits to Congress a report 
     containing the recommendation of the President for the 
     continuation of the sanction for an additional period of not 
     to exceed 2 years and the request of the President for 
     approval by Congress of the recommendation; and
       (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the approval 
     of Congress for the report submitted under subparagraph (A).
       (6) Congressional priority procedures.--
       (A) Referral of report.--A report described in paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be referred to the appropriate 
     committee or committees of the House of Representatives and 
     to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate.
       (B) Referral of joint resolution.--
       (i) In general.--A joint resolution shall be referred to 
     the committees in each House of Congress with jurisdiction.
       (ii) Reporting date.--A joint resolution referred to in 
     clause (i) may not be reported before the eighth session day 
     of Congress after the introduction of the joint resolution.
       (C) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to which is 
     referred a joint resolution has not reported the joint 
     resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 
     30 session days of Congress after the date of introduction of 
     the joint resolution--
       (i) the committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (ii) the joint resolution shall be placed on the 
     appropriate calendar of the House concerned.
       (D) Floor consideration.--
       (i) Motion to proceed.--

       (I) In general.--When the committee to which a joint 
     resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is 
     discharged under subparagraph (C) from further consideration 
     of, a joint resolution--

       (aa) it shall be at any time thereafter in order (even 
     though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) for any

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     member of the House concerned to move to proceed to the 
     consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (bb) all points of order against the joint resolution (and 
     against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived.

       (II) Privilege.--The motion to proceed to the consideration 
     of the joint resolution--

       (aa) shall be highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives and privileged in the Senate; and
       (bb) not debatable.

       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--The motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution shall 
     not be subject to--

       (aa) amendment;
       (bb) a motion to postpone; or
       (cc) a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business.

       (IV) Motion to reconsider not in order.--A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order.
       (V) Business until disposition.--If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the 
     joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
     House concerned until disposed of.

       (ii) Limitations on debate.--

       (I) In general.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint 
     resolution, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
     shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
     opposing the joint resolution.
       (II) Further debate limitations.--A motion to limit debate 
     shall be in order and shall not be debatable.
       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--An amendment 
     to, a motion to postpone, a motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of other business, a motion to recommit the 
     joint resolution, or a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
     the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
     be in order.

       (iii) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the 
     conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and a single 
     quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
     accordance with the rules of the House concerned, the vote on 
     final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       (iv) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--An appeal from a 
     decision of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case 
     may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall 
     be decided without debate.
       (E) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of that House, 
     that House receives from the other House a joint resolution, 
     the following procedures shall apply:
       (i) No committee referral.--The joint resolution of the 
     other House shall not be referred to a committee.
       (ii) Floor procedure.--With respect to a joint resolution 
     of the House receiving the joint resolution--

       (I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (II) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
     resolution of the other House.

       (iii) Disposition of joint resolutions of receiving 
     house.--On disposition of the joint resolution received from 
     the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 
     the joint resolution originated in the receiving House.
       (F) Procedures after action by both the house and senate.--
     If a House receives a joint resolution from the other House 
     after the receiving House has disposed of a joint resolution 
     originated in that House, the action of the receiving House 
     with regard to the disposition of the joint resolution 
     originated in that House shall be deemed to be the action of 
     the receiving House with regard to the joint resolution 
     originated in the other House.
       (G) Rulemaking power.--This paragraph is enacted by 
     Congress--
       (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such this 
     paragraph--

       (I) is deemed to be a part of the rules of each House, 
     respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
     procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 
     resolution; and
       (II) supersedes other rules only to the extent that this 
     paragraph is inconsistent with those rules; and

       (ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as the rules relate 
     to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 
     manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other 
     rule of that House.
       (7) Effective date.--This subsection takes effect 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
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                 McCAIN (AND GREGG) AMENDMENT NO. 1510

  Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Gregg) proposed an amendment to 
amendment No. 1499 proposed by Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, supra; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Sugar Program.--(a) In General.--None of the 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of 
     the Department of Agriculture to carry out section 156 of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272), other 
     than subsection (f).
       (b) Marketing Assessment.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this Act, funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay 
     the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of 
     Agriculture to carry out and enforce section 156(f) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through 
     fiscal year 2001.
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                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1511

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEVIN submitted 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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                       SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 1512

  Mr. SPECTER proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1499 proposed by 
Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, 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 ``for the cost'' and all 
     that follows through ``Secretary'' and inserting ``for the 
     increased cost of any purchases of milk and milk products by 
     the Corporation that result 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'';
       (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 increased costs 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 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 
     paragraph 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

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     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 increased costs 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 increased 
     costs 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 paragraph 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.--
       ``(1) Delay in implementation.--The Secretary shall not 
     implement the amendments to Federal milk marketing orders 
     required by subsection (a)(1) before the date that is 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this subsection.
       ``(2) Option 1a.--Effective on the date that is 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall price fluid or Class I milk under the orders using the 
     Class I price differentials identified as Option 1A 
     `Location-Specific Differentials Analysis' in the proposed 
     rule published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1998 
     (63 Fed. Reg. 4802, 4809), except that the Secretary shall 
     include the corrections and modifications to the Class I 
     differentials made by the Secretary through April 2, 1999.
       ``(f) Necessity of Using Formal Rulemaking To Develop 
     Pricing Methods for Class III and Class IV Milk; Modified 
     Manufacturing Allowance for Cheese.--
       ``(1) Findings.--Congress finds that the Class III and 
     Class IV pricing formulas included in the final decision for 
     the consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing 
     orders, as published in the Federal Register on April 2, 1999 
     (64 Fed. Reg. 16025)--
       ``(A) do not adequately reflect public comment on the 
     original proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
     January 30, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 4802); and
       ``(B) are sufficiently different from the proposed rule and 
     any comments submitted with regard to the proposed rule that 
     further emergency rulemaking is merited.
       ``(2) Formal rulemaking.--
       ``(A) Required.--The Secretary shall conduct rulemaking, on 
     the record after an opportunity for an agency hearing, to 
     reconsider the Class III and Class IV pricing formulas 
     included in the final decision referred to in paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Implementation.--A final decision on the formula 
     shall be implemented not earlier than the date that is 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this subsection.
       ``(C) Effect of court order.--
       ``(i) Purpose.--The purpose of the actions authorized by 
     this paragraph is to ensure the timely publication and 
     implementation of new pricing formulas for Class III and 
     Class IV milk.
       ``(ii) Effect.--If the Secretary is enjoined or otherwise 
     restrained by a court order from implementing the final 
     decision under subparagraph (B), the length of time for which 
     that injunction or other restraining order is effective shall 
     be added to the time limitations specified in subparagraph 
     (B), thereby extending those time limitations by a period of 
     time equal to the period of time for which the injunction or 
     other restraining order is effective.
       ``(3) Failure to timely complete rulemaking.--
       ``(A) In general.--If the Secretary fails to implement new 
     Class III and Class IV pricing formulas within the time 
     period required under paragraph (2)(B) (plus any additional 
     period provided under paragraph (2)(C)), the Secretary may 
     not assess or collect assessments from milk producers or 
     handlers under section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the 
     Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, for marketing 
     order administration and services provided under that section 
     after the end of that period until the pricing formulas are 
     implemented.
       ``(B) Services.--The Secretary--
       ``(i) may not reduce the level of services provided under 
     that section on account of the prohibition against 
     assessment; and
       ``(ii) shall cover the cost of marketing order 
     administration and services through funds available for the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department.
       ``(4) Effect on implementation schedule.--Subject to 
     paragraph (5), the requirement for additional rulemaking 
     under paragraph (2) does not modify or delay the time period 
     for implementation of the final decision referred to in 
     paragraph (1) as part of Federal milk marketing orders, as 
     that time period is required under 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).
       ``(5) Modified manufacturing allowance for cheese.--Pending 
     the implementation of new pricing formulas for Class III and 
     Class IV milk as required by paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     shall modify the formula used for determining Class III 
     prices, as contained in the final decision referred to in 
     paragraph (1), to replace the manufacturing allowance of 
     17.02 cents per pound of cheese each place it appears in that 
     formula with an amount equal to 14.7 cents per pound of 
     cheese.''.
       (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) Milk Price Support Program.--
       (1) In general.--Section 141 of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``calendar year 
     1999'' and inserting ``each of calendar years 1999 and 
     2000''; and
       (B) in subsection (h), by striking ``1999'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2000''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 142(e) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7252(e)) is 
     amended by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.
       (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (2) October 1, 1999.
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                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 1513

  Mr. COCHRAN proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1499 proposed by 
Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 1, line 3, strike all that follows 
     ``Sec.'' to the end of the amendment and insert the 
     following:
       __. Emergency and Market Loss Assistance.--(a) Market Loss 
     Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall use not more than 
     $5,544,453,000 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.).
       (2) Amount.--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 not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (b) Specialty Crops.--
       (1) Assistance to certain producers.--The Secretary shall 
     use not more than $50,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers of 
     fruits and vegetables in a manner determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (2) Payments to certain producers.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall use such amounts as 
     are necessary to provide payments to producers of quota 
     peanuts or additional peanuts to partially compensate the 
     producers for continuing low commodity prices, and increasing 
     costs of production, for the 1999 crop year.
       (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

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     additional peanuts, respectively, under section 155 of that 
     Act.
       (3) Condition on payment of salaries and expenses.--None of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to 
     carry out or enforce section 156(f) of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal year 
     2001, if the Federal budget is determined by the Office of 
     Management and Budget to be in surplus for fiscal year 2000.
       (c) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
     Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of 
     the payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a 
     person shall be entitled to receive under the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for 1 or more 
     contract commodities and oilseeds during the 1999 crop year 
     may not exceed $150,000.
       (d) 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 striking ``or cash payments'' and 
     inserting ``or cash payments, at the option of the 
     recipient,'';
       (B) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
       (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
     ``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'' and inserting ``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''; and
       (D) by striking paragraph (4).
       (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) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Establishment.--
       ``(A) In general.--The President shall carry out an import 
     quota program during the period ending July 31, 2003, as 
     provided in this subsection.
       ``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and 
     announces that for 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.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the 
     United States during any marketing year under the special 
     import quota established under this subsection may not exceed 
     the equivalent of 5 week's 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) of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)) is amended--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (G); and
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (L) as 
     subparagraphs (G) through (K), respectively.
       (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)''.
       (e) Oilseed Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall use not less than $475,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to 
     obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 131 of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).
       (2) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this subsection shall be computed by multiplying--
       (A) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (B) the quantity of oilseeds that the producers on the farm 
     are eligible to place under loan under section 131 of that 
     Act.
       (3) Limitation.--Payments made under this subsection shall 
     be considered to be contract payments for the purposes of 
     section 1001(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1308(1)).
       (f) Assistance to Livestock and Dairy Producers.--The 
     Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to provide assistance to livestock and 
     dairy producers in a manner determined by the Secretary.
       (g) Tobacco.--The Secretary shall use $328,000,000 of funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make distributions to 
     tobacco growers in accordance with the formulas established 
     under the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust.
       (h) Sense of Congress Regarding Fast-Track Authority and 
     Future World Trade Organization Negotiations.--It is the 
     sense of Congress that--
       (1) the President should make a formal request for 
     appropriate fast-track authority for future United States 
     trade negotiations;
       (2) regarding future World Trade Organization 
     negotiations--
       (A) rules for trade in agricultural commodities should be 
     strengthened and trade-distorting import and export practices 
     should be eliminated or substantially reduced;
       (B) the rules of the World Trade Organization should be 
     strengthened regarding the practices or policies of a foreign 
     government that unreasonably--
       (i) restrict market access for products of new 
     technologies, including products of biotechnology; or
       (ii) delay or preclude implementation of a report of a 
     dispute panel of the World Trade Organization; and
       (C) negotiations within the World Trade Organization should 
     be structured so as to provide the maximum leverage possible 
     to ensure the successful conclusion of negotiations on 
     agricultural products;
       (3) the President should--
       (A) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all existing 
     export and food aid programs, including--
       (i) the export credit guarantee program established under 
     section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
     5622);
       (ii) the market access program established under section 
     203 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5623);
       (iii) the export enhancement program established under 
     section 301 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5651);
       (iv) the foreign market development cooperator program 
     established under section 702 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5722); 
     and
       (v) programs established under the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 
     seq.); and
       (B) transmit to Congress--
       (i) the results of the evaluation under subparagraph (A); 
     and
       (ii) recommendations on maximizing the effectiveness of the 
     programs described in subparagraph (A); and
       (4) the Secretary should carry out a purchase and donation 
     or concessional sales initiative in each of fiscal years 1999 
     and 2000 to promote the export of additional quantities of 
     soybeans, beef, pork, poultry, and products of such 
     commodities (including soybean meal, soybean oil, textured 
     vegetable protein, and soy protein concentrates and isolates) 
     using programs established under--
       (A) the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714 et seq.);
       (B) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1431);
       (C) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
       (D) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o).
       (i) 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

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     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.
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                 DORGAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1514

  Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. 
Lincoln, Mr. Sarbanes, and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to 
amendment No. 1499 proposed by Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, supra; 
as follows:

       Beginning on page 1, line 3, strike all that follows 
     ``Sec.'' to the end of the amendment and insert the 
     following:
       __. Emergency and Income Loss Assistance.--(a) Additional 
     Crop Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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 
     $756,000,000 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) Crop insurance.--Of the total amount made available 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not less than 
     $400,000,000 to assist agricultural producers in purchasing 
     additional coverage for the 2000 crop year under the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
       (b) Income Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $6,273,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to provide (on an equitable basis among producers, as 
     determined by the Secretary) supplemental loan deficiency 
     payments to producers on a farm that are eligible for 
     marketing assistance loans for the 1999 crop of a commodity 
     under section 131 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7231).
       (2) Payment limitation.--The total amount of the payments 
     that a person may receive under paragraph (1) during any crop 
     year may not exceed $40,000.
       (3) Producers without production.--The payments made 
     available under this subsection shall be provided (on an 
     equitable basis among producers, according to actual 
     production history, as determined by the Secretary) to 
     producers with failed acreage, or acreage on which planting 
     was prevented, due to circumstances beyond the control of the 
     producers.
       (4) 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 by providing advance payments that are based on 
     expected production and by taking such measures as are 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary.
       (5) Dairy producers.--
       (A) In general.--Of the total amount made available under 
     paragraph (1), $300,000,000 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).
       (6) 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.
       (7) Tobacco grower assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
     $328,000,000 to be distributed to tobacco growers according 
     to the formulas established pursuant to the National Tobacco 
     Grower Settlement Trust.
       (c) Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply 
     (Section 32).--
       (1) In general.--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 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $500,000,000.
       (2) Set-aside for certain livestock producers.--Of the 
     funds made available by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     use not more than $200,000,000 to provide assistance to 
     livestock producers--
       (A) the operations of which are located in counties with 
     respect to which during 1999 a natural disaster was declared 
     for losses due to excessive heat or drought by the Secretary, 
     or a major disaster or emergency was declared for losses due 
     to excessive heat or drought by the President under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and
       (B) that experienced livestock losses as a result of the 
     declared disaster or emergency.
       (3) Waiver of commodity limitation.--In providing 
     assistance under this subsection, the Secretary may waive the 
     limitation established under the second sentence of the 
     second paragraph of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
     (7 U.S.C. 612c), on the amount of funds that may be devoted 
     to any 1 agricultural commodity or product.
       (d) Emergency Livestock Assistance.--For an additional 
     amount to provide emergency livestock assistance, there is 
     appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $150,000,000.
       (e) Commodity Purchases and Humanitarian Donations.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall use not less than $778,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purchase 
     and distribution of agricultural commodities, 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, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 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, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 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, 2000-2001, and 
     2001-2002 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, 2001, and 2002''.
       (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, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 marketing 
     years.--

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       ``(A) In general.--In the case of each of the 1999-2000, 
     2000-2001, and 2001-2002 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 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, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 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, there is appropriated, out of any money 
     in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $140,000,000, of 
     which--
       (1) $40,000,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses of 
     the Farm Service Agency; and
       (2) $100,000,000 shall be used 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.),
       (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) Disaster Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--For the disaster reserve established under 
     section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a), 
     there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000.
       (2) Crop and livestock cash indemnity payments.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may 
     use the amount made available under this subsection to carry 
     out a program to provide crop or livestock cash indemnity 
     payments to agricultural producers for the purpose of 
     remedying losses caused by damaging weather or related 
     condition resulting from a natural or major disaster or 
     emergency.
       (3) Commercial fisheries failure.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Secretary shall provide 
     $15,000,000 of the amount made available under this section 
     to the Department of Commerce to provide emergency disaster 
     assistance to persons or entities that have incurred losses 
     from a commercial fishery failure described in section 
     308(b)(1) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 
     (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)) with respect to a Northeast multispecies 
     fishery.
       (j) Flooded Land Reserve Program.--For an additional amount 
     to carry out a flooded land reserve program in a manner that 
     is consistent with section 1124 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, $150,000,000.
       (l) Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards 
     Administration.--For an additional amount for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration to support 
     rapid response teams to enforce the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), there is appropriated, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $1,000,000.
       (m) Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations.--For an 
     additional amount for watershed and flood prevention 
     operations to repair damage to waterways and watersheds 
     resulting from natural disasters, there is appropriated, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $60,000,000.
       (n) Emergency Conservation Program.--For an additional 
     amount for the emergency conservation program authorized 
     under sections 401, 402, and 404 of the Agricultural Credit 
     Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201, 2202, 2204) for expenses 
     resulting from natural disasters, there is appropriated, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $30,000,000.
       (o) Environmental Quality Incentives Program.--
       (1) In general.--For an additional amount for the 
     environmental quality incentives program established under 
     chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
     of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.), there is appropriated, 
     out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $52,000,000.
       (2) Livestock nutrient management plans.--The Secretary 
     shall provide a priority in the use of funds made available 
     under paragraph (1) to implementing livestock nutrient 
     management plans.
       (q) Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program.--For an 
     additional amount for the foreign market development 
     cooperator program established under section 702 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5722), there is 
     appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $10,000,000.
       (r) Rural Economic Assistance.--For an additional amount 
     for rural economic assistance, there is appropriated, out of 
     any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $150,000,000, of which--
       (1) $100,000,000 shall be used for rural economic 
     development, with the highest priority given to the most 
     economically disadvantaged rural communities; and
       (2) $50,000,000 shall be used to establish and carry out a 
     program of revolving loans for the support of farmer-owned 
     cooperatives.
       (s) Mandatory Price Reporting.--For an additional amount to 
     carry out a program of mandatory price reporting for 
     livestock and livestock products, on enactment of a law 
     establishing the program, there is appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000.
       (t) Labeling of Imported Meat and Meat Food Products.--
       (1) 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

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     hogs imported into the United States in sealed trucks for 
     slaughter.''.
       (2) Misbranding.--Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) 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.''.
       (3) 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).''.
       (4) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate final 
     regulations to carry out the amendments made by this 
     subsection.
       (5) Funding.--For an additional amount to carry out this 
     subsection and the amendments made by this subsection, there 
     is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $8,000,000.
       (6) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     take effect 60 days after the date on which final regulations 
     are promulgated under paragraph (4).
       (u) Indication of Country of Origin of Perishable 
     Agricultural Commodities.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Food service establishment.--The term ``food service 
     establishment'' means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, 
     food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, or other similar 
     facility operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of 
     selling food to the public.
       (B) Perishable agricultural commodity; retailer.--The terms 
     ``perishable agricultural commodity'' and ``retailer'' have 
     the meanings given the terms in section 1(b) of the 
     Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C. 
     499a(b)).
       (2) Notice of country of origin required.--Except as 
     provided in paragraph (3), a retailer of a perishable 
     agricultural commodity shall inform consumers, at the final 
     point of sale of the perishable agricultural commodity to 
     consumers, of the country of origin of the perishable 
     agricultural commodity.
       (3) Exemption for food service establishments.--Paragraph 
     (2) shall not apply to a perishable agricultural commodity if 
     the perishable agricultural commodity is--
       (A) prepared or served in a food service establishment; and
       (B)(i) offered for sale or sold at the food service 
     establishment in normal retail quantities; or
       (ii) served to consumers at the food service establishment.
       (4) Method of notification.--
       (A) In general.--The information required by paragraph (2) 
     may be provided to consumers by means of a label, stamp, 
     mark, placard, or other clear and visible sign on the 
     perishable agricultural commodity or on the package, display, 
     holding unit, or bin containing the commodity at the final 
     point of sale to consumers.
       (B) Labeled commodities.--If the perishable agricultural 
     commodity is already individually labeled regarding country 
     of origin by the packer, importer, or another person, the 
     retailer shall not be required to provide any additional 
     information to comply with this subsection.
       (5) Violations.--If a retailer fails to indicate the 
     country of origin of a perishable agricultural commodity as 
     required by paragraph (2), the Secretary may assess a civil 
     penalty on the retailer in an amount not to exceed--
       (A) $1,000 for the first day on which the violation occurs; 
     and
       (B) $250 for each day on which the same violation 
     continues.
       (6) Deposit of funds.--Amounts collected under paragraph 
     (5) shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
     as miscellaneous receipts.
       (7) Application of subsection.--This section shall apply 
     with respect to a perishable agricultural commodity after the 
     end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (v) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
     Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of 
     the payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a 
     person shall be entitled to receive under the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for 1 or more 
     contract commodities and oilseeds during the 1999 crop year 
     may not exceed $150,000.
       (w) Suspension of Sugar Assessments.--Section 156(f) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``except as provided in 
     paragraph (6),'' after ``years,'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``except as provided in 
     paragraph (6),'' after ``years,''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Suspension of assessments.--Effective beginning with 
     fiscal year 2000, no assessments shall be required under this 
     subsection during any fiscal year that immediately follows a 
     fiscal year during which the Federal budget was determined to 
     be in surplus, based on the most recent estimates available 
     from the Office of Management and Budget as of the last day 
     of the fiscal year.''.
       (x) Farmers Market Program.--For an additional amount for 
     the Farmers Market Program in the Supplemental Nutrition 
     Program for Women, Infants, and Children, there is 
     appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $10,000,000.
       (y) 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.
       (z) Availability.--The amount necessary to carry out this 
     section and the amendments made by this section shall be 
     available upon enactment of this Act for the remainder of 
     fiscal year 1999 and for fiscal year 2000, and shall remain 
     available until expended.
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                 THOMAS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1515

  Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Allard, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Craig, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Daschle) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 13, line 16, strike ``$119,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$119,050,000''.
       On page 14, line 19, strike ``$13,666,000'' and insert 
     ``$13,916,000''
       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 market analysis programs at the 
     Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, 
     Colorado''.
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                ASHCROFT (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1516

  Mr. ASHCROFT (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Kerrey, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Grams, Mr. Warner, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. Inhofe) proposed an amendment 
to amendment No. 1499 proposed by Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       (__) Requirement of Congressional Approval of Any 
     Unilateral Agricultural or Medical Sanction.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
     commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 402 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
     (7 U.S.C. 1732).
       (B) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
     program'' means--
       (i) any program administered under the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et. 
     seq.);

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       (ii) any program administered under section 416 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
       (iii) any commercial sale of agricultural commodities, 
     including a commercial sale of an agricultural commodity that 
     is prohibited under a unilateral agricultural sanction that 
     is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (iv) any export financing (including credits or credit 
     guarantees) for agricultural commodities.
       (C) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint resolution'' 
     means--
       (i) in the case of paragraph (2)(A)(ii), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (2)(A)(i) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(__)(2)(A)(i) of the _____ Act __, transmitted on 
     _______.'', with the blank completed with the appropriate 
     date; and
       (ii) in the case of paragraph (5)(B), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (5)(A) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(__)(5)(A) of the _____ Act __, transmitted on _______.'', 
     with the blank completed with the appropriate date.
       (D) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
     ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, 
     restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural 
     program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity 
     that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign 
     policy or national security, except in a case in which the 
     United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral 
     regime and the other member countries of that regime have 
     agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
       (E) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral 
     medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or 
     condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance 
     consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a 
     foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the 
     United States for reasons of foreign policy or national 
     security, except in a case in which the United States imposes 
     the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other 
     member countries of that regime have agreed to impose 
     substantially equivalent measures.
       (2) Restriction.--
       (A) New sanctions.--Except as provided in paragraphs (3) 
     and (4) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction 
     or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or 
     foreign entity for any fiscal year, unless--
       (i) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed 
     to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress 
     that--

       (I) describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, 
     restricted, or conditioned; and
       (II) describes the actions by the foreign country or 
     foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

       (ii) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the 
     approval of Congress for the report submitted under clause 
     (i).
       (B) Existing sanctions.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), with 
     respect to any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral 
     medical sanction that is in effect as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act for any fiscal year, the President 
     shall immediately cease to implement such sanction.
       (ii) Exemptions.--Clause (i) shall not apply to a 
     unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
     sanction imposed with respect to an agricultural program or 
     activity described in clause (ii) or (iv) of paragraph 
     (1)(B).
       (3) Exceptions.--The President may impose (or continue to 
     impose) a sanction described in paragraph (2) without regard 
     to the procedures required by that paragraph--
       (A) against a foreign country or foreign entity with 
     respect to which Congress has enacted a declaration of war 
     that is in effect on or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act; or
       (B) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, 
     restrict, or condition the provision or use of any 
     agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device that is--
       (i) controlled on the United States Munitions List;
       (ii) an item for which export controls are administered by 
     the Department of Commerce for foreign policy or national 
     security reasons; or
       (iii) used to facilitate the development or production of a 
     chemical or biological weapon.
       (4) Countries supporting international terrorism.--This 
     subsection shall not affect the current prohibitions on 
     providing, to the government of any country supporting 
     international terrorism, United States government assistance, 
     including United States foreign assistance, United States 
     export assistance, or any United States credits or credit 
     guarantees.
       (5) Termination of sanctions.--Any unilateral agricultural 
     sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is imposed 
     pursuant to the procedures described in paragraph (2)(A) 
     shall terminate not later than 2 years after the date on 
     which the sanction became effective unless--
       (A) not later than 60 days before the date of termination 
     of the sanction, the President submits to Congress a report 
     containing the recommendation of the President for the 
     continuation of the sanction for an additional period of not 
     to exceed 2 years and the request of the President for 
     approval by Congress of the recommendation; and
       (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the approval 
     of Congress for the report submitted under subparagraph (A).
       (6) Congressional priority procedures.--
       (A) Referral of report.--A report described in paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be referred to the appropriate 
     committee or committees of the House of Representatives and 
     to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate.
       (B) Referral of joint resolution.--
       (i) In general.--A joint resolution shall be referred to 
     the committees in each House of Congress with jurisdiction.
       (ii) Reporting date.--A joint resolution referred to in 
     clause (i) may not be reported before the eighth session day 
     of Congress after the introduction of the joint resolution.
       (C) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to which is 
     referred a joint resolution has not reported the joint 
     resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 
     30 session days of Congress after the date of introduction of 
     the joint resolution--
       (i) the committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (ii) the joint resolution shall be placed on the 
     appropriate calendar of the House concerned.
       (D) Floor consideration.--
       (i) Motion to proceed.--

       (I) In general.--When the committee to which a joint 
     resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is 
     discharged under subparagraph (C) from further consideration 
     of, a joint resolution--

       (aa) it shall be at any time thereafter in order (even 
     though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) for any member of the House concerned to move 
     to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (bb) all points of order against the joint resolution (and 
     against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived.

       (II) Privilege.--The motion to proceed to the consideration 
     of the joint resolution--

       (aa) shall be highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives and privileged in the Senate; and
       (bb) not debatable.

       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--The motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution shall 
     not be subject to--

       (aa) amendment;
       (bb) a motion to postpone; or
       (cc) a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business.

       (IV) Motion to reconsider not in order.--A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order.
       (V) Business until disposition.--If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the 
     joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
     House concerned until disposed of.

       (ii) Limitations on debate.--

       (I) In general.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint 
     resolution, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
     shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
     opposing the joint resolution.
       (II) Further debate limitations.--A motion to limit debate 
     shall be in order and shall not be debatable.
       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--An amendment 
     to, a motion to postpone, a motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of other business, a motion to recommit the 
     joint resolution, or a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
     the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
     be in order.

       (iii) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the 
     conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and a single 
     quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
     accordance with the rules of the House concerned, the vote on 
     final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       (iv) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--An appeal from a 
     decision of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case 
     may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall 
     be decided without debate.
       (E) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of that House, 
     that House receives from the other House a joint resolution, 
     the following procedures shall apply:
       (i) No committee referral.--The joint resolution of the 
     other House shall not be referred to a committee.
       (ii) Floor procedure.--With respect to a joint resolution 
     of the House receiving the joint resolution--

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       (I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (II) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
     resolution of the other House.

       (iii) Disposition of joint resolutions of receiving 
     house.--On disposition of the joint resolution received from 
     the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 
     the joint resolution originated in the receiving House.
       (F) Procedures after action by both the house and senate.--
     If a House receives a joint resolution from the other House 
     after the receiving House has disposed of a joint resolution 
     originated in that House, the action of the receiving House 
     with regard to the disposition of the joint resolution 
     originated in that House shall be deemed to be the action of 
     the receiving House with regard to the joint resolution 
     originated in the other House.
       (G) Rulemaking power.--This paragraph is enacted by 
     Congress--
       (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such this 
     paragraph--

       (I) is deemed to be a part of the rules of each House, 
     respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
     procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 
     resolution; and
       (II) supersedes other rules only to the extent that this 
     paragraph is inconsistent with those rules; and

       (ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as the rules relate 
     to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 
     manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other 
     rule of that House.
       (7) Effective date.--This subsection takes effect 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
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                       CONRAD AMENDMENT NO. 1517

  Mr. CONRAD proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1499 proposed by 
Mr. Daschle to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment add the following:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act the 
     following shall be the only Emergency Assistance provisions 
     provided in this bill:
       __. Emergency and Market Loss Assistance.--(a) Market Loss 
     Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall use not more than 
     $5,544,453,000 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.).
       (2) Amount.--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 not later than 45 days 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).
       (b) Oilseed Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall use not less than $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to 
     obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 131 of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).
       (2) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this subsection shall be computed by multiplying--
       (A) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (B) the quantity of oilseeds that the producers on the farm 
     are eligible to place under loan under section 131 of that 
     Act.
       (3) Limitation.--Payments made under this subsection shall 
     be considered to be contract payments for the purposes of 
     section 1001(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1308(1)).
       (c) 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 striking ``or cash payments'' and 
     inserting ``or cash payments, at the option of the 
     recipient,'';
       (B) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
       (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
     ``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'' and inserting ``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''; and
       (D) by striking paragraph (4).
       (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) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Establishment.--
       ``(A) In general.--The President shall carry out an import 
     quota program during the period ending July 31, 2003, as 
     provided in this subsection.
       ``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and 
     announces that for 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.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the 
     United States during any marketing year under the special 
     import quota established under this subsection may not exceed 
     the equivalent of 5 week's 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.''.
       (d) Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply 
     (Section 32).--
       (1) In general.--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 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $300,000,000.
       (2) Set-aside for certain livestock producers.--Of the 
     funds made available by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     use not more than $100,000,000 to provide assistance to 
     livestock producers--
       (A) the operations of which are located in counties with 
     respect to which during 1999 a natural disaster was declared 
     for losses due to excessive heat or drought by the Secretary, 
     or a major disaster or emergency was declared for losses due 
     to excessive heat or drought by the President under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and
       (B) that experienced livestock losses as a result of the 
     declared disaster or emergency.
       (3) Waiver of commodity limitation.--In providing 
     assistance under this subsection, the Secretary may waive the 
     limitation established under the second sentence of the 
     second paragraph of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
     (7 U.S.C. 612c), on the amount of funds that may be devoted 
     to any 1 agricultural commodity or product.
       (e) Additional Crop Loss Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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 shall use not more than $492,000,000 
     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

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       (B) provides equitable treatment under that section for 
     agricultural producers described in subsections (b) and (c) 
     of that section.
       (2) Crop insurance.--Of the total amount made available 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not less than 
     $400,000,000 to assist agricultural producers in purchasing 
     additional coverage for the 2000 crop year under the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
       (3) Compensation for denial of crop loss assistance based 
     on taxpayer identification numbers.--The Secretary shall use 
     not more than $70,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make payments to producers on a farm that were 
     denied crop loss assistance under 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), as the result of a change in the 
     taxpayer identification numbers of the producers if the 
     Secretary determines that the change was not made to create 
     an advantage for the producers in the crop insurance program 
     through lower premiums or higher actual production histories.
       (f) Specialty Crops.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $300,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide assistance to producers of fruits, vegetables, and 
     peanuts in a manner determined by the Secretary.
       (g) Income Losses for 1999.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $500,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide assistance to producers that have suffered income 
     losses related to 1999 crops caused by damaging weather or 
     related condition resulting from a natural or major disaster 
     or emergency.
       (2) Flooded land reserve program.--Of the funds made 
     available by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use 
     $250,000,000 to carry out a flooded land reserve program in a 
     manner that is consistent with section 1124 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).
       (h) Emergency Livestock Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--For an additional amount to provide 
     emergency livestock assistance, there is appropriated, out of 
     any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $250,000,000.
       (2) Set-aside for certain livestock producers.--Of the 
     funds made available by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     use not more than $100,000,000 to provide assistance to 
     livestock producers--
       (A) the operations of which are located in counties with 
     respect to which during 1999 a natural disaster was declared 
     for losses due to excessive heat or drought by the Secretary, 
     or a major disaster or emergency was declared for losses due 
     to excessive heat or drought by the President under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and
       (B) that experienced livestock losses as a result of the 
     declared disaster or emergency.
       (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, of which--
       (1) $70,000,000 shall be used for rural economic 
     development, with the highest priority given to the most 
     economically disadvantaged rural communities; and
       (2) $30,000,000 shall be used to establish and carry out a 
     program of revolving loans for the support of farmer-owned 
     cooperatives.
       (j) Sugar.--
       (1) Condition on payment of salaries and expenses.--None of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to 
     carry out or enforce section 156(f) of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal year 
     2001, if the Federal budget is determined by the Office of 
     Management and Budget to be in surplus for fiscal year 2000.
       (2) Technical correction to continue the no-cost operation 
     of the sugar program.--Section 902(a) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1446g note; Public Law 99-198) is 
     amended by striking ``section 206 of the Agricultural Act of 
     1949'' and inserting ``section 156 of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272)''.
       (k) 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.
       (l) Mandatory Price Reporting.--For an additional amount to 
     carry out a program of mandatory price reporting for 
     livestock and livestock products, on enactment of a law 
     establishing the program, there is appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000.
       (m) Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards 
     Administration.--For an additional amount for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration to support 
     rapid response teams to enforce the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), there is appropriated, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $1,000,000.
       (n) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
     Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of 
     the payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a 
     person shall be entitled to receive under the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for 1 or more 
     contract commodities and oilseeds during the 1999 crop year 
     may not exceed $150,000.
       (o) Requirement of Congressional Approval of Any Unilateral 
     Agricultural or Medical Sanction.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
     commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 402 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
     (7 U.S.C. 1732).
       (B) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
     program'' means--
       (i) any program administered under the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et. 
     seq.);
       (ii) any program administered under section 416 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
       (iii) any commercial sale of agricultural commodities, 
     including a commercial sale of an agricultural commodity that 
     is prohibited under a unilateral agricultural sanction that 
     is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (iv) any export financing (including credits or credit 
     guarantees) for agricultural commodities.
       (C) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint resolution'' 
     means--
       (i) in the case of paragraph (2)(A)(ii), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (2)(A)(i) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(o)(2)(A)(i) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000, transmitted on _______.'', with the blank 
     completed with the appropriate date; and
       (ii) in the case of paragraph (5)(B), only a joint 
     resolution introduced within 10 session days of Congress 
     after the date on which the report of the President under 
     paragraph (5)(A) is received by Congress, the matter after 
     the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress 
     approves the report of the President pursuant to section 
     __(o)(5)(A) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2000, transmitted on _______.'', with the blank completed 
     with the appropriate date.
       (D) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
     ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, 
     restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural 
     program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity 
     that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign 
     policy or national security, except in a case in which the 
     United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral 
     regime and the other member countries of that regime have 
     agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
       (E) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral 
     medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or 
     condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance 
     consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a 
     foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the 
     United States for reasons of foreign policy or national 
     security, except in a case in which the United States imposes 
     the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other 
     member countries of that regime have agreed to impose 
     substantially equivalent measures.
       (2) Restriction.--
       (A) New sanctions.--Except as provided in paragraphs (3) 
     and (4) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction 
     or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or 
     foreign entity for any fiscal year, unless--
       (i) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed 
     to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress 
     that--

       (I) describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, 
     restricted, or conditioned; and
       (II) describes the actions by the foreign country or 
     foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

       (ii) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the 
     approval of Congress for the report submitted under clause 
     (i).
       (B) Existing sanctions.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), with 
     respect to any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral 
     medical sanction that is in effect as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act for any fiscal year, the President 
     shall immediately cease to implement such sanction.
       (ii) Exemptions.--Clause (i) shall not apply to a 
     unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
     sanction imposed with respect to an agricultural program or 
     activity described in clause (ii) or (iv) of paragraph 
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       (3) Exceptions.--The President may impose (or continue to 
     impose) a sanction described in paragraph (2) without regard 
     to the procedures required by that paragraph--
       (A) against a foreign country or foreign entity with 
     respect to which Congress has enacted a declaration of war 
     that is in effect on or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act; or
       (B) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, 
     restrict, or condition the provision or use of any 
     agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device that is--
       (i) controlled on the United States Munitions List;
       (ii) an item for which export controls are administered by 
     the Department of Commerce for foreign policy or national 
     security reasons; or
       (iii) used to facilitate the development or production of a 
     chemical or biological weapon.
       (4) Countries supporting international terrorism.--This 
     subsection shall not affect the current prohibitions on 
     providing, to the government of any country supporting 
     international terrorism, United States government assistance, 
     including United States foreign assistance, United States 
     export assistance, or any United States credits or credit 
     guarantees.
       (5) Termination of sanctions.--Any unilateral agricultural 
     sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is imposed 
     pursuant to the procedures described in paragraph (2)(A) 
     shall terminate not later than 2 years after the date on 
     which the sanction became effective unless--
       (A) not later than 60 days before the date of termination 
     of the sanction, the President submits to Congress a report 
     containing the recommendation of the President for the 
     continuation of the sanction for an additional period of not 
     to exceed 2 years and the request of the President for 
     approval by Congress of the recommendation; and
       (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the approval 
     of Congress for the report submitted under subparagraph (A).
       (6) Congressional priority procedures.--
       (A) Referral of report.--A report described in paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be referred to the appropriate 
     committee or committees of the House of Representatives and 
     to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate.
       (B) Referral of joint resolution.--
       (i) In general.--A joint resolution shall be referred to 
     the committees in each House of Congress with jurisdiction.
       (ii) Reporting date.--A joint resolution referred to in 
     clause (i) may not be reported before the eighth session day 
     of Congress after the introduction of the joint resolution.
       (C) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to which is 
     referred a joint resolution has not reported the joint 
     resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 
     30 session days of Congress after the date of introduction of 
     the joint resolution--
       (i) the committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (ii) the joint resolution shall be placed on the 
     appropriate calendar of the House concerned.
       (D) Floor consideration.--
       (i) Motion to proceed.--

       (I) In general.--When the committee to which a joint 
     resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is 
     discharged under subparagraph (C) from further consideration 
     of, a joint resolution--

       (aa) it shall be at any time thereafter in order (even 
     though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) for any member of the House concerned to move 
     to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution; and
       (bb) all points of order against the joint resolution (and 
     against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived.

       (II) Privilege.--The motion to proceed to the consideration 
     of the joint resolution--

       (aa) shall be highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives and privileged in the Senate; and
       (bb) not debatable.

       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--The motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution shall 
     not be subject to--

       (aa) amendment;
       (bb) a motion to postpone; or
       (cc) a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business.

       (IV) Motion to reconsider not in order.--A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order.
       (V) Business until disposition.--If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the 
     joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
     House concerned until disposed of.

       (ii) Limitations on debate.--

       (I) In general.--Debate on the joint resolution, and on all 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint 
     resolution, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
     shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
     opposing the joint resolution.
       (II) Further debate limitations.--A motion to limit debate 
     shall be in order and shall not be debatable.
       (III) Amendments and motions not in order.--An amendment 
     to, a motion to postpone, a motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of other business, a motion to recommit the 
     joint resolution, or a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
     the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
     be in order.

       (iii) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the 
     conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and a single 
     quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
     accordance with the rules of the House concerned, the vote on 
     final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       (iv) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--An appeal from a 
     decision of the Chair relating to the application of the 
     rules of the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case 
     may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall 
     be decided without debate.
       (E) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
     the passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of that House, 
     that House receives from the other House a joint resolution, 
     the following procedures shall apply:
       (i) No committee referral.--The joint resolution of the 
     other House shall not be referred to a committee.
       (ii) Floor procedure.--With respect to a joint resolution 
     of the House receiving the joint resolution--

       (I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (II) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
     resolution of the other House.

       (iii) Disposition of joint resolutions of receiving 
     house.--On disposition of the joint resolution received from 
     the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 
     the joint resolution originated in the receiving House.
       (F) Procedures after action by both the house and senate.--
     If a House receives a joint resolution from the other House 
     after the receiving House has disposed of a joint resolution 
     originated in that House, the action of the receiving House 
     with regard to the disposition of the joint resolution 
     originated in that House shall be deemed to be the action of 
     the receiving House with regard to the joint resolution 
     originated in the other House.
       (G) Rulemaking power.--This paragraph is enacted by 
     Congress--
       (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such this 
     paragraph--

       (I) is deemed to be a part of the rules of each House, 
     respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
     procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 
     resolution; and
       (II) supersedes other rules only to the extent that this 
     paragraph is inconsistent with those rules; and

       (ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as the rules relate 
     to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 
     manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other 
     rule of that House.
       (7) Effective date.--This subsection takes effect 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (p) Tobacco Grower Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
     $328,000,000 to be distributed to tobacco growers according 
     to the formulas established pursuant to the National Tobacco 
     Grower Settlement Trust.
       (q) 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.
       (r) Availability.--The amount necessary to carry out this 
     section and the amendments made by this section shall become 
     available on the date of enactment of this Act for the 
     remainder of fiscal year 1999 and for fiscal year 2000, and 
     shall remain available until expended.
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                     TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 1518

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI submitted 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:
       Sec.   . Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     authorizing commercial exports or other transactions with 
     Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Cuba, North Korea, and Syria, 
     countries that on June 1, 1999, were determined by the 
     Secretary of State to have been a country the government of 
     which had repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371).
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                       EDWARDS AMENDMENT NO. 1519

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)

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  Mr. EDWARDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 19, strike `$54,276,000' and insert 
     `$54,476,000'.
       On page 14, line 22, strike `$474,377,000' and insert 
     `$474,577,000'.
       On page 9, line 8, strike `$65,419,000' and insert 
     `$65,219,000'.
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1520

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       `At the appropriate place add the following: 
     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the section 
     dealing with the use of funds from the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation for tobacco farmers shall be null and void and of 
     no effect'.
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                 BOXER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1521

  Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Crapo) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

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                       CHAFEE AMENDMENT NO. 1522

  Mr. CHAFEE proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1521 proposed by 
Mrs. Boxer to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word, and insert the following: 
     ``. It is the sense of the Senate that the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works should review the findings of 
     the EPA Blue Ribbon Panel on MTBE and other relevant 
     scientific studies, hold comprehensive hearings, and report 
     to the senate at the earliest possible date any legislation 
     necessary to address the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon 
     Panel.''
       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.  . (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) The Clean Air Act requires that federal reformulated 
     gasoline contain oxygen as a means of achieving air quality 
     benefits.
       (2) While both renewable ethanol and MTBE may be used to 
     meet this Clean Air Act requirement, MTBE is in substantially 
     greater use than ethanol.
       (3) MTBE is classified as a possible human carcinogen, and 
     when leaked into water causes water to take on the taste and 
     smell of turpentine, rendering it undrinkable.
       (4) MTBE leaking from underground fuel storage tanks, 
     recreational watercraft and abandoned automobiles has led to 
     growing detections of MTBE in drinking water, and has 
     contaminated groundwater and drinking water throughout the 
     United States.
       (5) Approximately five to ten percent of drinking water 
     supplies in areas using reformulated gasoline now show 
     detectable levels of MTBE.
       (6) MTBE poses a more pervasive threat to drinking water 
     than the other harmful constituents of gasoline because MTBE 
     is more soluble, more mobile and slower to degrade than those 
     other constituents.
       (7) Renewable ethanol provides air quality and energy 
     security benefits without raising drinking water concerns.
       (8) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol production 
     would enhance the energy security of the United States by 
     reducing dependence upon foreign oil.
       (9) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol production 
     would help alleviate the financial crisis facing farmers.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the United States should--
       (1) phase out MTBE in order to address the threats MTBE 
     poses to public health and the environment;
       (2) promote renewable ethanol to replace MTBE as a means of 
     enhancing energy security and supporting the farm economy;
       (3) provide assistance to state and local governments to 
     treat drinking water supplies contaminated with MTBE;
       (4) provide assistance to state and local governments to 
     protect lakes and reservoirs from MTBE contamination.
                                 ______
                                 

                      THURMOND AMENDMENT NO. 1523

  Mr. THURMOND proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 51, line 13, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``, or alcoholic beverages, including wine''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   ABRAHAM AMENDMENTS NOS. 1524-1525

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Abraham) proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1524

       On page 13, line 13, strike ``$54,276,000'' and insert 
     ``$54,476,000''. On page 13, line 16, strike ``$119,300,000'' 
     and insert ``$119,100,000''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1525

       On page 68, line 5, before the period insert the following: 
     ``, or the Food and Drug Administration Detroit, Michigan 
     District Office Laboratory; or to reduce the Detroit Michigan 
     Food and Drug Administration District Office below the 
     operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 
     1999; or to change the Detroit District Office to a station, 
     residence post or similarly modified office; or to reassign 
     residence posts assigned to the Detroit District Office''.
                                 ______
                                 

                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1526

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Inouye, Mrs. Feinstein, and 
Mr. Dorgan)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as 
follows:

       On page 35, line 20, after the semi-colon, insert the 
     following: ``not to exceed $12,000,000 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;''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 1527

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Bond) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Contracts for Procurement of Food for Peace 
     Commodities.--(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) HUBZone sole source contract.--The term ``HUBZone sole 
     source contract'' means a sole source contract authorized by 
     section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).
       (2) HUBZone price evaluation preference.--The term 
     ``HUBZone price evaluation preference'' means a price 
     evaluation preference authorized by section 31 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).
       (3) Qualified HUBZone small business concern.--The term 
     ``qualified HUBZone small business concern'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 632(p)).
       (4) Covered procurement.--The term ``covered procurement'' 
     means a contract for the procurement or processing of a 
     commodity furnished under title II or III 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)), the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1736o), or any other commodity procurement or acquisition by 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other law.
       (b) Prohibition of Use of Funds.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used to award a HUBZone sole 
     source contract or a contract awarded through full and open 
     competition in combination with a HUBZone price evaluation 
     preference to any qualified HUBZone small business concern in 
     any covered procurement if performance of the contract by the 
     business concern would exceed the production capacity of the 
     business concern or would require the business concern to 
     subcontract to any other company or enterprise for the 
     purchase of the commodity being procured through the covered 
     procurement.
                                 ______
                                 

                        BURNS AMENDMENT NO. 1528

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Burns) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On Page 76, after Line 6 insert the following:
       Sec.   . It is the Sense of the Senate that the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall exercise reasonable treatment of 
     producers in order to avoid harmful consequences regarding 
     the inadvertent planting of dry beans on contract acres, up 
     to and including the 1999 crop year.
                                 ______
                                 

                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1529

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 11, strike ``$29,676,000'' and insert 
     ``$30,676,000''.
       On page 13, line 13, before the semicolon, insert the 
     following: ``, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
     West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia, 
     which for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter shall be designated 
     as an eligible institution under section 1445 of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222)''.
       On page 13, line 16, strike ``$119,100,000'' and insert 
     ``$117,100,000''.
       On page 14, line 22, strike ``$474,377,000'' and insert 
     ``$473,377,000''.
       On page 16, line 16, strike ``$25,843,000'' and insert 
     ``$26,843,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be

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     made available to West Virginia State College in Institute, 
     West Virginia, which for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter 
     shall be designated as an eligible institution under section 
     1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
     Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221)''.
       On page 16, line 23, strike ``$421,620,000'' and insert 
     ``$422,620,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

               CLELAND (AND COVERDELL) AMENDMENT NO. 1530

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Cleland (for himself and Mr. Coverdell)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       At the end of the bill, insert the following:
       Sec. __. Redesignation of National School Lunch Act as 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.--(a) In 
     General.--The first section of the National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended by striking ``National 
     School Lunch Act'' and inserting ``Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--The following provisions of law 
     are amended by striking ``National School Lunch Act'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act'':
       (1) Sections 3 and 13(3)(A) of the Commodity Distribution 
     Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; 
     Public Law 100-237).
       (2) Section 404 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1424).
       (3) Section 201(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954, and for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959 
     (7 U.S.C. 1431c(a); 73 Stat. 610).
       (4) Section 211(a) of the Agricultural Trade Suspension 
     Adjustment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 4004(a)).
       (5) Section 245A(h)(4)(A) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(A)).
       (6) Sections 403(c)(2)(C), 422(b)(3), 423(d)(3), 741(a)(1), 
     and 742 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
     Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)(C), 
     1632(b)(3), 1183a note, 42 U.S.C. 1751 note, 8 U.S.C. 1615; 
     Public Law 104-193).
       (7) Section 2243(b) of title 10, United States Code.
       (8) Sections 404B(g)(1)(A), 404D(c)(2), and 404F(a)(2) of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-
     22(g)(1)(A), 1070a-24(c)(2), 1070a-26(a)(2); Public Law 105-
     244).
       (9) Section 231(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Carl D. Perkins 
     Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2341(d)(3)(A)(i)).
       (10) Section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)).
       (11) Section 1397E(d)(4)(A)(iv)(II) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986.
       (12) Sections 254(b)(2)(B) and 263(a)(2)(C) of the Job 
     Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1633(b)(2)(B), 
     1643(a)(2)(C)).
       (13) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(xiii) of title 31, United States 
     Code.
       (14) Section 602(d)(9)(A) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474(d)(9)(A)).
       (15) Sections 2(4), 3(1), and 301 of the Healthy Meals for 
     Healthy Americans Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 1751 note; Public 
     Law 103-448).
       (16) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16(b), 17, and 19(d) of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772, 1773, 1776, 
     1779, 1782, 1785(b), 1786, 1788(d)).
       (17) Section 658O(b)(3) of the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(b)(3)).
       (18) Subsection (b) of the first section of Public Law 87-
     688 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)).
       (19) Section 10405(a)(2)(H) of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-239; 103 Stat. 
     2489).
                                 ______
                                 

                 COCHRAN (AND KOHL) AMENDMENT NO. 1531

  Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Kohl) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       On page 33, line 15 after the period, insert the following: 
     ``: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
     Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $5,000,000 shall 
     be available for Mississippi and Wisconsin for financial and 
     technical assistance for pilot rehabilitation projects of 
     small, upstream dams built under the Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., Section 13 of the Act 
     of December 22, 1994) Public Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905, and 
     the pilot watershed program authorized under the heading 
     `FLOOD PREVENTION' of the Department of Agriculture 
     Appropriation Act, 1954, (Public Law 156; 67 Stat. 214)''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   COCHRAN AMENDMENTS NOS. 1532-1533

  Mr. COCHRAN proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 1233, supra as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 1532

       On page 41, line 6, insert the following before the period: 
     ``: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
     under this paragraph shall be available unless the Department 
     of Agriculture proposes a revised regulation to allow leaders 
     charged a fee to be up to 3% on guaranteed business and 
     industry loans''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1533

       On page 42, line 7, insert the following before the period: 
     ``: Provided, That at least twenty-five percent of the total 
     amount appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives 
     or associations of cooperatives that assist small minority 
     producers''.
                                 ______
                                 

                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 1534

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Domenici) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . Public Law 105-199 (112 Stat. 641) is amended in 
     section 3(b)(1)(G) by striking ``persons'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``governors, who may be represented on the 
     Commission by their respective designees,''.
                                 ______
                                 

                DURBIN (AND KENNEDY) AMENDMENT NO. 1535

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Kennedy)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       On page 55, line 5, strike the semicolon and insert the 
     following: ``, of which $1,000,000 shall be for premarket 
     review, enforcement and oversight activities related to users 
     and manufacturers of all reprocessed medical devices as 
     authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 321 et seq.), and of which no less than $55,500,000 
     and 522 full-time equivalent positions shall be for premarket 
     application review activities to meet statutory review 
     times;''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 1536

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

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

     SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING ACTION PLAN ON FOOD 
                   SECURITY.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the President should 
     include in the fiscal year 2001 budget request funding to 
     implement the United States Action Plan on Food Security.
                                 ______
                                 

                       GORTON AMENDMENT NO. 1537

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Gorton) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7  . Financial Hardships Facing Apple Farmers.--The 
     Farm Service Agency--
       (1) In view of the financial hardship facing United States 
     apple farmers as a result of a loss of markets and excessive 
     imports of apple juice concentrate, shall review all programs 
     that assist apple growers in time of need;
       (2) in view of the increased operating costs associated 
     with tree fruit production, shall review the limits currently 
     set on operating loan programs used by apple growers to 
     determine whether the current limits are insufficient to 
     cover those costs; and
       (3) shall report to Congress in findings not later than 
     January 1, 2000.
                                 ______
                                 

                  GRAHAM AND (MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 1538

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Mack)) proposed an 
amendment 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''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       KERREY AMENDMENT NO. 1539

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Kerrey) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

       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:''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1540

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 13, strike ``$54,476,000'' and insert 
     ``$54,951,000''.

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       On page 13, line 16, strike ``$117,100,000'' and insert 
     ``$116,625,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       LINCOLN AMENDMENT NO. 1541

  Mr. KOHL (for Mrs. Lincoln) proposed an amendment 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 ``Struttgart National Aquaculture Research 
     Center'' each place it appears.
                                 ______
                                 

                  MACK (AND GRAHAM) AMENDMENT NO. 1542

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Mack (for himself and Mr. Graham)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       On Page 13, Line 16, strike ``$116,625,000 and insert 
     ``$116,325,000''.
       On Page 14, Line 19, strike ``$13,666,000 and insert 
     ``$13,966,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

                      McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 1543

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. Tobacco Leasing and Information.--(a) Cross-
     County Leasing.--Section 319(l) of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(l)) is amended in the 
     second sentence by inserting ``, Kentucky,'' after 
     ``Tennessee''.
       (b) Tobacco Production and Marketing Information.--Part I 
     of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
     of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

     ``SEC. 320D. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMATION.

       ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (b), release 
     marketing information submitted by persons relating to the 
     production and marketing of tobacco to State trusts or 
     similar organizations engaged in the distribution of national 
     trust funds to tobacco producers and other persons with 
     interests associated with the production of tobacco, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       ``(b) Limitations.--
       ``(1) In general.--Information may be released under 
     subsection (a) only to the extent that--
       ``(A) the release is in the interest of tobacco producers, 
     as determined by the Secretary; and
       ``(B) the information is released to a State trust or other 
     organization that is created to, or charged with, 
     distributing funds to tobacco producers or other parties with 
     an interest in tobacco production or tobacco farms under a 
     national or State trust or settlement.
       ``(2) Exemption from release.--The Secretary shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, in advance of making a release of 
     information under subsection (a), allow, by announcement, a 
     period of at least 15 days for persons whose consent would 
     otherwise be required by law to effectuate the release, to 
     elect to be exempt from the release.
       ``(c) Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--In making a release under subsection 
     (a), the Secretary may provide such other assistance with 
     respect to information released under subsection (a) as will 
     facilitate the interest of producers in receiving the funds 
     that are the subject of a trust described in subsection (a).
       ``(2) Funds.--The Secretary shall use amounts made 
     available for salaries and expenses of the Department to 
     carry out paragraph (1).
       ``(d) Records.--
       ``(1) In general.--A person that obtains information 
     described in subsection (a) shall maintain records that are 
     consistent with the purposes of the release and shall not use 
     the records for any purpose not authorized under this 
     section.
       ``(2) Penalty.--A person that knowingly violates this 
     subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned 
     not more than 1 year, or both.
       ``(e) Application.--This section shall not apply to--
       ``(1) records submitted by cigarette manufacturers with 
     respect to the production of cigarettes;
       ``(2) records that were submitted as expected purchase 
     intentions in connection with the establishment of national 
     tobacco quotas; or
       ``(3) records that aggregate the purchases of particular 
     buyers.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1544

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 70, strike lines 3 through 10, and insert in lieu 
     thereof:
       ``Sec. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to declare excess or 
     surplus all or part of the lands and facilities owned by the 
     federal government and administered by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or to transfer or convey 
     such lands or facilities, without the specific authorization 
     of Congress.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1545

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 16, strike the figure ``$116,325,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof the figure ``$115,825,000'' and on 
     page 13, line 13, strike the figure ``$54,951,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof the figure ``$55,451,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                      SESSIONS AMENDMENT NO. 1546

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 13, increase the dollar amount by 
     $750,000; and
       On page 13, line 16, decrease the dollar amount by 
     $750,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                        SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 1547

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Smith of New Hampshire) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:
       ``Sec.  . That notwithstanding section 306(a)(7) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1926(a)(7)), the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be 
     eligible during fiscal year 2000 for a rural utilities grant 
     or loan under the Rural Community Advancement Program.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 1548

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Smith of Oregon) proposed an amendment 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).''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   STEVENS AMENDMENTS NOS. 1549-1550

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Stevens) proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1549

       On page 76, line 6, please add the following:
       ``Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter:
       ``Sec.   . The Food Stamp Act (P.L. 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.' ''
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1550

       At the appropriate place insert the following new section:
       ``Sec.  . It is the Sense of the Senate that the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall periodically review the Food Packages 
     listed at 7.

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     CFR 246.10(c) (1996) and consider including additional 
     nutritious food for women, infants and children.''
                                 ______
                                 

                STEVENS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1551

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
Akaka)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       Amend Title VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS by inserting a new 
     section as follows:

     ``SEC.   . EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE SERVING 
                   INSTITUTIONS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       ``(a) Education Grants Program for Alaska Native Serving 
     Institutions.--(1) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture 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.
       (2) Use of Grant Funds.--Grants made under this section 
     shall be used--
       (A) to support the activities of consortia of Alaska Native 
     serving institutions to enhance educational equity for under 
     represented students:
       (B) 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:
       (C) 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
       (D) 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.
       (2) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection 
     $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
       ``(b) Education Grants Program for Native Hawaiian Serving 
     Institutions.--(1) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture 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.
       (2) Use of Grant Funds.--Grants made under this section 
     shall be used--
       (A) to support the activities of consortia of Native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance educational equity 
     for under represented students:
       (B) 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:
       (C) 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 and 
     continuing with the provision of financial support for 
     students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
       (D) 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.
       (2) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection 
     $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 1552

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Stevens) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

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

     ``SEC.  . SMITH-LEVER ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES WITH 
                   CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED COST OF LIVING 
                   ADJUSTMENTS.

       Beginning is fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, a state in 
     which federal employees receive a special allowance because 
     of the high cost of living or conditions of environment which 
     differ substantially from conditions in other parts of the 
     country as provided under section 1 of title IV of Public Law 
     102-141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an allotment of no less 
     than $2,000,000 under the Smith Lever Act of 1914, as amended 
     (7 U.S.C. 343).''
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                STEVENS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1553

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Inouye, 
and Mr. Akaka)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as 
follows:

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

     ``SEC.  . HATCH ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES WITH 
                   CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED COST OF LIVING 
                   ADJUSTMENTS.''

       Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, a state in 
     which federal employees receive a special allowance because 
     of the high cost of living or conditions of environment which 
     differ substantially from conditions in other parts of the 
     country as provided under section 1 of title IV of Public Law 
     102-141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an allotment of no less 
     than $2,000,000 under 7 U.S.C. 361c(c).''
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                 THOMAS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1554

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mr. Thomas (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Craig, Mr. Hagel, and Mr. Daschle)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 16, strike ``$115,075,000 and insert 
     ``$114,825,000''.
       On page 14, line 19, strike ``$13,966,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,216,000''
       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 market analysis programs at the 
     Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, 
     Colorado''.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 1555

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 9, line 9, strike ``$2,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,500,000''.
       On page 9, line 12, after ``tions:'', insert the following: 
     ``: Provided further, That not more than $500,000 of the 
     amount transferred under the preceding proviso shall be 
     available to conduct, not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, a study based on all available 
     administrative data and onsite inspections conducted by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture of local food stamp offices in each 
     State, of (1) reasons for the decline in participation in the 
     food stamp program, and (2) any problems that households with 
     eligible children have experienced in obtaining food stamps, 
     and to report the results of the study to the Committee on 
     Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate:''.
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                       EDWARDS AMENDMENT NO. 1556

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Edwards) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1233, supra as follows:

       On page 13, line 19, strike ``$56,201,000'' and insert 
     ``$56,401,000''.
       On page 13, strike on line 13, strike ``$114,825,000'' and 
     insert ``$114,625,000''.
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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1557

  Mr. COCHRAN (for Mrs. Hutchison) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 1233, supra as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       Sec.   . It is the sense of the Senate that the Food and 
     Drug Administration, to the maximum extent possible, when 
     conducting an Import Food Survey under the President's Food 
     Safety Initiative, ensure timely testing of produce imports 
     by conducting survey tests at the USDA or FDA laboratory 
     closest to the port of entry. If testing results are not 
     provided within twenty-four hours of collection.
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                  BRYAN (AND REID) AMENDMENT NO. 1558

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Bryan (for himself and Mr. Reid)) proposed an 
amendment 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:

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       ``(D) Producer milk prices in clark county, nevada.--The 
     price of milk received by producers located in Clark County, 
     Nevada--
       ``(i) shall not be subject to any order issued under this 
     section or any other regulation by the Secretary; and
       ``(ii) shall solely be regulated by the State of Nevada and 
     the Nevada State Dairy Commission.''.
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                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 1559

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Baucus) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, 
supra as follows:

       On page 76, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec.  . The Senate finds that--
       (1) agricultural producers in the United States compete 
     effectively when world markets are not distorted by 
     government intervention;
       (2) the elimination of barriers to competition in world 
     markets for agricultural commodities is in the interest of 
     producers and consumers in the United States;
       (3) the United States must provide leadership on the 
     opening of the agricultural markets in upcoming multilateral 
     World Trade Organization negotiations;
       (4) countries that import agricultural commodities are more 
     likely to liberalize practices if they are confident that 
     their trading partners will not curtail the availability of 
     agricultural commodities on world markets for foreign policy 
     purposes; and
       (5) a multilateral commitment to use the open market, 
     rather than government intervention, to guarantee food 
     security would advance the interests of the farm community of 
     the United States.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that members of the World 
     Trade Organization should undertake multilateral negotiations 
     to eliminate policies and programs that distort world markets 
     for agricultural commodities.
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                        KOHL AMENDMENT NO. 1560

  Mr. KOHL proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as 
follows:

       On page 13, line 13, strike ``56,401,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``56,901,000''.
       On page 13, line 16, strike ``114,625,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``114,125,000''.
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                 HARKIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1561

  Mr. KOHL (for Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. 
Wellstone)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1233, supra as 
follows:

       Amend page 22, line 26 by increasing the dollar figure by 
     $2,000,000.
       Amend page 9, line 8 by reducing the dollar figure by 
     $2,000,000.
       Amend page 9, line 15 by striking the line and inserting in 
     lieu thereof the following: ``2225); Provided further, That 
     university research shall be reduced below the fiscal year 
     1999 level by $2,000,000.''

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