[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF FARM PROGRAMS

  Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs be discharged from 
further consideration of the bill (H.R. 6051) to amend Public Law 110-
196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 16, 2008, and 
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Weiner). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Minnesota?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6051

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL 
                   PROGRAMS AND SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE 
                   SUPPORT AUTHORITIES.

       Effective May 16, 2008, section 1 of Public Law 110-196 
     (122 Stat. 653) (as amended by Public Law 110-200 (122 Stat. 
     695), Public Law 110-205 (122 Stat. 713), and Public Law 110-
     208 (122 Stat. 720)) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``May 16, 2008'' and 
     inserting ``the earlier of May 23, 2008, or the date of the 
     enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
     2008''; and
       (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``May 16, 2008'' and 
     inserting ``the earlier of May 23, 2008, or the date of the 
     enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
     2008''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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