[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14832]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       FEDERAL AGRICULTURE REFORM AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2013

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate a 
message from the House with respect to H.R. 2642.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the following 
message from the House, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
     Senate to the bill H.R. 2642, entitled ``An act to provide 
     for reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
     programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 
     2018, and for other purposes,'' with an amendment to the 
     Senate amendment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
disagree in the House amendment and the Senate insist on its amendment, 
request a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees with a ratio 
of seven to five on the part of the Senate, all with no intervening 
action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Presiding Officer appointed Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Harkin, 
Mr. Baucus, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Hoeven conferees on the 
part of the Senate.

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