[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15934-15995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1228. Mr. NELSON of Florida proposed an amendment to amendment SA 
1214 submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended to be proposed to the bill 
(H.R. 2620) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . ARSENIC IN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Health and Human Services has 
     determined that arsenic is a known carcinogen, and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency has classified chromated 
     copper arsenate (CCA), which is 22 percent arsenic, as a 
     ``restricted use chemical.''
       (2) CCA is often used as a preservative in pressure-treated 
     wood, and CCA-treated wood is widely used in constructing 
     playground equipment frequented by children.
       (3) In 2001, many communities in Florida and elsewhere have 
     temporarily or permanently closed playgrounds in response to 
     elevated levels of arsenic in soil surrounding CCA-treated 
     wood playground equipment.
       (4) The State of Florida recently announced that its own 
     wood-treatment plant would cease using arsenic as a 
     preservative.
       (5) PlayNation Play Systems, which manufactures playground 
     equipment, announced in June 2001 that it would no longer use 
     CCA as a preservative in its playground products.
       (6) In May 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency 
     announced that it would expedite its ongoing review of the 
     health risks facing children playing near CCA-treated wood 
     playground equipment, and produce its findings in June 2001. 
     The EPA later postponed the release of its risk assessment 
     until the end of the summer of 2001, and announced that its 
     risk assessment would be reviewed by a Scientific Advisory 
     Panel in October 2001.
       (7) The EPA also plans to expedite its risk assessment 
     regarding the re-registering of arsenic as a pesticide by 
     accelerating its release from 2002 to 2003.
       (8) The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which has the 
     authority to ban hazardous and dangerous products, announced 
     in June 2001 that it would consider a petition seeking the 
     banning of CCA-treated wood from all playground equipment.
       (9) Many viable alternatives to CCA-treated wood exist, 
     including cedar, plastic products, aluminum, and treated 
     would without CCA. These products, alone or in combination, 
     can fully replace CCA-treated wood in playground equipment.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the Sense of the Senate 
     that the potential health and safety risks to children 
     playing on and around CCA-treated wood playground equipment 
     is a matter of the highest priority, which demands immediate 
     attention from the Congress, the Executive Branch, state and 
     local governments, affected industries, and parents.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, in consultation with the Consumer Product 
     Safety Commissions, shall submit a report to Congress which 
     shall include--
       (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's most up-to-date 
     understanding of the potential health and safety risks to 
     children playing on and around CCA-treated wood playground 
     equipment;
       (2) the Environmental Protection Agency's current 
     recommendations to state and local governments about the 
     continued use of CCA-treated wood playground equipment; and
       (3) an assessment of whether consumers considering 
     purchases of CCA-treated wood playground equipment are 
     adequately informed concerning the health effects associated 
     with arsenic.
                                  ____

  SA 1229. Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1214 
submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended to be proposed to the bill (H.R. 
2620) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 105, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 4__. STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
     the funds made available under the heading ``state and tribal 
     assistance grants'' in title III for capitalization grants 
     for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et 
     seq.) shall be expended by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency except in accordance with the 
     formula for allocation of funds among recipients developed 
     under subparagraph (D) of section 1452(a)(1) of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(1)(D)) (including 
     under a regulation promulgated under that section before the 
     date of enactment of this Act) and in accordance with the 
     wastewater infrastructure needs survey conducted under 
     section 516 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1375), except that--
       (1) subject to paragraph (3), the proportional share under 
     clause (ii) of section 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking 
     Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(1)(D)) shall be a minimum of 
     0.675 percent and a maximum of 8.00 percent;
       (2) any State the proportional share of which is greater 
     than that minimum but less

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     than that maximum shall receive 97.50 percent of the 
     proportionate share of the need of the State; and
       (3) the proportional share of American Samoa, Guam, the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin 
     Islands shall be, in the aggregate, 0.25 percent.
                                  ____

  SA 1230. Mr. AKAKA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 7__. UNLAWFUL STOCKYARD PRACTICES INVOLVING 
                   NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Packers and Stockyards 
     Act, 1921, (7 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

     ``SEC. 318. UNLAWFUL STOCKYARD PRACTICES INVOLVING 
                   NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Humanely euthanize.--The term `humanely euthanize' 
     means to kill an animal by mechanical, chemical, or other 
     means that immediately render the animal unconscious, with 
     this state remaining until the animal's death.
       ``(2) Nonambulatory livestock.--The term `nonambulatory 
     livestock' means any livestock that is unable to stand and 
     walk unassisted.
       ``(b) Unlawful Practices.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it 
     shall be unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or 
     dealer to buy, sell, give, receive, transfer, market, hold, 
     or drag any nonambulatory livestock unless the nonambulatory 
     livestock has been humanely euthanized.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--
       ``(A) Non-gipsa farms.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
     any farm the animal care practices of which are not subject 
     to the authority of the Grain Inspection, Packers, and 
     Stockyards Administration.
       ``(B) Veterinary care.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply in a 
     case in which nonambulatory livestock receive veterinary care 
     intended to render the livestock ambulatory.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
     effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate 
     regulations to carry out the amendment.
                                  ____

  SA 1231. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1214 submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended to be 
proposed to the bill (H.R. 2620) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 25, line 23, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount under 
     this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available for the BuyBack 
     America program, enabling gun buyback initiatives undertaken 
     by public housing authorities and their local police 
     departments''.
                                  ____

  SA 1232. Mr. HUTCHINSON submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing 
economic crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 24, line 3, insert ``(a) In General.--'' before 
     ``In''.
       On page 24, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       (b) Bayou Meto Demonstration Project.--Of the amount made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use not 
     less than $8,000,000 to provide financial, technical, 
     educational, and research assistance for the Bayou Meto 
     Demonstration Project in Lonoke County, Arkansas, in order to 
     encourage ground water conservation, including irrigation 
     system installation and improvement.
                                  ____

  SA 1233. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.

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       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (2) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1234. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons

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     in the same manner as provided for the Federal payments under 
     this section, as required by section 204(b)(6) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--

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       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (3) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1235. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that

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     had been agreed upon by the ginner and the buyer for cotton 
     grown in Georgia on or after January 1, 1997, and had been 
     purchased or contracted by the ginner from cotton producers 
     in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (4) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1236. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.

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       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (5) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1237. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

[[Page 15941]]



     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (6) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1238. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).

[[Page 15942]]

       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be

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     made not later than September 30, 2001. Any funds made 
     available by this Act and remaining unexpended by October 1, 
     2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and the authority 
     provided by this Act to expend such funds is rescinded 
     effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (7) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1239. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--

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       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (8) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
  SA 1240. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.

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       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (9) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1241. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of

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     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible 
     persons (as defined in such section) that previously received 
     a payment under such section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and

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       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (10) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1242. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official

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     Code of Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined 
     and provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (11) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1243. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1243, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat spaceports like airports 
under the exempt facility bond rules; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 35, line 2, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``, of which $500,000 shall be set aside for the 
     Forum Francophone Des Affaires of Lewiston, Maine, for a 
     program to increase exports by small businesses in the United 
     States to French-speaking regions''.
                                  ____

  SA 1244. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.   . LAMB FEEDER ELIGIBILITY.

       Upon enactment, all rancher and feeder members of the Rocky 
     Mountain States Lamb Cooperative engaged in the production of 
     lamb, and the Rocky Mountain States Lamb Cooperative shall be 
     eligible to participate in 7 USC 2009(d)(3)(B) business and 
     industry direct and guaranteed loans under 7 USC 1932(a)(1) 
     as proscribed by the Cooperative Stock Purchase Program.
                                  ____

  SA 1245. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.   . BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOAN ELIGIBLE PURPOSE.

       Upon enactment, the Rocky Mountain Grower Finance Company 
     shall be eligible to distribute 7 USC 2009(d)(3)(B) business 
     and industry direct and guaranteed loans under 7 USC 
     1932(a)(1) as proscribed by the Cooperative Stock Purchase 
     Program to the member growers of the Rocky Mountain Sugar 
     Growers Cooperative.
                                  ____

  SA 1246. Mr. DASCHLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                         TITLE __--CONSERVATION

     SEC. __01. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a 
     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for payments under the 
     conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.
       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. __02. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. __03. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

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     SEC. __04. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. __05. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

     SEC. __06. RISK MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections __01 through 
     __05, subject to subsection (d), of the amount of funds made 
     available under this title (other than section __01(a)), the 
     Secretary shall use $100,000,000 to address critical risk 
     management needs (including such needs under programs 
     specified in subsection (b)) in States that are described in 
     section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).
       (b) Minimum Amount.--Subject to subsection (d), the minimum 
     amount each State described in subsection (a) shall receive 
     under subsection (a) shall be $5,000,000.
       (c) Programs.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
     programs specified in this subsection are--
       (1) the wetlands reserve program established under 
     subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
       (2) 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.);
       (3) the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established 
     under section 387 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3836a); and
       (4) the farmland protection program established under 
     section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-127).
       (d) Other States.--The Secretary shall use any funds made 
     available under subsection (a) that have not been obligated 
     by June 1, 2002, to provide assistance under 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.) in States that are not 
     described in section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).
                                  ____

  SA 1247. Mr. DASCHLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
     Agricultural Assistance Act of 2001''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. Bonus market loss payments.
Sec. 102. Oilseeds.
Sec. 103. Peanuts.
Sec. 104. Sugar.
Sec. 105. Honey.
Sec. 106. Cottonseed.
Sec. 107. Commodity purchases.
Sec. 108. Loan deficiency payments.
Sec. 109. Milk.
Sec. 110. Pulse crops.
Sec. 111. Apples.

                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

Sec. 201. Conservation reserve program.
Sec. 202. Wetlands reserve program.
Sec. 203. Environmental quality incentives program.
Sec. 204. Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program.
Sec. 205. Farmland protection program.
Sec. 206. Risk management conservation assistance.

                TITLE III--CREDIT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

                           Subtitle A--Credit

Sec. 301. Farm energy emergency loans.

                     Subtitle B--Rural Development

Sec. 311. Value-added agricultural product market development grants.
Sec. 312. Regulations; notice of acceptance of applications.
Sec. 313. Funding.

                        TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 401. Crop and pasture flood compensation program.

                        TITLE V--ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 501. Obligation period.
Sec. 502. Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 503. Regulations.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 101. BONUS MARKET LOSS PAYMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a bonus market loss 
     payment to owners and producers on a farm that produced a 
     2001 crop of a contract commodity (as defined in section 102 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7202)).
       (b) Computation.--A payment under this section shall be 
     computed by multiplying--
       (1) the payment rate determined under subsection (c); by
       (2) the payment quantity determined under subsection (d).
       (c) Payment Rate.--The payment rate for a payment under 
     this section shall equal--
       (1) in the case of wheat, $0.095 per bushel;
       (2) in the case of corn, $0.037 per bushel;
       (3) in the case of grain sorghum, $0.066 per bushel;
       (4) in the case of barley, $0.056 per bushel;
       (5) in the case of oats, $0.004 per bushel;
       (6) in the case of upland cotton, $0.00993 per pound; and
       (7) in the case of rice, $0.383 per hundredweight.
       (d) Payment Quantity.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     payment quantity for a payment made to owners and producers 
     on a farm under this section shall equal the quantity of the 
     2001 crop of a contract commodity produced by the owners and 
     producers on the farm.
       (2) Disasters.--In the case of owners and producers on a 
     farm that suffered a loss in the production of the 2001 crop 
     of a contract commodity as a result of a natural disaster (as 
     determined by the Secretary), the payment quantity for a 
     payment made to the owners and producers on the farm under 
     this section shall equal the product obtained by 
     multiplying--
       (A) the greater of--
       (i) the yield assigned to the farm for the 2001 crop of the 
     contract commodity under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
     508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1508(g)(2)); or
       (ii) the county average yield for the 2000 crop of the 
     contract commodity, as determined by the Secretary; by
       (B) the number of acres planted or considered planted to 
     the contract commodity for harvest on the farm in the 2001 
     crop year.

     SEC. 102. OILSEEDS.

       The Secretary shall use $76,490,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-224) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that received a payment under that 
     section.

     SEC. 103. PEANUTS.

       The Secretary shall use $1,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
     224) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that received a payment under that 
     section.

     SEC. 104. SUGAR.

       (a) Marketing Assessment.--Section 156(f) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) shall 
     not apply with respect to the 2001 crop of sugarcane and 
     sugar beets.
       (b) Emergency Financial Assistance for 2000 Crop of Sugar 
     Beets.--Notwithstanding section 815(d)(1) of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-56), 
     in making payments under that section for quality losses for 
     the 2000 crop of sugar beets of producers on a farm in an 
     area covered by Manager's Bulletin MGR-01-010 issued by the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on March 2, 2001--
       (1) the Secretary shall calculate the amount of a quality 
     loss, regardless of whether the sugar beets are processed, on 
     an aggregate basis by cooperative;

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       (2) the Secretary shall make the quality loss payments to a 
     cooperative for distribution to cooperative members; and
       (3) the amount of a quality loss, regardless of whether the 
     sugar beets are processed, shall be equal to the difference 
     between--
       (A) the per unit payment that the producers on the farm 
     would have received for the crop from the cooperative if the 
     crop had not suffered a quality loss; and
       (B) the average per unit payment that the producers on the 
     farm received from the cooperative for the affected sugar 
     beets.

     SEC. 105. HONEY.

       (a) Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make nonrecourse marketing 
     assistance loans available to producers of the 2001 crop of 
     honey.
       (2) Loan rate.--The loan rate for a marketing assistance 
     loan under paragraph (1) for honey shall be 65 cents per 
     pound.
       (3) Repayment rate.--The Secretary shall permit producers 
     to repay a marketing assistance nonrecourse loan under 
     paragraph (1) at a rate that is the lesser of--
       (A) the loan rate for honey, plus interest (as determined 
     by the Secretary); or
       (B) the prevailing domestic market price for honey, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Loan Deficiency Payments.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may make loan deficiency 
     payments available to any producer of honey that, although 
     eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan under 
     subsection (a), agrees to forgo obtaining the loan in return 
     for a payment under this subsection.


       (2) Amount.--A loan deficiency payment under this 
     subsection shall be determined by multiplying--
       (A) the loan payment rate determined under paragraph (3); 
     by
       (B) the quantity of honey that the producer is eligible to 
     place under loan, but for which the producer forgoes 
     obtaining the loan in return for a payment under this 
     subsection.
       (3) Loan payment rate.--For the purposes of this 
     subsection, the loan payment rate shall be the amount by 
     which--
       (A) the loan rate established under subsection (a)(2); 
     exceeds
       (B) the rate at which a loan may be repaid under subsection 
     (a)(3).
       (c) Conversion of Recourse Loans.--In order to provide an 
     orderly transition to the loans and payments provided under 
     this section, the Secretary shall convert recourse loans for 
     the 2001 crop of honey outstanding on the date of enactment 
     of this Act to nonrecourse marketing assistance loans under 
     subsection (a).
       (d) Limitations.--
       (1) In general.--The marketing assistance loan gains and 
     loan deficiency payments that a person may receive for the 
     2001 crop of honey under this section shall be subject to the 
     same limitations that apply to marketing assistance loans and 
     loan deficiency payments received by producers of the same 
     crop of other agricultural commodities.
       (2) Forfeitures.--The Secretary shall carry out this 
     section in such a manner as to minimize forfeitures of honey 
     marketing assistance loans.
       (e) Transition Assistance.--In the case of a producer that 
     marketed or redeemed, before, on, or within 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, a quantity of an eligible 
     2001 crop for which the producer has not received a loan 
     deficiency payment or marketing loan gain under this section, 
     the producer shall be eligible to receive a payment from the 
     Secretary under this section in an amount equal to the 
     payment or gain that the producer would have received for 
     that quantity of eligible production as of the date on which 
     the producer lost beneficial interest in the quantity or 
     redeemed the quantity, as determined by the Secretary.

     SEC. 106. COTTONSEED.

       The Secretary shall use $15,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 2002 to provide 
     assistance to producers and first handlers of the 2001 crop 
     of cottonseed.

     SEC. 107. COMMODITY PURCHASES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $110,599,473 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase 
     agricultural commodities, especially agricultural commodities 
     that have experienced low prices during the 2000 or 2001 crop 
     years, such as apples, apricots, asparagus, bell peppers, 
     bison meat, black beans, black-eyed peas, blueberries (wild 
     and cultivated), cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, chickpeas, 
     cranberries, cucumbers, dried plums, dry peas, eggplants, 
     lemons, lentils, melons, onions, peaches (including 
     freestone), pears, potatoes (summer and fall), pumpkins, 
     raisins, raspberries, red tart cherries, snap beans, spinach, 
     strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelons.
       (b) Geographic Diversity.--The Secretary is encouraged to 
     purchase agricultural commodities under this section in a 
     manner that reflects the geographic diversity of agricultural 
     production in the United States, particularly agricultural 
     production in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.
       (c) Other Purchases.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     purchases of agricultural commodities under this section are 
     in addition to purchases by the Secretary under any other 
     law.
       (d) Transportation and Distribution Costs.--The Secretary 
     may use not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under subsection (a) to provide assistance to States to cover 
     costs incurred by the States in transporting and distributing 
     agricultural commodities purchased under this section.
       (e) Purchases for School Nutrition Programs.--The Secretary 
     shall use not less than $55,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a) to purchase agricultural 
     commodities of the type distributed under section 6(a) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1755(a)) for distribution to schools and service institutions 
     in accordance with section 6(a) of that Act.

     SEC. 108. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

       Section 135(a)(2) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7235(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``2000 crop 
     year'' and inserting ``each of the 2000 and 2001 crop 
     years''.

     SEC. 109. MILK.

       (a) Extension of Milk Price Support Program.--Section 141 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is 
     amended by striking ``2001'' each place it appears in 
     subsections (b)(4) and (h) and inserting ``2002''.
       (b) Repeal of Recourse Loan Program for Processors.--
     Section 142 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7252) is repealed.

     SEC. 110. PULSE CROPS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $20,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
     assistance in the form of a market loss assistance payment to 
     owners and producers on a farm that grow dry peas, lentils, 
     or chickpeas (collectively referred to in this section as a 
     ``pulse crop'').
       (b) Computation.--A payment to owners and producers on a 
     farm under this section for a pulse crop shall be equal to 
     the product obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the pulse 
     crop determined under subsection (c).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--The acreage of the producers on the farm 
     for a pulse crop under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to 
     the number of acres planted to the pulse crop by the owners 
     and producers on the farm during the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop 
     year, whichever is greatest.
       (2) Basis.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the number of 
     acres planted to a pulse crop by the owners and producers on 
     the farm for a crop year shall be based on (as determined by 
     the Secretary)--
       (A) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year, as reported to the Secretary by the owners and 
     producers on the farm, including any acreage that is included 
     in reports that are filed late; or
       (B) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year for the purpose of the Federal crop insurance 
     program established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).

     SEC. 111. APPLES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $150,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets 
     during the 2000 crop year.
       (b) Payment Quantity.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the payment 
     quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are 
     eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to 
     the quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the 
     producers on the farm.
       (2) Maximum quantity.--The payment quantity of apples for 
     which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under 
     this section shall not exceed 5,000,000 pounds of apples 
     produced on the farm.
       (c) Limitations.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 
     Secretary shall not establish a payment limitation, or gross 
     income eligibility limitation, with respect to payments made 
     under this section.
       (d) Applicability.--This section applies only with respect 
     to the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that crop.

                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 201. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a

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     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for signing incentive payments 
     under the conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.
       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. 202. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

     SEC. 204. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. 205. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

     SEC. 206. RISK MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 201 through 205, 
     subject to subsection (d), of the amount of funds made 
     available under this title (other than section 201(a)), the 
     Secretary shall use $100,000,000 to address critical risk 
     management needs (including such needs under programs 
     specified in subsection (b)) in States that are described in 
     section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).
       (b) Minimum Amount.--Subject to subsection (d), the minimum 
     amount each State described in subsection (a) shall receive 
     under subsection (a) shall be $5,000,000.
       (c) Programs.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
     programs specified in this subsection are--
       (1) the wetlands reserve program established under 
     subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
       (2) 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.);
       (3) the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established 
     under section 387 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3836a); and
       (4) the farmland protection program established under 
     section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-127).
       (d) Other States.--The Secretary shall use any funds made 
     available under subsection (a) that have not been obligated 
     by June 1, 2002, to provide assistance under 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.) in States that are not 
     described in section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).

                TITLE III--CREDIT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

                           Subtitle A--Credit

     SEC. 301. FARM ENERGY EMERGENCY LOANS.

       (a) In General.--Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``aquaculture operations have'' and 
     inserting ``aquaculture operations (i) have''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act:'' and inserting ``the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
     et seq.), or (ii) have suffered or are likely to suffer 
     substantial economic injury on or after June 1, 2000, as the 
     result of a sharp and significant increase in energy costs or 
     input costs from energy sources occurring on or after June 1, 
     2000, in connection with an energy emergency declared by the 
     President or the Secretary:'';
       (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``the Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and inserting ``the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or by an energy emergency 
     declared by the President or the Secretary''; and
       (3) in the fourth sentence--
       (A) by inserting ``or energy emergency'' after ``natural 
     disaster'' each place it appears; and
       (B) by inserting ``or declaration'' after ``emergency 
     designation''.
       (b) Funding.--Funds available for emergency loans under 
     subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) to meet the needs resulting from 
     natural disasters shall be available to carry out the 
     amendments made by subsection (a).
       (c) Guidelines.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such 
     guidelines as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
     carry out the amendments made by subsection (a).
       (d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     final publication by the Secretary of the guidelines issued 
     under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate a report on the effectiveness of loans made available 
     as a result of the amendments made by subsection (a), 
     together with recommendations for improvements to the loans, 
     if any.

                     Subtitle B--Rural Development

     SEC. 311. VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOPMENT 
                   GRANTS.

       The Secretary shall use funds made available under section 
     313(a) to award grants for projects under the terms and 
     conditions provided in section 231(a) of the Agricultural 
     Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 
     1621 note), except that the Secretary shall give preference 
     to bioenergy projects.

     SEC. 312. REGULATIONS; NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 75 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the

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     Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to carry out 
     this subtitle.
       (b) Notice of Acceptance of Applications.--Not later than 
     20 days after the date of promulgation of regulations under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
     Register a notice that the Secretary is accepting 
     applications for grants for which funds are made available 
     under this subtitle.

     SEC. 313. FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--On October 1, 2001, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary $20,000,000 to carry 
     out section 311.
       (b) Entitlement.--The Secretary shall be entitled to 
     receive the funds transferred under subsection (a) and shall 
     accept the funds.

                        TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS

     SEC. 401. CROP AND PASTURE FLOOD COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Definition of Covered Land.--In this section:
       (1) In general.--The term ``covered land'' means land 
     that--
       (A) was unusable for agricultural production during the 
     2001 crop year as the result of flooding;
       (B) was used for agricultural production during at least 1 
     of the 1992 through 2000 crop years; and
       (C) is a contiguous parcel of land of at least 1 acre.
       (2) Exclusions.--The term ``covered land'' excludes any 
     land for which a producer is insured, enrolled, or assisted 
     during the 2001 crop year under--
       (A) a policy or plan of insurance authorized under the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);
       (B) the noninsured crop assistance program operated under 
     section 196 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7333);
       (C) any crop disaster program established for the 2001 crop 
     year;
       (D) the conservation reserve program established under 
     subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.);
       (E) the wetlands reserve program established under 
     subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
       (F) any emergency watershed protection program or Federal 
     easement program that prohibits crop production or grazing; 
     or
       (G) any other Federal or State water storage program, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Compensation.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $24,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     compensate producers with covered land for losses from long-
     term flooding.
       (c) Payment Rate.--The payment rate for compensation 
     provided to a producer under this section shall be equal to 
     the average county cash rental rate per acre established by 
     the National Agricultural Statistics Service for the 2001 
     crop year.
       (d) Payment Limitation.--The total amount of payments made 
     to a person (as defined in section 1001(5) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(5))) under this section 
     may not exceed $40,000.

                        TITLE V--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 501. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act.
       (b) Availability.--Funds described in subsection (a) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 502. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act.

     SEC. 503. REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act.
       (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of the amendments made by this Act shall be 
     made without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
                                  ____

  SA 1248. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1  . 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 inserting 
     ``New York,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Duration.--Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
     Compact shall terminate on--
       ``(A) in the case of States other than New York, September 
     30, 2011; and
       ``(B) in the case of New York, September 30, 2004.'';
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New York,''.
       (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code''; and
       (7) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively.
                                  ____

  SA 1249. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1  . NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.

       Section 147(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7256(3)) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' 
     and inserting ``on the ending date on which certain 
     provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 are not applicable 
     to milk under section 171(b)(1)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1250. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC.   . NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.

       Section 147(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7256(3)) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''.
                                  ____

  SA 1251. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC.   . NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.

       Section 147(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7256(3)) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''.
                                  ____

  SA 1252. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC.   . NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.

       Section 147(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7256(3)) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2002''.
                                  ____

  SA 1253. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7  . 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 inserting 
     ``Maryland,'' after ``Maine,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Maryland,''.

[[Page 15953]]

     
                                  ____
  SA 1254. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7  . 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 inserting 
     ``Pennsylvania,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Pennsylvania,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1255. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7  . 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 inserting 
     ``Delaware,'' after ``Connecticut,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Delaware,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1256. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7  . 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 inserting 
     ``New Jersey,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New Jersey,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1257. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.

       Section 147 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7256) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (3), and (7);
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code''; and
       (4) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and (6) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
                                  ____

  SA 1258. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 
     ``and Vermont'' and inserting ``, Vermont, and Virginia'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Virginia,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1259. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1  . 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 inserting 
     ``New York,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Duration.--Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
     Compact shall terminate on--
       ``(A) in the case of States other than New York, September 
     30, 2011; and
       ``(B) in the case of New York, September 30, 2006'';
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New York.'';
       (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United Stats 
     Code''; and
       (7) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively.
                                  ____

  SA 1260. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 inserting 
     ``New Jersey,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New Jersey,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1261. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 inserting 
     ``Pennsylvania,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Pennsylvania,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1262. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis is adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 inserting 
     ``Delaware,'' after ``Connecticut,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Delaware,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1263. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 inserting 
     ``Maryland,'' after ``Maine,'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Maryland,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1264. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to

[[Page 15954]]

the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural producers; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7__. 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 
     ``and Vermont'' and inserting ``Vermont, and Virginia'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2004''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Virginia,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1265. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. 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 inserting 
     ``New York,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Duration.--Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
     Compact shall terminate on--
       ``(A) in the case of States other than New York, September 
     30, 2011; and
       ``(B) in the case of New York, September 30, 2004.'';
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New York,''.
       (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code''; and
       (7) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively.
                                  ____

  SA 1266. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. 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 inserting 
     ``New York,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2006'';
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New York,''.
                                  ____

  SA 1267. Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. 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 inserting 
     ``New York,'' after ``New Hampshire,'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Duration.--Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
     Compact shall terminate on--
       ``(A) in the case of States other than New York, September 
     30, 2011; and
       ``(B) in the case of New York, September 30, 2004.'';
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``New York,''.
       (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code''; and
       (7) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively.
                                  ____

  SA 1268. Mr. STEVENS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 703. CERTIFICATION AND LABELING OF ORGANIC WILD SEAFOOD.

       (a) Exclusive Authority of Secretary of Commerce.--The 
     Secretary of Commerce shall have exclusive authority to 
     provide for the certification and labeling of wild seafood as 
     organic wild seafood.
       (b) Relationship to Other Law.--The certification and 
     labeling of wild seafood as organic wild seafood shall not be 
     subject to the provisions of the Organic Foods Production Act 
     of 1990 (title XXI of Public Law 101-624; 104 Stat. 3935; 7 
     U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
       (c) Regulations.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe 
     regulations for the certification and labeling of wild 
     seafood as organic wild seafood.
       (2) Considerations.--In prescribing the regulations, the 
     Secretary--
       (A) may take into consideration as guidance, to the extent 
     practicable, the provisions of the Organic Foods Production 
     Act of 1990 and the regulations prescribed in the 
     administration of that Act; and
       (B) shall accommodate the nature of the commercial 
     harvesting and processing of wild fish in the United States.
       (3) Time for initial implementation.--The Secretary shall 
     promulgate the initial regulations to carry out this section 
     not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1269. Mr. STEVENS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SALMON.

       (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer, out of 
     funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to respond to fisheries 
     failures and record low salmon harvests in the State of 
     Alaska by providing individual assistance and economic 
     development, including the following amounts--
       (1) $10,000,000 to the Kenai Peninsular Borough;
       (2) $10,000,000 to the Association of Village Council 
     Presidents;
       (3) $10,000,000 to the Tanana Chiefs Conference, including 
     $2,000,000 to address the combined impacts of poor salmon 
     runs and the implementation of the Yukon River Salmon Treaty;
       (4) $10,000,000 to Kawerak, Inc.; and
       (5) $10,000,000 to the Bristol Bay Native Association, 
     including funds for its revolving loan program in support of 
     local fishermen.
       (b) Amounts made in this section shall be transferred by 
     direct lump sum payment within 30 days of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1270. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section

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     204(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 
     (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     quota peanuts or additional peanuts for the 2000 crop year 
     that previously received a payment under such section. The 
     Secretary shall adjust the payment rate specified in such 
     section to reflect the amount made available for payments 
     under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act,

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     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as 
     appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are 
     necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by 
     this Act. The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of this Act shall be made without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (10) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1271. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by

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     the State for the benefit of recipients of payments from the 
     indemnity fund, to the extent of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (11) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1272. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.

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       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (9) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
  SA 1273. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section

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     814 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387), to producers of wool and 
     producers of mohair, for the 2000 marketing year that 
     previously received a payment under such section. The 
     Secretary shall adjust the payment rate specified in such 
     section to reflect the amount made available for payments 
     under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (4) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1274. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to

[[Page 15960]]

the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural producers; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title

[[Page 15961]]

     2 of the Official Code of Georgia applicable to cotton ginner 
     claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (5) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1275. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities

[[Page 15962]]

     to eligible recipient agencies. The grants shall be allocated 
     to States in the manner provided under section 204(a) of the 
     Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (6) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
  SA 1276. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. The 
     amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds

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     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each 
     of the several States in an amount that represents the 
     proportion of the value of specialty crop production in the 
     State in relation to the national value of specialty crop 
     production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by section 
     754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (7) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1277. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

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     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro

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     rata basis as necessary to ensure that such expenditures do 
     not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (8) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1278. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.
       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of

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     cotton, up to the amount of the payment from the indemnity 
     fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (2) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
                                  ____

  SA 1279. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a market loss 
     assistance payment to owners and producers on a farm that are 
     eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2001 under a 
     production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
     Agricultural Market Transaction Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
     owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be 
     proportionate to the amount of the total contract payments 
     received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 2001 
     under a production flexibility contract for the farm under 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

     SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL OILSEEDS PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment 
     under section 202 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of 
     the 2000 crop of oilseeds that previously received a payment 
     under such section.

     SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL PEANUT PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 206-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under 
     such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate 
     specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL TOBACCO PAYMENT.

       (a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use 
     $129,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide a supplemental payment under section 204(b) of the 
     Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 
     7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as defined in such 
     section) that previously received a payment under such 
     section.
       (b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use the sum of 
     $13,000,000 to make payments at the same time, or 
     subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as 
     provided for the Federal payments under this section, as 
     required by section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000.

     SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL WOOL AND MOHAIR PAYMENT.

       The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 
     106-387), to producers of wool and producers of mohair, for 
     the 2000 marketing year that previously received a payment 
     under such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in such section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COTTONSEED ASSISTANCE.

       The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide supplemental 
     assistance under section 204(e) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 
     note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000 crop of 
     cottonseed that previously received assistance under such 
     section.

     SEC. 7. SPECIALTY CROPS.

       (a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants 
     to the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
     be used to support activities that promote agriculture. 
     The amount of the grant shall be--
       (1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
       (2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       (b) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall 
     use $133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make a grant to each of the several States in an amount 
     that represents the proportion of the value of specialty crop 
     production in the State in relation to the national value of 
     specialty crop production, as follows:
       (1) California, $63,320,000.
       (2) Florida, $16,860,000.
       (3) Washington, $9,610,000.
       (4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
       (5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
       (6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
       (7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
       (8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
       (9) Texas, $2,660,000.
       (10) New York, $2,660,000
       (11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
       (12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
       (13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
       (14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
       (15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
       (16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
       (17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
       (18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
       (19) New Mexico, $900,000.
       (20) Maine, $880,000.
       (21) Ohio, $800,000.
       (22) Indiana, $660,000.
       (23) Nebraska, $640,000.
       (24) Massachusetts, $640,000.
       (25) Virginia, $620,000.
       (26) Maryland, $500,000.
       (27) Louisiana, $460,000.
       (28) South Carolina, $440,000.
       (29) Tennessee, $400,000.

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       (30) Illinois, $400,000.
       (31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
       (32) Alabama, $300,000.
       (33) Delaware, $290,000.
       (34) Mississippi, $250,000.
       (35) Kansas, $210,000.
       (36) Arkansas, $210,000.
       (37) Missouri, $210,000.
       (38) Connecticut, $180,000.
       (39) Utah, $140,000.
       (40) Montana, $140,000.
       (41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
       (42) Nevada, $120,000.
       (43) Vermont, $120,000.
       (44) Iowa, $100,000.
       (45) West Virginia, $90,000.
       (46) Wyoming, $70,000.
       (47) Kentucky, $60,000.
       (48) South Dakota, $40,000.
       (49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
       (50) Alaska, $20,000.
       (c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt 
     of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give 
     priority to the support of specialty crops in the use of the 
     grant funds.
       (d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``specialty crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, 
     feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

     SEC. 8. COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the 
     several States to be used by the States to cover direct and 
     indirect costs related to the processing, transportation, and 
     distribution of commodities to eligible recipient agencies. 
     The grants shall be allocated to States in the manner 
     provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

     SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR 
                   COTTON PRODUCERS.

       (a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 1121 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public 
     Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), and as amended by 
     section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-
     387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make the payment to the State of Georgia 
     under subsection (a) only if the State--
       ``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
     agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not 
     later than January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively 
     practical thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton 
     producers as provided in such subsection;
       ``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the 
     indemnity fund to repay the State, for deposit in the 
     indemnity fund, the amount of any duplicate payment the 
     recipient otherwise recovers for such loss of cotton, or the 
     loss of proceeds from the sale of cotton, up to the amount of 
     the payment from the indemnity fund; and
       ``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds 
     of any bond collected by the State for the benefit of 
     recipients of payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent 
     of such payments.''
       (b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--
     Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State 
     of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, 
     after the provision of compensation to cotton producers in 
     Georgia under subsection (a) (including cotton producers who 
     file a contingent claim, as defined and provided in section 
     5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and 
     provided in such section) that--
       ``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
       ``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing 
     business in Georgia; or
       ``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to 
     pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the 
     ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after 
     January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the 
     ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
       ``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton 
     ginner had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such 
     cotton producers in Georgia; and
       ``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines 
     specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of 
     Georgia applicable to cotton ginner claims''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking. ``Upon the establishment of the 
     indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 10. INCREASE IN PAYMENT LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOAN 
                   DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.

       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 for one or more contract commodities 
     and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may not exceed 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 11. TIMING OF, AND LIMITATION ON, EXPENDITURES.

       (a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required 
     by this Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. 
     Any funds made available by this Act and remaining unexpended 
     by October 1, 2001, shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and 
     the authority provided by this Act to expend such funds is 
     rescinded effective on that date.
       (b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended under this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the 
     payments required by this Act would result in expenditures in 
     excess of such amount, the Secretary shall reduce such 
     payments on a pro rata basis as necessary to ensure that such 
     expenditures do not exceed such amount.

     SEC. 12. REGULATIONS.

       (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act. The promulgation of the 
     regulations and administration of this Act shall be made 
     without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this bill shall 
     become effective on the date of enactment.
       (2) Exception.--Section (3) shall become effective one day 
     after the date of enactment.
  SA 1280. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, line 5, strike ``2000 crop year'' and insert 
     ``2000 and 2001 crop years.''
       On page 20, line 23, strike ``2000 crop of apples and 
     producers of that crop'' and insert ``2000 and 2001 crops of 
     apples and producers of those crops.''
                                  ____

  SA 1281. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, line 7, strike ``$16,940,000'' and insert 
     ``$10,940,000.''
       On page 10, line 3, strike ``$220,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$226,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1282. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 7, line 4, strike ``$55,210,000'' and insert 
     ``$50,210,000.''
       On page 10, line 3, strike ``$220,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$225,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1283. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$460,000,000.''
       On page 24, line 24, strike ``$40,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$80,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1284. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000.''
       On page 10, line 3, strike ``$220,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$270,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1285. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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       On page 21, line 19, strike ``1 year'' and insert ``2 
     years.''
                                  ____

  SA 1286. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, line 16, strike ``5,000,000'' and insert 
     ``10,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1287. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$480,000,000.''
       On page 29, line 14, strike ``$20,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$40,000,0000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1288. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$420,000,000.''
       On page 24, line 24, strike ``$40,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$120,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1289. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000.''
       On page 20, line 3, strike ``$150,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$200,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1290. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$400,000,000.''
       On page 20, line 3, strike ``$150,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$250,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1291. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 45, after line 25, insert the following:

     SEC. 604. SUDDEN OAK DEATH SYNDROME CONTROL.

       (a) Research, Monitoring, and Treatment of Sudden Oak Death 
     Syndrome.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry 
     out a sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and 
     treatment program to develop methods to control, manage, or 
     eradicate sudden oak death syndrome from oak trees on both 
     public and private land.
       (2) Research, monitoring, and treatment activities.--In 
     carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     may--
       (A) conduct open space, roadside, and aerial surveys;
       (B) provide monitoring technique workshops;
       (C) develop baseline information on the distribution, 
     condition, and mortality rates of oaks in California and the 
     Pacific Northwest;
       (D) maintain a geographic information system database;
       (E) conduct research activities, including research on 
     forest pathology, Phytophthora ecology, forest insects 
     associated with oak decline, urban forestry, arboriculture, 
     forest ecology, fire management, silviculture, landscape 
     ecology, and epidemiology;
       (F) evaluate the susceptibility of oaks and other 
     vulnerable species throughout the United States; and
       (G) develop and apply treatments.
       (b) Management, Regulation, and Fire Prevention.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct sudden oak 
     death syndrome management, regulation, and fire prevention 
     activities to reduce the threat of fire and fallen trees 
     killed by sudden oak death syndrome.
       (2) Management, regulation, and fire prevention 
     activities.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     may--
       (A) conduct hazard tree assessments;
       (B) provide grants to local units of government for hazard 
     tree removal, disposal and recycling, assessment and 
     management of restoration and mitigation projects, green 
     waste treatment facilities, reforestation, resistant tree 
     breeding, and exotic weed control;
       (C) increase and improve firefighting and emergency 
     response capabilities in areas where fire hazard has 
     increased due to oak die-off;
       (D) treat vegetation to prevent fire, and assessment of 
     fire risk, in areas heavily infected with sudden oak death 
     syndrome;
       (E) conduct national surveys and inspections of--
       (i) commercial rhododendron and blueberry nurseries; and
       (ii) native rhododendron and huckleberry plants;
       (F) provide for monitoring of oaks and other vulnerable 
     species throughout the United States to ensure early 
     detection; and
       (G) provide diagnostic services.
       (c) Education and Outreach.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct education and 
     outreach activities to make information available to the 
     public on sudden death oak syndrome.
       (2) Education and outreach activities.--In carrying out 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
       (A) develop and distribute educational materials for 
     homeowners, arborists, urban foresters, park managers, public 
     works personnel, recreationists, nursery workers, 
     landscapers, naturists, firefighting personnel, and other 
     individuals, as the Secretary determines appropriate;
       (B) design and maintain a website to provide information on 
     sudden oak death syndrome; and
       (C) provide financial and technical support to States, 
     local governments, and nonprofit organizations providing 
     information on sudden oak death syndrome.
       (d) Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Advisory Committee.--
       (1) Establishment.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a Sudden Oak 
     Death Syndrome Advisory Committee (referred to in this 
     subsection as the ``Committee'') to assist the Secretary in 
     carrying out this Act.
       (B) Membership.--
       (i) Composition.--The Committee shall consist of--

       (I) 1 representative of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, to be appointed by the Administrator of 
     the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
       (II) 1 representative of the Forest Service, to be 
     appointed by the Chief of the Forest Service;
       (III) 1 representative of the Agricultural Research 
     Service, to be appointed by the Administrator of the 
     Agricultural Research Service;
       (IV) 2 individuals appointed by the Secretary from each of 
     the States affected by sudden oak death syndrome; and
       (V) any individual, to be appointed by the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Governors of the affected States, that 
     the Secretary determines--

       (aa) has an interest or expertise in sudden oak death 
     syndrome; and
       (bb) would contribute to the Committee.
       (ii) Date of appointments.--The appointment of a member of 
     the Committee shall be made not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (C) Initial meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     on which all members of the Committee have been appointed, 
     the Committee shall hold the initial meeting of the 
     Committee.
       (2) Duties.--
       (A) Implementation plan.--The Committee shall prepare a 
     comprehensive implementation plan to address the management, 
     control, and eradication of sudden oak death syndrome.
       (B) Reports.--
       (i) Interim report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to 
     Congress the implementation plan prepared under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (ii) Final report.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to 
     Congress a report that contains--

       (I) a summary of the activities of the Committee;
       (II) an accounting of funds received and expended by the 
     Committee; and
       (III) findings and recommendations of the Committee.

       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
     2007--
       (1) to carry out subsection (a), $7,500,000, of which up to 
     $1,500,000 shall be used for treatment;
       (2) to carry out subsection (b), $6,000,000;
       (3) to carry out subsection (c), $500,000; and
       (4) to carry out subsection (d), $250,000.
                                  ____

  SA 1292. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 45, after line 25, insert the following:

     SEC. 604. SUDDEN OAK DEATH SYNDROME CONTROL.

       (a) Research, Monitoring, and Treatment of Sudden Oak Death 
     Syndrome.--

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       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry 
     out a sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and 
     treatment program to develop methods to control, manage, or 
     eradicate sudden oak death syndrome from oak trees on both 
     public and private land.
       (2) Research, monitoring, and treatment activities.--In 
     carrying out the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     may--
       (A) conduct open space, roadside, and aerial surveys;
       (B) provide monitoring technique workshops;
       (C) develop baseline information on the distribution, 
     condition, and mortality rates of oaks in California and the 
     Pacific Northwest;
       (D) maintain a geographic information system database;
       (E) conduct research activities, including research on 
     forest pathology, Phytophthora ecology, forest insects 
     associated with oak decline, urban forestry, arboriculture, 
     forest ecology, fire management, silviculture, landscape 
     ecology, and epidemiology;
       (F) evaluate the susceptibility of oaks and other 
     vulnerable species throughout the United States; and
       (G) develop and apply treatments.
       (b) Management, Regulation, and Fire Prevention.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct sudden oak 
     death syndrome management, regulation, and fire prevention 
     activities to reduce the threat of fire and fallen trees 
     killed by sudden oak death syndrome.
       (2) Management, regulation, and fire prevention 
     activities.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     may--
       (A) conduct hazard tree assessments;
       (B) provide grants to local units of government for hazard 
     tree removal, disposal and recycling, assessment and 
     management of restoration and mitigation projects, green 
     waste treatment facilities, reforestation, resistant tree 
     breeding, and exotic weed control;
       (C) increase and improve firefighting and emergency 
     response capabilities in areas where fire hazard has 
     increased due to oak die-off;
       (D) treat vegetation to prevent fire, and assessment of 
     fire risk, in areas heavily infected with sudden oak death 
     syndrome;
       (E) conduct national surveys and inspections of--
       (i) commercial rhododendron and blueberry nurseries; and
       (ii) native rhododendron and huckleberry plants;
       (F) provide for monitoring of oaks and other vulnerable 
     species throughout the United States to ensure early 
     detection; and
       (G) provide diagnostic services.
       (c) Education and Outreach.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct education and 
     outreach activities to make information available to the 
     public on sudden death oak syndrome.
       (2) Education and outreach activities.--In carrying out 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
       (A) develop and distribute educational materials for 
     homeowners, arborists, urban foresters, park managers, public 
     works personnel, recreationists, nursery workers, 
     landscapers, naturists, firefighting personnel, and other 
     individuals, as the Secretary determines appropriate;
       (B) design and maintain a website to provide information on 
     sudden oak death syndrome; and
       (C) provide financial and technical support to States, 
     local governments, and nonprofit organizations providing 
     information on sudden oak death syndrome.
       (d) Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Advisory Committee.--
       (1) Establishment.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a Sudden Oak 
     Death Syndrome Advisory Committee (referred to in this 
     subsection as the ``Committee'') to assist the Secretary in 
     carrying out this Act.
       (B) Membership.--
       (i) Composition.--The Committee shall consist of--

       (I) 1 representative of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, to be appointed by the Administrator of 
     the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
       (II) 1 representative of the Forest Service, to be 
     appointed by the Chief of the Forest Service;
       (III) 1 representative of the Agricultural Research 
     Service, to be appointed by the Administrator of the 
     Agricultural Research Service;
       (IV) 2 individuals appointed by the Secretary from each of 
     the States affected by sudden oak death syndrome; and
       (V) any individual, to be appointed by the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Governors of the affected States, that 
     the Secretary determines--

       (aa) has an interest or expertise in sudden oak death 
     syndrome; and
       (bb) would contribute to the Committee.
       (ii) Date of appointments.--The appointment of a member of 
     the Committee shall be made not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (C) Initial meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     on which all members of the Committee have been appointed, 
     the Committee shall hold the initial meeting of the 
     Committee.
       (2) Duties.--
       (A) Implementation plan.--The Committee shall prepare a 
     comprehensive implementation plan to address the management, 
     control, and eradication of sudden oak death syndrome.
       (B) Reports.--
       (i) Interim report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to 
     Congress the implementation plan prepared under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (ii) Final report.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to 
     Congress a report that contains--

       (I) a summary of the activities of the Committee;
       (II) an accounting of funds received and expended by the 
     Committee; and
       (III) findings and recommendations of the Committee.

       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
     2007--
       (1) to carry out subsection (a), $7,500,000, of which up to 
     $1,500,000 shall be used for treatment;
       (2) to carry out subsection (b), $6,000,000;
       (3) to carry out subsection (c), $500,000; and
       (4) to carry out subsection (d), $250,000.
                                  ____

  SA 1293. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1246, to 
respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural producers; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 12, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (e) Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.--Section 147(3) of 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256(3)) is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting 
     ``the ending date applicable to milk under section 
     171(b)(1)''.
                                  ____

  SA 1294. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1246, to 
respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural producers; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 47, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 7.  . CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.

       Section 320 of the Department of Transportation and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1356, 1356A-28), 
     is repealed.
                                  ____

  SA 1295. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
     Agricultural Assistance Act of 2001''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. Market loss assistance.
Sec. 102. Oilseeds.
Sec. 103. Peanuts.
Sec. 104. Sugar.
Sec. 105. Honey.
Sec. 106. Wool and mohair.
Sec. 107. Cottonseed.
Sec. 108. Commodity purchases.
Sec. 109. Loan deficiency payments.
Sec. 110. Milk.
Sec. 111. Pulse crops.
Sec. 112. Tobacco.
Sec. 113. Apples.

                        TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 201. Obligation period.
Sec. 202. Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 203. Regulations.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 101. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
     form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and 
     producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for 
     fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for 
     the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and

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       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.

     SEC. 102. OILSEEDS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 2001 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).
       (b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product 
     obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the 
     oilseed, as determined under subsection (c); and
       (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
     as determined under subsection (d).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under 
     subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres 
     planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during 
     the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, whichever is greatest, as 
     reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary 
     (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
       (2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the acreage of the 
     producers for the oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be 
     equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
     producers on the farm during the 2001 crop year, as reported 
     by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
     acreage reports that are filed late).
       (d) Yield.--
       (1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
     case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
     in the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
     of the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     2001 crop.
       (4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
     Secretary shall use data provided by the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.

     SEC. 103. PEANUTS.

       The Secretary shall use $55,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
     224) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that received a payment under that 
     section.

     SEC. 104. SUGAR.

       (a) Marketing Assessment.--Section 156(f) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) shall 
     not apply with respect to the 2001 crop of sugarcane and 
     sugar beets.
       (b) Emergency Financial Assistance for 2000 Crop of Sugar 
     Beets.--Notwithstanding section 815(d)(1) of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-56), 
     in making payments under that section for quality losses for 
     the 2000 crop of sugar beets of producers on a farm in an 
     area covered by Manager's Bulletin MGR-01-010 issued by the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on March 2, 2001--
       (1) the Secretary shall calculate the amount of a quality 
     loss, regardless of whether the sugar beets are processed, on 
     an aggregate basis by cooperative;
       (2) the Secretary shall make the quality loss payments to a 
     cooperative for distribution to cooperative members; and
       (3) the amount of a quality loss, regardless of whether the 
     sugar beets are processed, shall be equal to the difference 
     between--
       (A) the per unit payment that the producers on the farm 
     would have received for the crop from the cooperative if the 
     crop had not suffered a quality loss; and
       (B) the average per unit payment that the producers on the 
     farm received from the cooperative for the affected sugar 
     beets.

     SEC. 105. HONEY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make nonrecourse loans 
     available to producers of the 2001 crop of honey on fair and 
     reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Loan Rate.--The loan rate for a loan under subsection 
     (a) for honey shall be equal to 85 percent of the simple 
     average price received by producers of honey, as determined 
     by the Secretary, during the marketing years for the 
     immediately preceding 5 crops of honey, excluding the year in 
     which the average price was the highest and the year in which 
     the average price was the lowest.

     SEC. 106. WOOL AND MOHAIR.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a 
     supplemental payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-55), 
     to producers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 2000 
     marketing year that received a payment under that section.
       (b) Payment Rate.--The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in that section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 107. COTTONSEED.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--The Secretary shall use $34,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 
     2001 to provide assistance to producers and first handlers of 
     the 2000 crop of cottonseed.
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--The Secretary shall use $66,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 
     2002 to provide assistance to producers and first handlers of 
     the 2001 crop of cottonseed.

     SEC. 108. COMMODITY PURCHASES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $220,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase 
     agricultural commodities, especially agricultural commodities 
     that have experienced low prices during the 2000 or 2001 crop 
     years, such as apples, apricots, asparagus, bell peppers, 
     bison meat, black beans, black-eyed peas, blueberries (wild 
     and cultivated), cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, chickpeas, 
     cranberries, cucumbers, dried plums, dry peas, eggplants, 
     lemons, lentils, melons, onions, peaches (including 
     freestone), pears, potatoes (summer and fall), pumpkins, 
     raisins, raspberries, red tart cherries, snap beans, spinach, 
     strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelons.
       (b) Geographic Diversity.--The Secretary is encouraged to 
     purchase agricultural commodities under this section in a 
     manner that reflects the geographic diversity of agricultural 
     production in the United States.
       (c) Other Purchases.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     purchases of agricultural commodities under this section are 
     in addition to purchases by the Secretary under any other 
     law.
       (d) Transportation and Distribution Costs.--The Secretary 
     may use not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under subsection (a) to provide assistance to States to cover 
     costs incurred by the States in transporting and distributing 
     agricultural commodities purchased under this section.
       (e) Purchases for School Nutrition Programs.--The Secretary 
     shall use not less than $55,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a) to purchase agricultural 
     commodities of the type distributed under section 6(a) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1755(a)) for distribution to schools and service institutions 
     in accordance with section 6(a) of that Act.

     SEC. 109. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

       Section 135(a)(2) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7235(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``2000 crop 
     year'' and inserting ``each of the 2000 and 2001 crop 
     years''.

     SEC. 110. MILK.

       (a) Extension of Milk Price Support Program.--Section 141 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is 
     amended by striking ``2001'' each place it appears in 
     subsections (b)(4) and (h) and inserting ``2002''.
       (b) Repeal of Recourse Loan Program for Processors.--
     Section 142 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7252) is repealed.

     SEC. 111. PULSE CROPS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $20,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
     assistance in the form of a market loss assistance payment to 
     owners and producers on a farm that grow dry peas, lentils, 
     or chickpeas (collectively referred to in this section as a 
     ``pulse crop'').
       (b) Computation.--A payment to owners and producers on a 
     farm under this section for a pulse crop shall be equal to 
     the product obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the pulse 
     crop determined under subsection (c).

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       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--The acreage of the producers on the farm 
     for a pulse crop under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to 
     the number of acres planted to the pulse crop by the owners 
     and producers on the farm during the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop 
     year, whichever is greatest.
       (2) Basis.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the number of 
     acres planted to a pulse crop by the owners and producers on 
     the farm for a crop year shall be based on (as determined by 
     the Secretary)--
       (A) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year, as reported to the Secretary by the owners and 
     producers on the farm, including any acreage that is included 
     in reports that are filed late; or
       (B) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year for the purpose of the Federal crop insurance 
     program established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).

     SEC. 112. TOBACCO.

       (a) Tobacco Payments.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eligible person.--The term ``eligible person'' means a 
     person that--
       (i) owns a farm for which, regardless of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, a basic quota or allotment for 
     eligible tobacco is established for the 2001 crop year under 
     part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.);
       (ii) controls the farm from which, under the quota or 
     allotment for the relevant period, eligible tobacco is 
     marketed, could have been marketed, or can be marketed, 
     taking into account temporary transfers; or
       (iii) grows, could have grown, or can grow eligible tobacco 
     that is marketed, could have been marketed, or can be 
     marketed under the quota or allotment for the 2001 crop year, 
     taking into account temporary transfers.
       (B) Eligible tobacco.--The term ``eligible tobacco'' means 
     each of the following kinds of tobacco:
       (i) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 
     14.
       (ii) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 21, 22, and 23.
       (iii) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and 36.
       (iv) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.
       (v) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
       (vi) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising 
     types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55.
       (2) Payments.--Not later than September 30, 2002, the 
     Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make payments under this subsection.
       (3) Poundage payment quantities.--For the purposes of this 
     subsection, individual tobacco quotas and allotments shall be 
     converted to poundage payment quantities as follows:
       (A) Flue-cured and burley tobacco.--In the case of Flue-
     cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco 
     (type 31), the poundage payment quantity shall equal the 
     number of pounds of the basic poundage quota of the kind of 
     tobacco, irrespective of temporary transfers or 
     undermarketings, under part I of subtitle B of title III of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et 
     seq.) for the 2001 crop year.
       (B) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of each 
     other kind of eligible tobacco, individual allotments shall 
     be converted to poundage payment quantities by multiplying--
       (i) the number of acres that may, irrespective of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, to 
     the production of the kind of tobacco under the allotment 
     under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2001 
     crop year; by
       (ii)(I) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (type 21), 1,630 
     pounds per acre;
       (II) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 22 and 23), 
     2,601 pounds per acre;
       (III) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 
     36), 2,337 pounds per acre;
       (IV) in the case of Virginia sun-cured tobacco (type 37), 
     1,512 pounds per acre; and
       (V) in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco 
     (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), 2,165 pounds per acre.
       (4) Available payment amounts.--The available payment 
     amount for pounds of a payment quantity under paragraph (2) 
     shall be equal to--
       (A) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 21, 22, and 
     23) and dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 36), 26 cents 
     per pound; and
       (B) in the case of each other kind of eligible tobacco not 
     covered by subparagraph (A), 13 cents per pound.
       (5) Division of payments among eligible persons.--
       (A) In general.--Payments available with respect to a pound 
     of payment quantity, as determined under paragraph (4), shall 
     be made available to eligible persons in accordance with this 
     paragraph.
       (B) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the case of payments 
     made available in a State under paragraph (2) for Flue-cured 
     tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and cigar-filler and 
     cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the 
     Secretary shall distribute (as determined by the Secretary)--
       (i) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that are 
     owners described in paragraph (1)(A)(i); and
       (ii) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that 
     are growers described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
       (C) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of 
     payments made available in a State under paragraph (2) for 
     each other kind of eligible tobacco not covered by 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall distribute (as 
     determined by the Secretary)--
       (i) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are owners described in paragraph (1)(A)(i);
       (ii) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are controllers described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and
       (iii) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are growers described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
       (6) Standards.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
     same standards for payments that were used for making 
     payments under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
     224).
       (7) Judicial review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.
       (b) Grading of Price-Support Tobacco.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than November 30, 2001, the 
     Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers of each 
     kind of tobacco that is eligible for price support under the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine 
     whether the producers favor the mandatory grading of the 
     tobacco by the Secretary.
       (2) Mandatory grading.--If the Secretary determines that 
     mandatory grading of each kind of tobacco described in 
     paragraph (1) is favored by a majority of the producers 
     voting in the referendum, effective for the 2002 and 
     subsequent marketing years, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     all kinds of the tobacco are graded at the time of sale.
       (3) Judicial review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.

     SEC. 113. APPLES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $150,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets 
     during the 2000 crop year.
       (b) Payment Quantity.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the payment 
     quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are 
     eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to 
     the quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the 
     producers on the farm.
       (2) Maximum quantity.--The payment quantity of apples for 
     which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under 
     this section shall not exceed 5,000,000 pounds of apples 
     produced on the farm.
       (c) Limitations.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 
     Secretary shall not establish a payment limitation, or gross 
     income eligibility limitation, with respect to payments made 
     under this section.
       (d) Applicability.--This section applies only with respect 
     to the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that crop.

                        TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 201. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out the following:
       (1) Section 101.
       (2) Section 107(a).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title I (other than 
     sections 101 and 107(a)).
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 202. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.

     SEC. 203. REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act.
       (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of the amendments made by this Act shall be 
     made without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

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                                  ____
  SA 1296. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
     Agricultural Assistance Act of 2001''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. Market loss assistance.
Sec. 102. Oilseeds.
Sec. 103. Peanuts.
Sec. 104. Sugar.
Sec. 105. Honey.
Sec. 106. Wool and mohair.
Sec. 107. Cottonseed.
Sec. 108. Commodity purchases.
Sec. 109. Loan deficiency payments.
Sec. 110. Milk.
Sec. 111. Pulse crops.
Sec. 112. Tobacco.
Sec. 113. Apples.

                        TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 201. Obligation period.
Sec. 202. Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 203. Regulations.

                    TITLE I--MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 101. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
     form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and 
     producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for 
     fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for 
     the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.

     SEC. 102. OILSEEDS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 2001 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).
       (b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product 
     obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the 
     oilseed, as determined under subsection (c); and
       (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
     as determined under subsection (d).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under 
     subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres 
     planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during 
     the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, whichever is greatest, as 
     reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary 
     (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
       (2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the acreage of the 
     producers for the oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be 
     equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
     producers on the farm during the 2001 crop year, as reported 
     by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
     acreage reports that are filed late).
       (d) Yield.--
       (1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
     case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
     in the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
     of the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     2001 crop.
       (4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
     Secretary shall use data provided by the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.

     SEC. 103. PEANUTS.

       The Secretary shall use $55,210,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental 
     payment under section 204(a) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
     224) to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts for 
     the 2000 crop year that received a payment under that 
     section.

     SEC. 104. SUGAR.

       (a) Marketing Assessment.--Section 156(f) of the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) shall 
     not apply with respect to the 2001 crop of sugarcane and 
     sugar beets.
       (b) Emergency Financial Assistance for 2000 Crop of Sugar 
     Beets.--Notwithstanding section 815(d)(1) of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-56), 
     in making payments under that section for quality losses for 
     the 2000 crop of sugar beets of producers on a farm in an 
     area covered by Manager's Bulletin MGR-01-010 issued by the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on March 2, 2001--
       (1) the Secretary shall calculate the amount of a quality 
     loss, regardless of whether the sugar beets are processed, on 
     an aggregate basis by cooperative;
       (2) the Secretary shall make the quality loss payments to a 
     cooperative for distribution to cooperative members; and
       (3) the amount of a quality loss, regardless of whether the 
     sugar beets are processed, shall be equal to the difference 
     between--
       (A) the per unit payment that the producers on the farm 
     would have received for the crop from the cooperative if the 
     crop had not suffered a quality loss; and
       (B) the average per unit payment that the producers on the 
     farm received from the cooperative for the affected sugar 
     beets.

     SEC. 105. HONEY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to make nonrecourse loans 
     available to producers of the 2001 crop of honey on fair and 
     reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Loan Rate.--The loan rate for a loan under subsection 
     (a) for honey shall be equal to 85 percent of the simple 
     average price received by producers of honey, as determined 
     by the Secretary, during the marketing years for the 
     immediately preceding 5 crops of honey, excluding the year in 
     which the average price was the highest and the year in which 
     the average price was the lowest.

     SEC. 106. WOOL AND MOHAIR.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a 
     supplemental payment under section 814 of the Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-55), 
     to producers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 2000 
     marketing year that received a payment under that section.
       (b) Payment Rate.--The Secretary shall adjust the payment 
     rate specified in that section to reflect the amount made 
     available for payments under this section.

     SEC. 107. COTTONSEED.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--The Secretary shall use $34,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 
     2001 to provide assistance to producers and first handlers of 
     the 2000 crop of cottonseed.
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--The Secretary shall use $66,000,000 
     of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 
     2002 to provide assistance to producers and first handlers of 
     the 2001 crop of cottonseed.

     SEC. 108. COMMODITY PURCHASES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $220,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to purchase 
     agricultural commodities, especially agricultural commodities 
     that have experienced low prices during the 2000 or 2001 crop 
     years, such as apples, apricots, asparagus, bell peppers, 
     bison meat, black beans, black-eyed peas, blueberries (wild 
     and cultivated), cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, chickpeas, 
     cranberries, cucumbers, dried plums, dry peas, eggplants, 
     lemons, lentils, melons, onions, peaches (including 
     freestone), pears, potatoes (summer and fall), pumpkins, 
     raisins, raspberries, red tart cherries, snap beans, spinach, 
     strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelons.
       (b) Geographic Diversity.--The Secretary is encouraged to 
     purchase agricultural commodities under this section in a 
     manner that

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     reflects the geographic diversity of agricultural production 
     in the United States.
       (c) Other Purchases.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     purchases of agricultural commodities under this section are 
     in addition to purchases by the Secretary under any other 
     law.
       (d) Transportation and Distribution Costs.--The Secretary 
     may use not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under subsection (a) to provide assistance to States to cover 
     costs incurred by the States in transporting and distributing 
     agricultural commodities purchased under this section.
       (e) Purchases for School Nutrition Programs.--The Secretary 
     shall use not less than $55,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a) to purchase agricultural 
     commodities of the type distributed under section 6(a) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1755(a)) for distribution to schools and service institutions 
     in accordance with section 6(a) of that Act.

     SEC. 109. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

       Section 135(a)(2) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7235(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``2000 crop 
     year'' and inserting ``each of the 2000 and 2001 crop 
     years''.

     SEC. 110. MILK.

       (a) Extension of Milk Price Support Program.--Section 141 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is 
     amended by striking ``2001'' each place it appears in 
     subsections (b)(4) and (h) and inserting ``2002''.
       (b) Repeal of Recourse Loan Program for Processors.--
     Section 142 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7252) is repealed.

     SEC. 111. PULSE CROPS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $20,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
     assistance in the form of a market loss assistance payment to 
     owners and producers on a farm that grow dry peas, lentils, 
     or chickpeas (collectively referred to in this section as a 
     ``pulse crop'').
       (b) Computation.--A payment to owners and producers on a 
     farm under this section for a pulse crop shall be equal to 
     the product obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the pulse 
     crop determined under subsection (c).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--The acreage of the producers on the farm 
     for a pulse crop under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to 
     the number of acres planted to the pulse crop by the owners 
     and producers on the farm during the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop 
     year, whichever is greatest.
       (2) Basis.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the number of 
     acres planted to a pulse crop by the owners and producers on 
     the farm for a crop year shall be based on (as determined by 
     the Secretary)--
       (A) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year, as reported to the Secretary by the owners and 
     producers on the farm, including any acreage that is included 
     in reports that are filed late; or
       (B) the number of acres planted to the pulse crop for the 
     crop year for the purpose of the Federal crop insurance 
     program established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).

     SEC. 112. TOBACCO.

       (a) Tobacco Payments.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eligible person.--The term ``eligible person'' means a 
     person that--
       (i) owns a farm for which, regardless of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, a basic quota or allotment for 
     eligible tobacco is established for the 2001 crop year under 
     part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.);
       (ii) controls the farm from which, under the quota or 
     allotment for the relevant period, eligible tobacco is 
     marketed, could have been marketed, or can be marketed, 
     taking into account temporary transfers; or
       (iii) grows, could have grown, or can grow eligible tobacco 
     that is marketed, could have been marketed, or can be 
     marketed under the quota or allotment for the 2001 crop year, 
     taking into account temporary transfers.
       (B) Eligible tobacco.--The term ``eligible tobacco'' means 
     each of the following kinds of tobacco:
       (i) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 
     14.
       (ii) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 21, 22, and 23.
       (iii) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and 36.
       (iv) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.
       (v) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
       (vi) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising 
     types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55.
       (2) Payments.--Not later than September 30, 2002, the 
     Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to make payments under this subsection.
       (3) Poundage payment quantities.--For the purposes of this 
     subsection, individual tobacco quotas and allotments shall be 
     converted to poundage payment quantities as follows:
       (A) Flue-cured and burley tobacco.--In the case of Flue-
     cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco 
     (type 31), the poundage payment quantity shall equal the 
     number of pounds of the basic poundage quota of the kind of 
     tobacco, irrespective of temporary transfers or 
     undermarketings, under part I of subtitle B of title III of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et 
     seq.) for the 2001 crop year.
       (B) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of each 
     other kind of eligible tobacco, individual allotments shall 
     be converted to poundage payment quantities by multiplying--
       (i) the number of acres that may, irrespective of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, to 
     the production of the kind of tobacco under the allotment 
     under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2001 
     crop year; by
       (ii)(I) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (type 21), 1,630 
     pounds per acre;
       (II) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 22 and 23), 
     2,601 pounds per acre;
       (III) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 
     36), 2,337 pounds per acre;
       (IV) in the case of Virginia sun-cured tobacco (type 37), 
     1,512 pounds per acre; and
       (V) in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco 
     (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), 2,165 pounds per acre.
       (4) Available payment amounts.--The available payment 
     amount for pounds of a payment quantity under paragraph (2) 
     shall be equal to--
       (A) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 21, 22, and 
     23) and dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 36), 26 cents 
     per pound; and
       (B) in the case of each other kind of eligible tobacco not 
     covered by subparagraph (A), 13 cents per pound.
       (5) Division of payments among eligible persons.--
       (A) In general.--Payments available with respect to a pound 
     of payment quantity, as determined under paragraph (4), shall 
     be made available to eligible persons in accordance with this 
     paragraph.
       (B) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the case of payments 
     made available in a State under paragraph (2) for Flue-cured 
     tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and cigar-filler and 
     cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the 
     Secretary shall distribute (as determined by the Secretary)--
       (i) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that are 
     owners described in paragraph (1)(A)(i); and
       (ii) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that 
     are growers described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
       (C) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of 
     payments made available in a State under paragraph (2) for 
     each other kind of eligible tobacco not covered by 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall distribute (as 
     determined by the Secretary)--
       (i) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are owners described in paragraph (1)(A)(i);
       (ii) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are controllers described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and
       (iii) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are growers described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii).
       (6) Standards.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
     same standards for payments that were used for making 
     payments under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Risk 
     Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-
     224).
       (7) Judicial review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.
       (b) Grading of Price-Support Tobacco.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than November 30, 2001, the 
     Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers of each 
     kind of tobacco that is eligible for price support under the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine 
     whether the producers favor the mandatory grading of the 
     tobacco by the Secretary.
       (2) Mandatory grading.--If the Secretary determines that 
     mandatory grading of each kind of tobacco described in 
     paragraph (1) is favored by a majority of the producers 
     voting in the referendum, effective for the 2002 and 
     subsequent marketing years, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     all kinds of the tobacco are graded at the time of sale.
       (3) Judicial review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.

     SEC. 113. APPLES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $150,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets 
     during the 2000 crop year.
       (b) Payment Quantity.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the payment 
     quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are 
     eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to 
     the quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the 
     producers on the farm.
       (2) Maximum quantity.--The payment quantity of apples for 
     which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under

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      this section shall not exceed 5,000,000 pounds of apples 
     produced on the farm.
       (c) Limitations.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 
     Secretary shall not establish a payment limitation, or gross 
     income eligibility limitation, with respect to payments made 
     under this section.
       (d) Applicability.--This section applies only with respect 
     to the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that crop.

                        TITLE II--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 201. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out the following:
       (1) Section 101.
       (2) Section 107(a).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title I (other than 
     sections 101 and 107(a)).
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 202. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.

     SEC. 203. REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the 
     amendments made by this Act.
       (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of the amendments made by this Act shall be 
     made without regard to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
                                  ____

  SA 1297. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike sections 1 and 2 and insert the following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
     form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and 
     producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for 
     fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for 
     the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.

     SEC. 2. OILSEEDS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 2001 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).
       (b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product 
     obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the 
     oilseed, as determined under subsection (c); and
       (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
     as determined under subsection (d).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under 
     subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres 
     planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during 
     the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, whichever is greatest, as 
     reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary 
     (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
       (2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the acreage of the 
     producers for the oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be 
     equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
     producers on the farm during the 2001 crop year, as reported 
     by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
     acreage reports that are filed late).
       (d) Yield.--
       (1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
     case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
     in the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
     of the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     2001 crop.
       (4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
     Secretary shall use data provided by the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.
       (c) Obligation Period.--The Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation shall obligate and expend funds only 
     during fiscal year 2001 to carry out this section.


     SEC. 11. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than section 2).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out section 2.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.
                                  ____

  SA 1298. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 201. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a 
     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for payments under the 
     conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.

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       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. 202. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

     SEC. 204. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. 205. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

     SEC. 206. RISK MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 201 through 205, 
     subject to subsection (d), of the amount of funds made 
     available under this title (other than section 201(a)), the 
     Secretary shall use $100,000,000 to address critical risk 
     management needs (including such needs under programs 
     specified in subsection (b)) in States that are described in 
     section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).
       (b) Minimum Amount.--Subject to subsection (d), the minimum 
     amount each State described in subsection (a) shall receive 
     under subsection (a) shall be $5,000,000.
       (c) Programs.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
     programs specified in this subsection are--
       (1) the wetlands reserve program established under 
     subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
       (2) 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.);
       (3) the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established 
     under section 387 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3836a); and
       (4) the farmland protection program established under 
     section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-127).
       (d) Other States.--The Secretary shall use any funds made 
     available under subsection (a) that have not been obligated 
     by June 1, 2002, to provide assistance under 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.) in States that are not 
     described in section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).

                       TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 301. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than title II).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title II.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 302. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1299. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike sections 1 and 2 and insert the following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
     form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and 
     producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for 
     fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for 
     the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.

     SEC. 2. OILSEEDS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $500,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     producers of the 2001 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).
       (b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
     this section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product 
     obtained by multiplying--
       (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
       (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the 
     oilseed, as determined under subsection (c); and
       (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
     as determined under subsection (d).
       (c) Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under 
     subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres 
     planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during 
     the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, whichever is greatest, as 
     reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary 
     (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
       (2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the acreage of the 
     producers for the oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be 
     equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
     producers on the farm during the 2001 crop year, as reported 
     by the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
     acreage reports that are filed late).
       (d) Yield.--

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       (1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
     case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
     in the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
     of the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year.
       (3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
     planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2001 crop year but 
     not the 1998, 1999, or 2000 crop year, the yield of the 
     producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to 
     the greater of--
       (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
     the 1996 through 2000 crop years, excluding the crop year 
     with the greatest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
     with the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
       (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
     2001 crop.
       (4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
     Secretary shall use data provided by the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.
       (c) Obligation Period.--The Secretary and the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation shall obligate and expend funds only 
     during fiscal year 2001 to carry out this section.

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

     SEC. 11. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than section 2).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out section 2.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.
                                  ____

  SA 1300. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246 to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 201. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a 
     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for payments under the 
     conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.
       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. 202. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

     SEC. 204. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. 205. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

     SEC. 206. RISK MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 201 through 205, 
     subject to subsection (d), of the amount of funds made 
     available under this title (other than section 201(a)), the 
     Secretary shall use $100,000,000 to address critical risk 
     management needs (including such needs under programs 
     specified in subsection (b)) in States that are described in 
     section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).
       (b) Minimum Amount.--Subject to subsection (d), the minimum 
     amount each State described in subsection (a) shall receive 
     under subsection (a) shall be $5,000,000.
       (c) Programs.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
     programs specified in this subsection are--
       (1) the wetlands reserve program established under 
     subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
       (2) 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.);

[[Page 15977]]

       (3) the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established 
     under section 387 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3836a); and
       (4) the farmland protection program established under 
     section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-127).
       (d) Other States.--The Secretary shall use any funds made 
     available under subsection (a) that have not been obligated 
     by June 1, 2002, to provide assistance under 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.) in States that are not 
     described in section 522(c)(1)(A) of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)).

                       TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 301. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than title II).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title II.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 302. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1301. Mr. TORRICELLI submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing 
economic crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers, 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert:
       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to qualified dairy farmers for milk or cows 
     producing such milk and manufacturers, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     make available funds not exceeding $500,000,000.
                                  ____

  SA 1302. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers, which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 201. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a 
     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for payments under the 
     conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.
       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. 202. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

     SEC. 204. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. 205. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

                       TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 301. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than title II).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title II.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 302. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1303. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

[[Page 15978]]



                         TITLE II--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 201. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), in addition to amounts made available under section 
     801 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49), the Secretary shall use 
     $44,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide technical assistance under the conservation reserve 
     program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
       (b) Extension of Contracts.--Notwithstanding section 
     1231(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3831(e)(1)), an owner or operator that has entered into a 
     contract under the conservation reserve program that would 
     otherwise expire during calendar year 2001 may extend the 
     contract for 1 year.
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 2001 
     and 2002 calendar years, the Secretary shall include among 
     practices that are eligible for payments under the 
     conservation reserve program--
       (A) the preservation of shallow water areas for wildlife;
       (B) the establishment of permanent vegetative cover, such 
     as contour grass strips and cross-wind trap strips; and
       (C) the preservation of wellhead protection areas.
       (2) Other practices.--The Secretary shall administer 
     paragraph (1) in a manner that does not reduce the amount of 
     payments made by the Secretary for other practices under the 
     conservation reserve program.
       (d) Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and Buffer 
     Acreage in Conservation Reserve.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting 
     ``(which may include emerging vegetation in water)'' after 
     ``vegetative cover''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.

     SEC. 202. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

       (a) Maximum Enrollment.--Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) 
     of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) and 
     section 808 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-52), subject to subsection (b), 
     the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation for enrollment of additional 
     acres beginning in fiscal year 2002 in the wetlands reserve 
     program established under subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837 et seq.).
       (b) Technical Assistance; Monitoring and Maintenance 
     Expenses.--Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use--
       (1) not less than $12,000,000, but not more than 
     $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance under the 
     wetlands reserve program; and
       (2) not less than $8,000,000, but not more than 
     $10,000,000, for monitoring and maintenance expenses incurred 
     by the Secretary for land enrolled in the wetlands reserve 
     program as of the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 1241 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), the Secretary 
     shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out 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.).

     SEC. 204. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       In addition to amounts made available under section 387(c) 
     of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary shall use $7,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program established under section 
     387 of that Act.

     SEC. 205. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under section 388(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
     and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 104-
     127) and section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
     Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law 106-224), the 
     Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation to make payments under the farmland 
     protection program established under section 388 of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to--
       (1) any agency of any State or local government, or 
     federally recognized Indian tribe, including farmland 
     protection boards and land resource councils established 
     under State law; and
       (2) any organization that--
       (A) is organized for, and at all times since the formation 
     of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or 
     more of the conservation purposes specified in clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;
       (B) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
     that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
     of that Code;
       (C) is described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code; or
       (D) is described in section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is 
     controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) 
     of that Code.
       (b) Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding section 11 of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
     714i), of the funds made available under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may use not more than $3,000,000 to provide 
     technical assistance under the farmland protection program.

                       TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 301. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and expend funds only during fiscal year 2001 to 
     carry out this Act (other than title II).
       (b) Fiscal Year 2002.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
     obligate and, to the maximum extent practicable, expend funds 
     during fiscal year 2002 to carry out title II.
       (2) Availability.--Funds described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 302. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1304. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 1 and insert the following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
     form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and 
     producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for 
     fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for 
     the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1305. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

     SEC. 11. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary and 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation shall obligate and expend 
     funds only during fiscal year 2001 to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1306. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 11 and insert the following:

     SEC. 11. OBLIGATION PERIOD.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary and 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation shall obligate and expend 
     funds only during fiscal year 2001 to carry out this Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1307. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 1 and insert the following:

     SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall use funds of the 
     Commodity

[[Page 15979]]

     Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the form of a 
     market loss assistance payment to owners and producers on a 
     farm that are eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 
     2001 under a production flexibility contract for the farm 
     under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 
     et seq.).
       (b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
     section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
       (2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent 
     with section 802(c) of that Act.
                                  ____

  SA 1308. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 28, Line 14, add the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
                                  ____

  SA 1309. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, line 10, strike the words ``the quantity of the 
     2000 crop'' and replace with ``the highest quantity of any 
     single crop year between 1999 and 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1310. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 34, line 2, strike ``$60,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$80,000,000''.
       On Page 21, line 24 strike ``$615,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$635,000,000''.
                                  ____

  SA 1311. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON HUMAN CLONING.

       (a) In General.--Title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by inserting after chapter 15, the following:

                      ``CHAPTER 16--HUMAN CLONING

``Sec.
``301. Definitions.
``302. Prohibition on human cloning.

     ``Sec. 301. Definitions

       ``In this chapter:
       ``(1) Human cloning.--The term `human cloning' means human 
     asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing the nuclear 
     material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or 
     unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or 
     inactivated to produce a living organism (at any stage of 
     development) with a human or predominantly human genetic 
     constitution.
       ``(2) Somatic cell.--The term `somatic cell' means a 
     diploid cell (having a complete set of chromosomes) obtained 
     or derived from a living or deceased human body at any stage 
     of development.

     ``Sec. 302. Prohibition on human cloning

       ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person or 
     entity, public or private, in or affecting interstate 
     commerce--
       ``(1) to perform or attempt to perform human cloning;
       ``(2) to participate in an attempt to perform human 
     cloning; or
       ``(3) to ship or receive the product of human cloning for 
     any purpose.
       ``(b) Importation.--It shall be unlawful for any person or 
     entity, public or private, to import the product of human 
     cloning for any purpose.
       ``(c) Penalties.--
       ``(1) In general.--Any person or entity that is convicted 
     of violating any provision of this section shall be fined 
     under this section or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or 
     both.
       ``(2) Civil penalty.--Any person or entity that is 
     convicted of violating any provision of this section shall be 
     subject to, in the case of a violation that involves the 
     derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not less 
     than $1,000,000 and not more than an amount equal to the 
     amount of the gross gain multiplied by 2, if that amount is 
     greater than $1,000,000.
       ``(d) Scientific Research.--Nothing in this section shall 
     restrict areas of scientific research not specifically 
     prohibited by this section, including research in the use of 
     nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce 
     molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, 
     organs, plants, or animals other than humans.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for part I 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to chapter 15 the following:

301''.man Cloning....................................................
                                  ____


  SA 1312. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, strike lines 2 through 5 and insert the 
     following:
       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $250,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets 
     during the 2000 crop year, of which $100,000,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from the amount authorized to be used for 
     the purpose described in section 102(a).
                                  ____

  SA 1313. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, line 16, strike ``5,000,000'' and insert 
     ``10,000,000''.
                                  ____

  SA 1314. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 10, lines 3 and 4, strike ``$220,000,000 of funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation'' and insert 
     ``$270,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     (of which $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
     amount authorized to be used for the purpose described in 
     section 102(a))''.
                                  ____

  SA 1315. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 24, strike line 24 and all that follows 
     through page 25, line 2, and insert the following: 
     ``$80,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     make payments under the farmland protection program 
     established under section 388 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; 
     Public Law 104-127), of which $40,000,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from the amount authorized to----''.
                                  ____

  SA 1316. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 21, line 19, strike ``1 year'' and insert ``2 
     years''.
                                  ____

  SA 1317. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 20, strike lines 5 through 24 and insert the 
     following:
     for the loss of markets during the 2000 and 2001 crop years.
       (b) Payment Quantity.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the payment 
     quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are 
     eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to 
     the quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the 
     producers on the farm.
       (2) Maximum quantity.--The payment quantity of apples for 
     which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under 
     this section shall not exceed 5,000,000 pounds of apples 
     produced on the farm.
       (c) Limitations.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 
     Secretary shall not establish a payment limitation, or gross 
     income eligibility limitation, with respect to payments made 
     under this section.
       (d) Applicability.--This section applies only with respect 
     to the 2000 and 2001 crops of apples and producers of those 
     crops.
                                  ____

  SA 1318. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to

[[Page 15980]]

the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American 
agricultural procedures; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 4, line 3, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$100,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1319. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, line 19, strike ``$34,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,400,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1320. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 13, line 19, strike all text through page 
     14, line 14, and insert the following in lieu thereof:
       ``Eligible Person.--The Term `eligible person' means only 
     residents of American Samoa.''
                                  ____

  SA 1321. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 10, line 3, strike ``$220,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$22,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1322. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 12, line 6, strike ``$20,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1323. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural procedures; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 36, line 18, strike ``$18,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,800,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1324. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 43, line 24, strike ``$24,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,400,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1325. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 7, line 3, strike all text beginning with 
     ``SEC. 103. PEANUTS.'' through page 20, line 5, and insert 
     the following in lieu thereof:

     ``SEC. 103. APPLES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $300,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
     apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets 
     during the 2000 crop year.''
                                  ____

  SA 1326. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 10, line 7, strike ``bison meat,''
                                  ____

  SA 1327. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 10, line 15, through page 10, line 16, 
     strike ``is encouraged to purchase'' and insert the following 
     in lieu thereof: ``is required to purchase''.
                                  ____

  SA 1328. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agriculture producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 7, line 4, strike ``$55,210,000'' and insert 
     ``$15,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1329. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agriculture producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, line 7, strike ``$16,940,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,000,000.''
                                  ____

  SA 1330. Mrs. LINCOLN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agriculture producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place add the following:

     SEC. 802. REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each 
     amount provided by this Act (other than amounts provided 
     under sections 101 and 107(a) and title II) is reduced by 7.1 
     percent.
                                  ____

  SA 1331. Mrs. LINCOLN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agriculture producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place add the following:

     SEC. 802. REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each 
     amount provided by this Act (other than amounts provided 
     under sections 101 and 107(a) and title II) is reduced by 7.1 
     percent.
                                  ____

  SA 1332. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place add the following:
       Sec. 1. The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer Dairy 
     Market Mitigation Payments in the amount of $5000 to each 
     United States dairy farmer producing milk as of the date of 
     enactment.
       Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make an 
     additional Compact Adjustment Payment of $2500 to each dairy 
     farmer who has sold milk into the Northeast Dairy Compact 
     during the previous 1 year prior to enactment.
       Sec. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall study and 
     report, within six months of enactment, on the effectiveness 
     of 7 USC 608(c), and issue recommendations for strengthening 
     enforcement and increasing compliance.
                                  ____

  SA 1333. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place add the following:
       Sec. 1. The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer Dairy 
     Market Mitigation Payments in the amount of $5000 to each 
     United States dairy farmer producing milk as of the date of 
     enactment.
       Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make an 
     additional Compact Adjustment Payment of $2500 to each dairy 
     farmer who has sold milk into the Northeast Dairy Compact 
     during the previous 1 year prior to enactment.
       Sec. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall study and 
     report, within six months of enactment, on the effectiveness 
     of 7 USC 608(c), and issue recommendations for strengthening 
     enforcement and increasing compliance.
                                  ____

  SA 1334. Mr. TORRICELLI submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing 
economic crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert:
       The amount of $500,000,000 shall be made available for 
     necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
     dairy farmers in the states designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture for milk or cows producing such milk and 
     manufacturers of dairy products who have been directed to 
     remove their milk or dairy products from commercial markets 
     because it contained residues of chemicals registered and 
     approved for use by the Federal Government, and in making 
     indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing such milk, at 
     a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is directed to 
     remove his milk from commercial markets because of: (1) 
     presence of products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such 
     contamination is not

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     due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals 
     or toxic substances not included under the first sentence of 
     the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals 
     or toxic substances were not used in a manner contrary to 
     applicable regulations or labeling instructions provided at 
     the time of use and the contamination is not due to the fault 
     of the farmer, $450,000, to remain available until expended 
     (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained 
     in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any 
     farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a 
     result of the farmers' willful failure to follow procedures 
     prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That 
     this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and 
     authorities of the Commodity Credit corporation for the 
     purpose of making dairy indemnity disbursements.
                                  ____

  SA 1335. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

          TITLE VII--DAIRY CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS PROTECTION

     SEC. 701. 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 
     ``States'' and all that follows through ``Vermont'' and 
     inserting ``States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, 
     Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 
     Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont'';
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1), (3), and (7);
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Class III-A'' and 
     inserting ``Class IV'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Additional state.--Ohio is the only additional State 
     that may join the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.'';
       (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the projected rate of 
     increase'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the operation of the Compact price regulation 
     during the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary (in 
     consultation with the Commission) using notice and comment 
     procedures provided in section 553 of title 5, United States 
     Code''; and
       (6) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (4), (5), and (6) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively.

     SEC. 702. SOUTHERN DAIRY COMPACT.

       (a) In General.--Congress consents to the Southern Dairy 
     Compact entered into among the States of Alabama, Arkansas, 
     Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, 
     North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
     Virginia, and West Virginia, subject to the following 
     conditions:
       (1) Limitation of manufacturing price regulation.--The 
     Southern Dairy Compact Commission may not regulate Class II, 
     Class III, or Class IV 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 Act of 1937 (referred to in this section 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.
       (2) Additional states.--Florida, Nebraska, and Texas are 
     the only additional States that may join the Southern Dairy 
     Compact, individually or otherwise.
       (3) Compensation of commodity credit corporation.--Before 
     the end of each fiscal year in which a Compact price 
     regulation is in effect, the Southern Dairy Compact 
     Commission shall compensate the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     for the cost of any purchases of milk and milk products by 
     the Corporation that 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.
       (4) 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.
       (b) Compact.--The Southern Dairy Compact is substantially 
     as follows:

 ``ARTICLE I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY

     ``Sec. 1. Statement of purpose, findings and declaration of 
       policy

       ``The purpose of this compact is to recognize the 
     interstate character of the southern dairy industry and the 
     prerogative of the states under the United States 
     Constitution to form an interstate commission for the 
     southern region. The mission of the commission is to take 
     such steps as are necessary to assure the continued viability 
     of dairy farming in the south, and to assure consumers of an 
     adequate, local supply of pure and wholesome milk.
       ``The participating states find and declare that the dairy 
     industry is an essential agricultural activity of the south. 
     Dairy farms, and associated suppliers, marketers, processors 
     and retailers are an integral component of the region's 
     economy. Their ability to provide a stable, local supply of 
     pure, wholesome milk is a matter of great importance to the 
     health and welfare of the region.
       ``The participating states further find that dairy farms 
     are essential and they are an integral part of the region's 
     rural communities. The farms preserve land for agricultural 
     purposes and provide needed economic stimuli for rural 
     communities.
       ``In establishing their constitutional regulatory authority 
     over the region's fluid milk market by this compact, the 
     participating states declare their purpose that this compact 
     neither displace the federal order system nor encourage the 
     merging of federal orders. Specific provisions of the compact 
     itself set forth this basic principle.
       ``Designed as a flexible mechanism able to adjust to 
     changes in a regulated marketplace, the compact also contains 
     a contingency provision should the federal order system be 
     discontinued. In that event, the interstate commission is 
     authorized to regulate the marketplace in replacement of the 
     order system. This contingent authority does not anticipate 
     such a change, however, and should not be so construed. It is 
     only provided should developments in the market other than 
     establishment of this compact result in discontinuance of the 
     order system.
       ``By entering into this compact, the participating states 
     affirm that their ability to regulate the price which 
     southern dairy farmers receive for their product is essential 
     to the public interest. Assurance of a fair and equitable 
     price for dairy farmers ensures their ability to provide milk 
     to the market and the vitality of the southern dairy 
     industry, with all the associated benefits.
       ``Recent, dramatic price fluctuations, with a pronounced 
     downward trend, threaten the viability and stability of the 
     southern dairy region. Historically, individual state 
     regulatory action had been an effective emergency remedy 
     available to farmers confronting a distressed market. The 
     federal order system, implemented by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, establishes only minimum 
     prices paid to producers for raw milk, without preempting the 
     power of states to regulate milk prices above the minimum 
     levels so established.
       ``In today's regional dairy marketplace, cooperative, 
     rather than individual state action is needed to more 
     effectively address the market disarray. Under our 
     constitutional system, properly authorized states acting 
     cooperatively may exercise more power to regulate interstate 
     commerce than they may assert individually without such 
     authority. For this reason, the participating states invoke 
     their authority to act in common agreement, with the consent 
     of Congress, under the compact clause of the Constitution.

          ``ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

     ``Sec. 2. Definitions

       ``For the purposes of this compact, and of any supplemental 
     or concurring legislation enacted pursuant thereto, except as 
     may be otherwise required by the context:
       ``(1) `Class I milk' means milk disposed of in fluid form 
     or as a fluid milk product, subject to further definition in 
     accordance with the principles expressed in subdivision (b) 
     of section three.
       ``(2) `Commission' means the Southern Dairy Compact 
     Commission established by this compact.
       ``(3) `Commission marketing order' means regulations 
     adopted by the commission pursuant to sections nine and ten 
     of this compact in place of a terminated federal marketing 
     order or state dairy regulation. Such order may apply 
     throughout the region or in any part or parts thereof as 
     defined in the regulations of the commission. Such order may 
     establish minimum prices for any or all classes of milk.
       ``(4) `Compact' means this interstate compact.
       ``(5) `Compact over-order price' means a minimum price 
     required to be paid to producers for Class I milk established 
     by the commission in regulations adopted pursuant to sections 
     nine and ten of this compact, which is above the price 
     established in federal marketing orders or by state farm 
     price regulations in the regulated area. Such price may apply 
     throughout the region or in any part or parts thereof as 
     defined in the regulations of the commission.
       ``(6) `Milk' means the lacteral secretion of cows and 
     includes all skim, butterfat, or other constituents obtained 
     from separation or any other process. The term is used in its 
     broadest sense and may be further defined by the commission 
     for regulatory purposes.
       ``(7) `Partially regulated plant' means a milk plant not 
     located in a regulated area but having Class I distribution 
     within such area. Commission regulations may exempt plants 
     having such distribution or receipts in amounts less than the 
     limits defined therein.

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       ``(8) `Participating state' means a state which has become 
     a party to this compact by the enactment of concurring 
     legislation.
       ``(9) `Pool plant' means any milk plant located in a 
     regulated area.
       ``(10) `Region' means the territorial limits of the states 
     which are parties to this compact.
       ``(11) `Regulated area' means any area within the region 
     governed by and defined in regulations establishing a compact 
     over-order price or commission marketing order.
       ``(12) `State dairy regulation' means any state regulation 
     of dairy prices, and associated assessments, whether by 
     statute, marketing order or otherwise.

     ``Sec. 3. Rules of construction

       ``(a) This compact shall not be construed to displace 
     existing federal milk marketing orders or state dairy 
     regulation in the region but to supplement them. In the event 
     some or all federal orders in the region are discontinued, 
     the compact shall be construed to provide the commission the 
     option to replace them with one or more commission marketing 
     orders pursuant to this compact.
       ``(b) The compact shall be construed liberally in order to 
     achieve the purposes and intent enunciated in section one. It 
     is the intent of this compact to establish a basic structure 
     by which the commission may achieve those purposes through 
     the application, adaptation and development of the regulatory 
     techniques historically associated with milk marketing and to 
     afford the commission broad flexibility to devise regulatory 
     mechanisms to achieve the purposes of this compact. In 
     accordance with this intent, the technical terms which are 
     associated with market order regulation and which have 
     acquired commonly understood general meanings are not defined 
     herein but the commission may further define the terms used 
     in this compact and develop additional concepts and define 
     additional terms as it may find appropriate to achieve its 
     purposes.

                 ``ARTICLE III. COMMISSION ESTABLISHED

     ``Sec. 4. Commission established

       ``There is hereby created a commission to administer the 
     compact, composed of delegations from each state in the 
     region. The commission shall be known as the Southern Dairy 
     Compact Commission. A delegation shall include not less than 
     three nor more than five persons. Each delegation shall 
     include at least one dairy farmer who is engaged in the 
     production of milk at the time of appointment or 
     reappointment, and one consumer representative. Delegation 
     members shall be residents and voters of, and subject to such 
     confirmation process as is provided for in the appointing 
     state. Delegation members shall serve no more than three 
     consecutive terms with no single term of more than four 
     years, and be subject to removal for cause. In all other 
     respects, delegation members shall serve in accordance with 
     the laws of the state represented. The compensation, if any, 
     of the members of a state delegation shall be determined and 
     paid by each state, but their expenses shall be paid by the 
     commission.

     ``Sec. 5. Voting requirements

       ``All actions taken by the commission, except for the 
     establishment or termination of an over-order price or 
     commission marketing order, and the adoption, amendment or 
     rescission of the commission's by-laws, shall be by majority 
     vote of the delegations present. Each state delegation shall 
     be entitled to one vote in the conduct of the commission's 
     affairs. Establishment or termination of an over-order price 
     or commission marketing order shall require at least a two-
     thirds vote of the delegations present. The establishment of 
     a regulated area which covers all or part of a participating 
     state shall require also the affirmative vote of that state's 
     delegation. A majority of the delegations from the 
     participating states shall constitute a quorum for the 
     conduct of the commission's business.

     ``Sec. 6. Administration and management

       ``(a) The commission shall elect annually from among the 
     members of the participating state delegations a chairperson, 
     a vice-chairperson, and a treasurer. The commission shall 
     appoint an executive director and fix his or her duties and 
     compensation. The executive director shall serve at the 
     pleasure of the commission, and together with the treasurer, 
     shall be bonded in an amount determined by the commission. 
     The commission may establish through its by-laws an executive 
     committee composed of one member elected by each delegation.
       ``(b) The commission shall adopt by-laws for the conduct of 
     its business by a two-thirds vote, and shall have the power 
     by the same vote to amend and rescind these by-laws. The 
     commission shall publish its by-laws in convenient form with 
     the appropriate agency or officer in each of the 
     participating states. The by-laws shall provide for 
     appropriate notice to the delegations of all commission 
     meetings and hearings and of the business to be transacted at 
     such meetings or hearings. Notice also shall be given to 
     other agencies or officers of participating states as 
     provided by the laws of those states.
       ``(c) The commission shall file an annual report with the 
     Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, and with each 
     of the participating states by submitting copies to the 
     governor, both houses of the legislature, and the head of the 
     state department having responsibilities for agriculture.
       ``(d) In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere 
     prescribed in this compact, the commission shall have the 
     power:
       ``(1) To sue and be sued in any state or federal court;
       ``(2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
       ``(3) To acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal 
     property by gift, purchase, lease, license, or other similar 
     manner, for its corporate purposes;
       ``(4) To borrow money and issue notes, to provide for the 
     rights of the holders thereof and to pledge the revenue of 
     the commission as security therefor, subject to the 
     provisions of section eighteen of this compact;
       ``(5) To appoint such officers, agents, and employees as it 
     may deem necessary, prescribe their powers, duties and 
     qualifications; and
       ``(6) To create and abolish such offices, employments and 
     positions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the 
     compact and provide for the removal, term, tenure, 
     compensation, fringe benefits, pension, and retirement rights 
     of its officers and employees. The commission may also retain 
     personal services on a contract basis.

     ``Sec. 7. Rulemaking power

       ``In addition to the power to promulgate a compact over-
     order price or commission marketing orders as provided by 
     this compact, the commission is further empowered to make and 
     enforce such additional rules and regulations as it deems 
     necessary to implement any provisions of this compact, or to 
     effectuate in any other respect the purposes of this compact.

                 ``ARTICLE IV. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

     ``Sec. 8. Powers to promote regulatory uniformity, 
       simplicity, and interstate cooperation

       ``The commission is hereby empowered to:
       ``(1) Investigate or provide for investigations or research 
     projects designed to review the existing laws and regulations 
     of the participating states, to consider their administration 
     and costs, to measure their impact on the production and 
     marketing of milk and their effects on the shipment of milk 
     and milk products within the region.
       ``(2) Study and recommend to the participating states joint 
     or cooperative programs for the administration of the dairy 
     marketing laws and regulations and to prepare estimates of 
     cost savings and benefits of such programs.
       ``(3) Encourage the harmonious relationships between the 
     various elements in the industry for the solution of their 
     material problems. Conduct symposia or conferences designed 
     to improve industry relations, or a better understanding of 
     problems.
       ``(4) Prepare and release periodic reports on activities 
     and results of the commission's efforts to the participating 
     states.
       ``(5) Review the existing marketing system for milk and 
     milk products and recommend changes in the existing structure 
     for assembly and distribution of milk which may assist, 
     improve or promote more efficient assembly and distribution 
     of milk.
       ``(6) Investigate costs and charges for producing, hauling, 
     handling, processing, distributing, selling and for all other 
     services performed with respect to milk.
       ``(7) Examine current economic forces affecting producers, 
     probable trends in production and consumption, the level of 
     dairy farm prices in relation to costs, the financial 
     conditions of dairy farmers, and the need for an emergency 
     order to relieve critical conditions on dairy farms.

     ``Sec. 9. Equitable farm prices

       ``(a) The powers granted in this section and section ten 
     shall apply only to the establishment of a compact over-order 
     price, so long as federal milk marketing orders remain in 
     effect in the region. In the event that any or all such 
     orders are terminated, this article shall authorize the 
     commission to establish one or more commission marketing 
     orders, as herein provided, in the region or parts thereof as 
     defined in the order.
       ``(b) A compact over-order price established pursuant to 
     this section shall apply only to Class I milk. Such compact 
     over-order price shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents 
     per gallon at Atlanta, Ga., however, this compact over-order 
     price shall be adjusted upward or downward at other locations 
     in the region to reflect differences in minimum federal order 
     prices. Beginning in nineteen hundred ninety, and using that 
     year as a base, the foregoing one dollar fifty cents per 
     gallon maximum shall be adjusted annually by the rate of 
     change in the Consumer Price Index as reported by the Bureau 
     of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. 
     For purposes of the pooling and equalization of an over-order 
     price, the value of milk used in other use classifications 
     shall be calculated at the appropriate class price 
     established pursuant to the applicable federal order or state 
     dairy regulation and the value of unregulated milk shall be 
     calculated in relation to the nearest prevailing class price 
     in accordance with and subject to such adjustments as the 
     commission may prescribe in regulations.

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       ``(c) A commission marketing order shall apply to all 
     classes and uses of milk.
       ``(d) The commission is hereby empowered to establish a 
     compact over-order price for milk to be paid by pool plants 
     and partially regulated plants. The commission is also 
     empowered to establish a compact over-order price to be paid 
     by all other handlers receiving milk from producers located 
     in a regulated area. This price shall be established either 
     as a compact over-order price or by one or more commission 
     marketing orders. Whenever such a price has been established 
     by either type of regulation, the legal obligation to pay 
     such price shall be determined solely by the terms and 
     purpose of the regulation without regard to the situs of the 
     transfer of title, possession or any other factors not 
     related to the purposes of the regulation and this compact. 
     Producer-handlers as defined in an applicable federal market 
     order shall not be subject to a compact over-order price. The 
     commission shall provide for similar treatment of producer-
     handlers under commission marketing orders.
       ``(e) In determining the price, the commission shall 
     consider the balance between production and consumption of 
     milk and milk products in the regulated area, the costs of 
     production including, but not limited to the price of feed, 
     the cost of labor including the reasonable value of the 
     producer's own labor and management, machinery expense, and 
     interest expense, the prevailing price for milk outside the 
     regulated area, the purchasing power of the public and the 
     price necessary to yield a reasonable return to the producer 
     and distributor.
       ``(f) When establishing a compact over-order price, the 
     commission shall take such other action as is necessary and 
     feasible to help ensure that the over-order price does not 
     cause or compensate producers so as to generate local 
     production of milk in excess of those quantities necessary to 
     assure consumers of an adequate supply for fluid purposes.
       ``(g) The commission shall whenever possible enter into 
     agreements with state or federal agencies for exchange of 
     information or services for the purpose of reducing 
     regulatory burden and cost of administering the compact. The 
     commission may reimburse other agencies for the reasonable 
     cost of providing these services.

     ``Sec. 10. Optional provisions for pricing order

       ``Regulations establishing a compact over-order price or a 
     commission marketing order may contain, but shall not be 
     limited to any of the following:
       ``(1) Provisions classifying milk in accordance with the 
     form in which or purpose for which it is used, or creating a 
     flat pricing program.
       ``(2) With respect to a commission marketing order only, 
     provisions establishing or providing a method for 
     establishing separate minimum prices for each use 
     classification prescribed by the commission, or a single 
     minimum price for milk purchased from producers or 
     associations of producers.
       ``(3) With respect to an over-order minimum price, 
     provisions establishing or providing a method for 
     establishing such minimum price for Class I milk.
       ``(4) Provisions for establishing either an over-order 
     price or a commission marketing order may make use of any 
     reasonable method for establishing such price or prices 
     including flat pricing and formula pricing. Provision may 
     also be made for location adjustments, zone differentials and 
     for competitive credits with respect to regulated handlers 
     who market outside the regulated area.
       ``(5) Provisions for the payment to all producers and 
     associations of producers delivering milk to all handlers of 
     uniform prices for all milk so delivered, irrespective of the 
     uses made of such milk by the individual handler to whom it 
     is delivered, or for the payment of producers delivering milk 
     to the same handler of uniform prices for all milk delivered 
     by them.
       ``(A) With respect to regulations establishing a compact 
     over-order price, the commission may establish one 
     equalization pool within the regulated area for the sole 
     purpose of equalizing returns to producers throughout the 
     regulated area.
       ``(B) With respect to any commission marketing order, as 
     defined in section two, subdivision three, which replaces one 
     or more terminated federal orders or state dairy regulations, 
     the marketing area of now separate state or federal orders 
     shall not be merged without the affirmative consent of each 
     state, voting through its delegation, which is partly or 
     wholly included within any such new marketing area.
       ``(6) Provisions requiring persons who bring Class I milk 
     into the regulated area to make compensatory payments with 
     respect to all such milk to the extent necessary to equalize 
     the cost of milk purchased by handlers subject to a compact 
     over-order price or commission marketing order. No such 
     provisions shall discriminate against milk producers outside 
     the regulated area. The provisions for compensatory payments 
     may require payment of the difference between the Class I 
     price required to be paid for such milk in the state of 
     production by a federal milk marketing order or state dairy 
     regulation and the Class I price established by the compact 
     over-order price or commission marketing order.
       ``(7) Provisions specially governing the pricing and 
     pooling of milk handled by partially regulated plants.
       ``(8) Provisions requiring that the account of any person 
     regulated under the compact over-order price shall be 
     adjusted for any payments made to or received by such persons 
     with respect to a producer settlement fund of any federal or 
     state milk marketing order or other state dairy regulation 
     within the regulated area.
       ``(9) Provision requiring the payment by handlers of an 
     assessment to cover the costs of the administration and 
     enforcement of such order pursuant to Article VII, Section 
     18(a).
       ``(10) Provisions for reimbursement to participants of the 
     Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program 
     of the United States Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
       ``(11) Other provisions and requirements as the commission 
     may find are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the 
     purposes of this compact and to provide for the payment of 
     fair and equitable minimum prices to producers.

                   ``ARTICLE V. RULEMAKING PROCEDURE

     ``Sec. 11. Rulemaking procedure

       ``Before promulgation of any regulations establishing a 
     compact over-order price or commission marketing order, 
     including any provision with respect to milk supply under 
     subsection 9(f), or amendment thereof, as provided in Article 
     IV, the commission shall conduct an informal rulemaking 
     proceeding to provide interested persons with an opportunity 
     to present data and views. Such rulemaking proceeding shall 
     be governed by section four of the Federal Administrative 
     Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Sec. 553). In addition, 
     the commission shall, to the extent practicable, publish 
     notice of rulemaking proceedings in the official register of 
     each participating state. Before the initial adoption of 
     regulations establishing a compact over-order price or a 
     commission marketing order and thereafter before any 
     amendment with regard to prices or assessments, the 
     commission shall hold a public hearing. The commission may 
     commence a rulemaking proceeding on its own initiative or may 
     in its sole discretion act upon the petition of any person 
     including individual milk producers, any organization of milk 
     producers or handlers, general farm organizations, consumer 
     or public interest groups, and local, state or federal 
     officials.

     ``Sec. 12. Findings and referendum

       ``(a) In addition to the concise general statement of basis 
     and purpose required by section 4(b) of the Federal 
     Administrative Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
     Sec. 553(c)), the commission shall make findings of fact with 
     respect to:
       ``(1) Whether the public interest will be served by the 
     establishment of minimum milk prices to dairy farmers under 
     Article IV.
       ``(2) What level of prices will assure that producers 
     receive a price sufficient to cover their costs of production 
     and will elicit an adequate supply of milk for the 
     inhabitants of the regulated area and for manufacturing 
     purposes.
       ``(3) Whether the major provisions of the order, other than 
     those fixing minimum milk prices, are in the public interest 
     and are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes of the 
     order.
       ``(4) Whether the terms of the proposed regional order or 
     amendment are approved by producers as provided in section 
     thirteen.

     ``Sec. 13. Producer referendum

       ``(a) For the purpose of ascertaining whether the issuance 
     or amendment of regulations establishing a compact over-order 
     price or a commission marketing order, including any 
     provision with respect to milk supply under subsection 9(f), 
     is approved by producers, the commission shall conduct a 
     referendum among producers. The referendum shall be held in a 
     timely manner, as determined by regulation of the commission. 
     The terms and conditions of the proposed order or amendment 
     shall be described by the commission in the ballot used in 
     the conduct of the referendum, but the nature, content, or 
     extent of such description shall not be a basis for attacking 
     the legality of the order or any action relating thereto.
       ``(b) An order or amendment shall be deemed approved by 
     producers if the commission determines that it is approved by 
     at least two-thirds of the voting producers who, during a 
     representative period determined by the commission, have been 
     engaged in the production of milk the price of which would be 
     regulated under the proposed order or amendment.
       ``(c) For purposes of any referendum, the commission shall 
     consider the approval or disapproval by any cooperative 
     association of producers, qualified under the provisions of 
     the Act of Congress of February 18, 1922, as amended, known 
     as the Capper-Volstead Act, bona fide engaged in marketing 
     milk, or in rendering services for or advancing the interests 
     of producers of such commodity, as the approval or 
     disapproval of the producers who are members or stockholders 
     in, or under contract with, such cooperative association of 
     producers, except as provided in subdivision (1) hereof and 
     subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) through (5) 
     hereof.
       ``(1) No cooperative which has been formed to act as a 
     common marketing agency for

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     both cooperatives and individual producers shall be qualified 
     to block vote for either.
       ``(2) Any cooperative which is qualified to block vote 
     shall, before submitting its approval or disapproval in any 
     referendum, give prior written notice to each of its members 
     as to whether and how it intends to cast its vote. The notice 
     shall be given in a timely manner as established, and in the 
     form prescribed, by the commission.
       ``(3) Any producer may obtain a ballot from the commission 
     in order to register approval or disapproval of the proposed 
     order.
       ``(4) A producer who is a member of a cooperative which has 
     provided notice of its intent to approve or not to approve a 
     proposed order, and who obtains a ballot and with such ballot 
     expresses his approval or disapproval of the proposed order, 
     shall notify the commission as to the name of the cooperative 
     of which he or she is a member, and the commission shall 
     remove such producer's name from the list certified by such 
     cooperative with its corporate vote.
       ``(5) In order to insure that all milk producers are 
     informed regarding the proposed order, the commission shall 
     notify all milk producers that an order is being considered 
     and that each producer may register his approval or 
     disapproval with the commission either directly or through 
     his or her cooperative.

     ``Sec. 14. Termination of over-order price or marketing order

       ``(a) The commission shall terminate any regulations 
     establishing an over-order price or commission marketing 
     order issued under this article whenever it finds that such 
     order or price obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the 
     declared policy of this compact.
       ``(b) The commission shall terminate any regulations 
     establishing an over-order price or a commission marketing 
     order issued under this article whenever it finds that such 
     termination is favored by a majority of the producers who, 
     during a representative period determined by the commission, 
     have been engaged in the production of milk the price of 
     which is regulated by such order; but such termination shall 
     be effective only if announced on or before such date as may 
     be specified in such marketing agreement or order.
       ``(c) The termination or suspension of any order or 
     provision thereof, shall not be considered an order within 
     the meaning of this article and shall require no hearing, but 
     shall comply with the requirements for informal rulemaking 
     prescribed by section four of the Federal Administrative 
     Procedure Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Sec. 553).

                       ``ARTICLE VI. ENFORCEMENT

     ``Sec. 15. Records; reports; access to premises

       ``(a) The commission may by rule and regulation prescribe 
     record keeping and reporting requirements for all regulated 
     persons. For purposes of the administration and enforcement 
     of this compact, the commission is authorized to examine the 
     books and records of any regulated person relating to his or 
     her milk business and for that purpose, the commission's 
     properly designated officers, employees, or agents shall have 
     full access during normal business hours to the premises and 
     records of all regulated persons.
       ``(b) Information furnished to or acquired by the 
     commission officers, employees, or its agents pursuant to 
     this section shall be confidential and not subject to 
     disclosure except to the extent that the commission deems 
     disclosure to be necessary in any administrative or judicial 
     proceeding involving the administration or enforcement of 
     this compact, an over-order price, a compact marketing order, 
     or other regulations of the commission. The commission may 
     promulgate regulations further defining the confidentiality 
     of information pursuant to this section. Nothing in this 
     section shall be deemed to prohibit (i) the issuance of 
     general statements based upon the reports of a number of 
     handlers, which do not identify the information furnished by 
     any person, or (ii) the publication by direction of the 
     commission of the name of any person violating any regulation 
     of the commission, together with a statement of the 
     particular provisions violated by such person.
       ``(c) No officer, employee, or agent of the commission 
     shall intentionally disclose information, by inference or 
     otherwise, which is made confidential pursuant to this 
     section. Any person violating the provisions of this section 
     shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than 
     one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for not more than one 
     year, or to both, and shall be removed from office. The 
     commission shall refer any allegation of a violation of this 
     section to the appropriate state enforcement authority or 
     United States Attorney.

     ``Sec. 16. Subpoena; hearings and judicial review

       ``(a) The commission is hereby authorized and empowered by 
     its members and its properly designated officers to 
     administer oaths and issue subpoenas throughout all signatory 
     states to compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving 
     of testimony and the production of other evidence.
       ``(b) Any handler subject to an order may file a written 
     petition with the commission stating that any such order or 
     any provision of any such order or any obligation imposed in 
     connection therewith is not in accordance with law and 
     praying for a modification thereof or to be exempted 
     therefrom. He shall thereupon be given an opportunity for a 
     hearing upon such petition, in accordance with regulations 
     made by the commission. After such hearing, the commission 
     shall make a ruling upon the prayer of such petition which 
     shall be final, if in accordance with law.
       ``(c) The district courts of the United States in any 
     district in which such handler is an inhabitant, or has his 
     principal place of business, are hereby vested with 
     jurisdiction to review such ruling, provided a complaint for 
     that purpose is filed within thirty days from the date of the 
     entry of such ruling. Service of process in such proceedings 
     may be had upon the commission by delivering to it a copy of 
     the complaint. If the court determines that such ruling is 
     not in accordance with law, it shall remand such proceedings 
     to the commission with directions either (1) to make such 
     ruling as the court shall determine to be in accordance with 
     law, or (2) to take such further proceedings as, in its 
     opinion, the law requires. The pendency of proceedings 
     instituted pursuant to this subdivision shall not impede, 
     hinder, or delay the commission from obtaining relief 
     pursuant to section seventeen. Any proceedings brought 
     pursuant to section seventeen, except where brought by way of 
     counterclaim in proceedings instituted pursuant to this 
     section, shall abate whenever a final decree has been 
     rendered in proceedings between the same parties, and 
     covering the same subject matter, instituted pursuant to this 
     section.

     ``Sec. 17. Enforcement with respect to handlers

       ``(a) Any violation by a handler of the provisions of 
     regulations establishing an over-order price or a commission 
     marketing order, or other regulations adopted pursuant to 
     this compact shall:
       ``(1) Constitute a violation of the laws of each of the 
     signatory states. Such violation shall render the violator 
     subject to a civil penalty in an amount as may be prescribed 
     by the laws of each of the participating states, recoverable 
     in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction. Each 
     day such violation continues shall constitute a separate 
     violation.
       ``(2) Constitute grounds for the revocation of license or 
     permit to engage in the milk business under the applicable 
     laws of the participating states.
       ``(b) With respect to handlers, the commission shall 
     enforce the provisions of this compact, regulations 
     establishing an over-order price, a commission marketing 
     order or other regulations adopted hereunder by:
       ``(1) Commencing an action for legal or equitable relief 
     brought in the name of the commission of any state or federal 
     court of competent jurisdiction; or
       ``(2) Referral to the state agency for enforcement by 
     judicial or administrative remedy with the agreement of the 
     appropriate state agency of a participating state.
       ``(c) With respect to handlers, the commission may bring an 
     action for injunction to enforce the provisions of this 
     compact or the order or regulations adopted thereunder 
     without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate 
     remedy of law does not exist.

                         ``ARTICLE VII. FINANCE

     ``Sec. 18. Finance of start-up and regular costs

       ``(a) To provide for its start-up costs, the commission may 
     borrow money pursuant to its general power under section six, 
     subdivision (d), paragraph four. In order to finance the 
     costs of administration and enforcement of this compact, 
     including payback of start-up costs, the commission is hereby 
     empowered to collect an assessment from each handler who 
     purchases milk from producers within the region. If imposed, 
     this assessment shall be collected on a monthly basis for up 
     to one year from the date the commission convenes, in an 
     amount not to exceed $.015 per hundredweight of milk 
     purchased from producers during the period of the assessment. 
     The initial assessment may apply to the projected purchases 
     of handlers for the two-month period following the date the 
     commission convenes. In addition, if regulations establishing 
     an over-order price or a compact marketing order are adopted, 
     they may include an assessment for the specific purpose of 
     their administration. These regulations shall provide for 
     establishment of a reserve for the commission's ongoing 
     operating expenses.
       ``(b) The commission shall not pledge the credit of any 
     participating state or of the United States. Notes issued by 
     the commission and all other financial obligations incurred 
     by it, shall be its sole responsibility and no participating 
     state or the United States shall be liable therefor.

     ``Sec. 19. Audit and accounts

       ``(a) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all 
     receipts and disbursements, which shall be subject to the 
     audit and accounting procedures established under its rules. 
     In addition, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled 
     by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified 
     public accountant and the report of the audit shall be 
     included in and become part of the annual report of the 
     commission.

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       ``(b) The accounts of the commission shall be open at any 
     reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers 
     of the participating states and by any persons authorized by 
     the commission.
       ``(c) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed 
     to prevent commission compliance with laws relating to audit 
     or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any 
     participating state or of the United States.

  ``ARTICLE VIII. ENTRY INTO FORCE; ADDITIONAL MEMBERS AND WITHDRAWAL

     ``Sec. 20. Entry into force; additional members

       ``The compact shall enter into force effective when enacted 
     into law by any three states of the group of states composed 
     of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
     Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South 
     Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia and 
     when the consent of Congress has been obtained.

     ``Sec. 21. Withdrawal from compact

       ``Any participating state may withdraw from this compact by 
     enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal 
     shall take effect until one year after notice in writing of 
     the withdrawal is given to the commission and the governors 
     of all other participating states. No withdrawal shall affect 
     any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a 
     participating state prior to the time of such withdrawal.

     ``Sec. 22. Severability

       ``If any part or provision of this compact is adjudged 
     invalid by any court, such judgment shall be confined in its 
     operation to the part or provision directly involved in the 
     controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered 
     and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder 
     of this compact. In the event Congress consents to this 
     compact subject to conditions, said conditions shall not 
     impair the validity of this compact when said conditions are 
     accepted by three or more compacting states. A compacting 
     state may accept the conditions of Congress by implementation 
     of this compact.''.

     SEC. 703. PACIFIC NORTHWEST DAIRY COMPACT.

       Congress consents to a Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact 
     proposed for the States of California, Oregon, and 
     Washington, subject to the following conditions:
       (1) Text.--The text of the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact 
     shall be identical to the text of the Southern Dairy Compact, 
     except as follows:
       (A) References to ``south'', ``southern'', and ``Southern'' 
     shall be changed to ``Pacific Northwest''.
       (B) In section 9(b), the reference to ``Atlanta, Georgia'' 
     shall be changed to ``Seattle, Washington''.
       (C) In section 20, the reference to ``any three'' and all 
     that follows shall be changed to ``California, Oregon, and 
     Washington.''.
       (2) Limitation of manufacturing price regulation.--The 
     Dairy Compact Commission established to administer the 
     Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact (referred to in this section 
     as the ``Commission'') may not regulate Class II, Class III, 
     or Class IV 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 Act of 1937 
     (referred to in this section as a ``Federal milk marketing 
     order'').
       (3) Effective date.--Congressional consent under this 
     section takes effect on the date (not later than 3 year after 
     the date of enactment of this Act) on which the Pacific 
     Northwest Dairy Compact is entered into by the second of the 
     3 States specified in the matter preceding paragraph (1).
       (4) Compensation of commodity credit corporation.--Before 
     the end of each fiscal year in which a price regulation is in 
     effect under the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact, the 
     Commission shall compensate the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     for the 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.
       (5) Milk marketing order administrator.--At the request of 
     the Commission, the Administrator of the applicable Federal 
     milk marketing order shall provide technical assistance to 
     the Commission and be compensated for that assistance.

     SEC. 704. INTERMOUNTAIN DAIRY COMPACT.

       Congress consents to an Intermountain Dairy Compact 
     proposed for the States of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, 
     subject to the following conditions:
       (1) Text.--The text of the Intermountain Dairy Compact 
     shall be identical to the text of the Southern Dairy Compact, 
     except as follows:
       (A) In section 1, the references to ``southern'' and 
     ``south'' shall be changed to ``Intermountain'' and 
     ``Intermountain region'', respectively.
       (B) References to ``Southern'' shall be changed to 
     ``Intermountain ''.
       (C) In section 9(b), the reference to ``Atlanta, Georgia'' 
     shall be changed to ``Salt Lake City, Utah''.
       (D) In section 20, the reference to ``any three'' and all 
     that follows shall be changed to ``Colorado, Nevada, and 
     Utah.''.
       (2) Limitation of manufacturing price regulation.--The 
     Dairy Compact Commission established to administer the 
     Intermountain Dairy Compact (referred to in this section as 
     the ``Commission'') may not regulate Class II, Class III, or 
     Class IV 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 Act of 1937 
     (referred to in this section as a ``Federal milk marketing 
     order'').
       (3) Effective date.--Congressional consent under this 
     section takes effect on the date (not later than 3 year after 
     the date of enactment of this Act) on which the Intermountain 
     Dairy Compact is entered into by the second of the 3 States 
     specified in the matter preceding paragraph (1).
       (4) Compensation of commodity credit corporation.--Before 
     the end of each fiscal year in which a price regulation is in 
     effect under the Intermountain Dairy Compact, the Commission 
     shall compensate the Commodity Credit Corporation for the 
     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.
       (5) Milk marketing order administrator.--At the request of 
     the Commission, the Administrator of the applicable Federal 
     milk marketing order shall provide technical assistance to 
     the Commission and be compensated for that assistance.
  SA 1336. Mr. HUTCHINSON submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC. __. RELEASE OF HOME PROGRAM FUNDS.

       Notwithstanding the requirement regarding commitment of 
     funds in the first sentence of section 288(b) of the HOME 
     Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838(b)), the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall approve the release 
     of funds under that section to the Arkansas Development 
     Finance Authority (in this section referred to as the 
     ``ADFA'') for projects, if--
       (1) funds were committed to those projects on or before 
     June 12, 2001;
       (2) those projects had not been completed as of June 12, 
     2001;
       (3) the ADFA has fully carried out its responsibilities as 
     described in section 288(a); and
       (4) the Secretary has approved the certification that meets 
     the requirements of section 288(c) with respect to those 
     projects.
                                  ____

  SA 1337. Mr. HUTCHINSON submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC. __. TORNADO SHELTERS GRANTS.

       (a) CDBG Eligible Activities.--
       (1) In general.--Section 105(a) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (22), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon;
       (C) in paragraph (24), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (D) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (E) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(26) the construction or improvement of tornado- or 
     storm-safe shelters for manufactured housing parks and 
     residents of other manufactured housing, the acquisition of 
     real property for sites for such shelters, and the provision 
     of assistance (including loans and grants) to nonprofit or 
     for-profit entities (including owners of such parks) for such 
     construction, improvement, or acquisition, except that a 
     shelter assisted with amounts made available pursuant to this 
     paragraph--
       ``(A) shall be located in a neighborhood consisting 
     predominantly of persons of low- and moderate-income; and
       ``(B) may not be made available exclusively for use of the 
     residents of a particular

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     manufactured housing park or of other manufactured housing, 
     but shall generally serve the residents of the area in which 
     it is located.''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to any 
     amounts otherwise made available for grants under title I of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
     5301 et seq.), there is authorized to be appropriated for 
     assistance only for activities pursuant to section 105(a)(26) 
     of that Act, as added by this section, $50,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2002.
       (b) Use of American Products.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--It 
     is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
     made available for the activities authorized under the 
     amendments made by this section should be American-made.
       (2) Notice requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available for the activities authorized under the 
     amendments made by this section, the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
     provide to that entity a notice describing the statement made 
     in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
                                  ____

  SA 1338. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Bond) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 1214 submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended 
to be proposed to the bill (H.R. 2620) making appropriations for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002; and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the end of Section 214, add the following:
       Public Housing Authorities in Iowa that are a part of a 
     city government shall not be required to comply with section 
     2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
     regarding the requirement that a public housing agency shall 
     contain not less than one member who is directly assisted by 
     the public housing authority during fiscal year 2002.
       On page 62, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 218. ENDOWMENT FUNDS.

       Of the amounts appropriated in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-554), for the 
     operation of an historical archive at the University of South 
     Carolina, Department of Archives, South Carolina, such funds 
     shall be available to the University of South Carolina to 
     fund an endowment for the operation of an historical archive 
     at the University of South Carolina, Department of Archives, 
     South Carolina, without fiscal year limitation.
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS.

       Section 247 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     12) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Native hawaiian.--The term `native Hawaiian' means 
     any descendant of not less than one-half part of the blood of 
     the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands before January 1, 
     1778, or, in the case of an individual who is awarded an 
     interest in a lease of Hawaiian home lands through transfer 
     or succession, such lower percentage as may be established 
     for such transfer or succession under section 208 or 209 of 
     the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 111), or 
     under the corresponding provision of the Constitution of the 
     State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled 
     `An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii 
     into the Union', approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 5).
       ``(2) Hawaiian home lands.--The term `Hawaiian home lands' 
     means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under 
     section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 
     Stat. 110), or under the corresponding provision of the 
     Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 
     of the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the admission of 
     the State of Hawaii into the Union', approved March 18, 1959 
     (73 Stat. 5).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Certification of Eligibility for Existing Lessees.--
     Possession of a lease of Hawaiian home lands issued under 
     section 207(a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 
     (42 Stat. 110), shall be sufficient to certify eligibility to 
     receive a mortgage under this subchapter.''.
       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC. __. RELEASE OF HOME PROGRAM FUNDS.

       Notwithstanding the requirement regarding commitment of 
     funds in the first sentence of section 288(b) of the HOME 
     Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838(b)), the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall approve the release 
     of funds under that section to the Arkansas Development 
     Finance Authority (in this section referred to as the 
     ``ADFA'') for projects, if--
       (1) funds were committed to those projects on or before 
     June 12, 2001;
       (2) those projects had not been completed as of June 12, 
     2001;
       (3) the ADFA has fully carried out its responsibilities as 
     described in section 288(a); and
       (4) the Secretary has approved the certification that meets 
     the requirements of section 288(c) with respect to those 
     projects.
       On page 18, after line 20, add the following:
       Sec. 110. (a) Study of Viscosupplementation.--The Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a study of the benefits 
     and costs of using viscosupplementation as a means of 
     treating degenerative knee diseases in veterans instead of, 
     or as a means of delaying, knee replacement. The study shall 
     consider the benefits and costs of the procedure for veterans 
     and the effect of the use of the procedure on the provision 
     of medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     a report on the study carried out under subsection (a). The 
     report shall set forth the results of the study, and include 
     such other information regarding the study, including 
     recommendations as a result of the study, as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (c) Funding.--The Secretary shall carry out the study under 
     subsection (a) using amounts available to the Secretary under 
     this title under the heading ``medical and prosthetic 
     research''.
       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of law with 
     respect to this or any other fiscal year, the Housing 
     Authority of Baltimore City may use the remaining balance of 
     the grant award of $20,000,000 made to such authority for 
     development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Baltimore, Maryland 
     with funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the 
     heading ``Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and 
     Replacement Housing Grants'' for the rehabilitation of the 
     Claremont Homes project and for the provision of affordable 
     housing in areas within the City of Baltimore either (1) 
     designated by the partial consent decree in Thompson v. HUD 
     as non-impacted census tracts or (2) designated by said 
     authority as either strong neighborhoods experiencing private 
     investment or dynamic growth areas where public and/or 
     private commercial or residential investment is occurring.
       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC. __. DISCRIMINATION IN THE SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING.

       (a) In General.--Any entity that receives funds pursuant to 
     this Act, and discriminates in the sale or rental of housing 
     against any person because the person is, or is perceived to 
     be, a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
     assault, or stalking, including because the person has 
     contacted or received assistance or services from law 
     enforcement related to the violence, shall be considered to 
     be discriminating against any person in the terms, 
     conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or 
     in the provision of services or facilities in connection with 
     the sale or rental, because of sex under section 804(b) of 
     the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604(b)).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Course of conduct.--The term ``course of conduct'' 
     means a course of repeatedly maintaining a visual or physical 
     proximity to a person or conveying verbal or written threats, 
     including threats conveyed through electronic communications, 
     or threats implied by conduct.
       (2) Dating violence.--The term ``dating violence'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 826 of the Higher Education 
     Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1152).
       (3) Domestic violence.--The term ``domestic violence'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 826 of the Higher 
     Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1152).
       (4) Electronic communications.--The term ``electronic 
     communications'' includes communications via telephone, 
     mobile phone, computer, e-mail, video recorder, fax machine, 
     telex, or pager.
       (5) Parent; son or daughter.--The terms ``parent'' and 
     ``son or daughter'' have the meanings given the terms in 
     section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
     U.S.C. 2611).
       (6) Repeatedly.--The term ``repeatedly'' means on 2 or more 
     occasions.
       (7) Sexual assault.--The term ``sexual assault'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 826 of the Higher Education 
     Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1152).
       (8) Stalking.--The term ``stalking'' means engaging in a 
     course of conduct directed at a specific person that would 
     cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional 
     distress or to fear bodily injury, sexual assault, or death 
     to the person, or the person's spouse, parent, or son or 
     daughter, or any other person who regularly resides in the 
     person's household, if the conduct causes the specific person 
     to have such distress or fear.
       At the appropriate place, insert:
       Sec.  . NASA FUNDED PROPULSION TESTING.--NASA shall ensure 
     that rocket

[[Page 15987]]

     propulsion testing funded by this Act is assigned to testing 
     facilities by the Rocket Propulsion Test Management Board in 
     accordance with current baseline roles. Assignments will be 
     made to maximize the benefit of Federal government 
     investments and shall include considerations such as facility 
     cost, capability, availability, and personnel experience.
       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC.  . EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE 
                   RESEARCH.

       From amounts available to the National Science Foundation 
     under this act, a total of $115,000,000 may be available to 
     carry out the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive 
     Research (EPSCoR), which includes $25 million in co-funding.
       On page 27, line 20, insert after the colon the following: 
     ``Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development (Secretary) may provide technical and financial 
     assistance to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa for 
     emergency housing, housing assistance, and other assistance 
     to address the mold problem at the Turtle Mountain Indian 
     Reservation; Provided further, That the Secretary shall work 
     with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, the Indian Health Service, the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other appropriate federal 
     agencies in developing a plan to maximize federal resources 
     to address the emergency housing needs and related 
     problems.:''.
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) Eligibility of North Dakota Veterans Cemetery 
     for Aid Regarding Veterans Cemeteries.--The Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall treat the North Dakota Veterans 
     Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota, as a veterans' cemetery owned 
     by the State of North Dakota for purposes of making grants to 
     States in expanding or improving veterans' cemeteries under 
     section 2408 of title 38, United States Code.
       (a) Applicability.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect 
     to grants under section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, 
     that occur on or after that date.
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
     this Act for `Medical care' appropriations of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of 
     the health care delivery system in Veterans Integrated 
     Service Network 12 (VISN 12) until 60 days after the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the Department 
     has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations, medical 
     school affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans 
     and health associations, and other interested parties with 
     respect to the realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) 
     made available to the Congress and the public information 
     from the consultations regarding possible impacts on the 
     accessibility of veterans health care services to affected 
     veterans.
       On page 34, line 2, strike out ``$60,000,000'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof: ``$70,000,000''.
       On page 47, line 20, strike out ``$1,097,257,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof: ``$1,087,257,000''.

     SEC. 4. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE STATE WATER 
                   POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUND.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) funds from the drinking water State revolving fund 
     established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) are allocated on the basis of an 
     infrastructure needs survey conducted by the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the 
     Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-
     182);
       (2) the needs-based allocation of that fund was enacted by 
     Congress and is seen as a fair and reasonable basis for 
     allocation of funds under a revolving fund of this type;
       (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency also conducts a wastewater infrastructure needs survey 
     that should serve as the basis for allocation of the State 
     water pollution control revolving fund established under 
     title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
       (4) the current allocation formula for the State water 
     pollution control revolving fund is so inequitable that it 
     results in some States receiving funding in an amount up to 7 
     times as much as States with approximately similar 
     populations, in terms of percentage of need met; and
       (5) the Senate has proven unwilling to address that 
     inequity in an appropriations bill, citing the necessity of 
     addressing new allocation formulas only in authorization 
     bills.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
     Senate should be prepared to enact authorizing legislation 
     (including an equitable, needs-based formula) for the State 
     water pollution control revolving fund as soon as practicable 
     after the Senate returns from recess in September.
                                  ____

  SA 1339. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, strike all on lines 12 through 14.
                                  ____

  SA 1340. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 702.
                                  ____

  SA 1341. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 703.
                                  ____

  SA 1342. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 704.
                                  ____

  SA 1343. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246 to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, strike ``(1),''.
                                  ____

  SA 1344. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, strike ``, (3), and (7)'' and insert 
     ``and (3)''.
  SA 1345. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 5, strike ``New York''.
                                  ____

  SA 1346. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 5, strike ``Pennsylvania''.
                                  ____

  SA 1347. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 4, strike ``Kentucky''.
                                  ____

  SA 1348. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246 to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 5, strike ``Oklahoma''.
                                  ____

  SA 1349. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 6, strike ``Virginia''.
                                  ____

  SA 1350. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246 to respond to the continuing economic crisis 
adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 22, strike ``Texas''.
                                  ____

  SA 1351. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


[[Page 15988]]

       On page 35, line 17, strike ``California''.
                                  ____

  SA 1352. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 35, line 17, strike ``Oregon''.
                                  ____

  SA 1353. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 35, line 18, strike ``Washington''.
                                  ____

  SA 1354. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 3, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1355. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 4, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1356. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 5, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1357. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 6, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1358. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 7, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1359. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 8, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1360. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 9, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1361. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 10, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1362. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 11, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1363. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 12, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1364. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 13, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1365. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 14, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1366. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 15, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1367. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 16, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1368. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:

[[Page 15989]]

       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 17, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1369. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 18, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1370. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 18, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1371. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 20, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1372. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 21, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1373. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 22, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1374. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 23, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1375. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 24, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1376. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 25, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1377. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 26, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1378. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 27, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1379. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 28, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1380. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 29, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1381. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 30, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1382. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on August 31, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1383. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 1, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1384. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:

[[Page 15990]]

       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 2, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1385. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 3, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1386. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 4, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1387. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 5, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1388. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 7, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1389. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 8, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1390. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 9, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1391. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 11, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1392. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 12, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1393. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 13, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1394. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 14, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1395. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 15, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1396. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 16, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1397. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 17, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1398. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 18, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1399. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 19, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1400. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:

[[Page 15991]]

       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 20, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1401. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 21, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1402. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 22, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1403. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 23, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1404. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 24, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1405. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 25, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1406. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 26, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1407. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 27, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1408. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 28, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1409. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 29, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1410. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, line 7, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, and inserting in lieu of paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ```(3) Duration.--
       ```Consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact shall 
     terminate on September 30, 2001.'''
                                  ____

  SA 1411. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 30, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1412. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 29, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1413. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 28, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1414. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 27, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1415. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 26, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1416. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 25, 2001.''

[[Page 15992]]

     
                                  ____
  SA 1417. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 24, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1418. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 23, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1419. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 22, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1420. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 21, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1421. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 20, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1422. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 19, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1423. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 18, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1424. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 17, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1425. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 16, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1426. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 15, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1427. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 14, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1428. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 13, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1429. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 12, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1430. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 11, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1431. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 10, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1432. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 9, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1433. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 8, 2001.''

[[Page 15993]]

     
                                  ____
  SA 1434. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 7, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1435. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 6, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1436. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 5, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1437. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 4, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1438. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 3, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1439. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 2, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1440. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on September 1, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1441. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 31, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1442. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 30, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1443. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 29, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1444. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 28, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1445. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 27, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1446. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 26, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1447. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 25, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1448. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 24, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1449. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 23, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1450. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 22, 2001.''

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  SA 1451. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 21, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1452. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 20, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1453. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 19, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1454. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 18, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1455. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 17, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1456. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 16, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1457. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 15, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1458. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 14, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1459. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 13, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1460. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 12, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1461. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 11, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1462. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 10, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1463. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 9, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1464. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 8, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1465. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 7, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1466. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 6, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1467. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 5, 2001.''

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  SA 1468. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 4, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1469. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 
     the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 
     other act, consent for all interstate dairy compacts under 
     this act shall terminate on August 3, 2001.''
                                  ____

  SA 1470. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1246, to respond to the continuing economic 
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 12, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (c) Dairy Market Mitigation Payments.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use such funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation as are necessary to make a 
     payment, in an amount equal to $5,000, to the producers on 
     each farm that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is 
     engaged in the commercial production of milk in the United 
     States, as determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Compact adjustment payments.--The Secretary shall use 
     such funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation as are 
     necessary to make a payment, in an amount equal to $2,500, to 
     the producers on each farm that, during the 1-year period 
     ending on the date of enactment of this Act, was engaged in 
     the commercial production of milk in an area covered by the 
     Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact described in section 147 
     of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256), as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (3) Study.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of--
       (i) the effectiveness of Federal milk marketing orders 
     issued under section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
     U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1937; and
       (ii) methods of strengthening enforcement of, and improving 
     compliance with, Federal milk marketing orders.
       (B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate a report that describes the results of the study, 
     including any recommendations for strengthening enforcement 
     of, and improving compliance with, Federal milk marketing 
     orders.

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