AGRICULTURE related term(s) Food; Rural Areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8651, S8671 [2SE], H5301 [15JY], H5404, H5405 [16JY], H5445, H5447, H5488 [17JY], H5491 [21JY], H5553, H5577, H5578 [22JY], H5665 [23JY], H5677, H5683, H5688, H5689, H5691, H5699, H5708, H5717, H5722, H5723 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5660, H5662 [23JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7898, S7899, S7901, S7902, S7908, S7912, S7916, S7918, S7925, S7936, S7937, S7945, S7946, S7966, S7967, S7968, S7969 [23JY], S7989, S7990, S7994, S8099 [24JY]

Grand Teton National Park: domestic livestock grazing (S. 308), S9434 [16SE]

Public lands: uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), H9615, H9616 [28OC], H9730 [29OC], H9745, H9748, H9749, H9750, H9751, H9758, H9761 [30OC]

Research: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), S11366 [29OC]

Analyses

Census of Agriculture Act (S. 845), S5361 [5JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]

Articles and editorials

Agricultural Nightmare—Infestations of Scab Provide Area Farmers Lots of Pains in and Out of the Fields, S11490 [30OC]

Alcohol and Driving Can Mix, S11891 [6NO]

Berry Alert Came Week After Sale, Witness Said He Warned USDA That Fruit Was Grown in Mexico, S11590 [3NO]

Big Hamburger Recall and USDA Inspections, E1639 [3SE]

8,500 Delphi Workers Strike in Warren, Cite Mexico Threat, H2580 [13MY]

Ending Banana Inanity, S3973 [5MY]

Farmers Get More Freedom, Which Will Benefit Everyone, E1396 [10JY]

Gingrich Defends Tobacco Tax Break—$50 Billion Credit Is Part of Fair Overall Deal, Speaker Says, H7375 [17SE]

Harvest of Rage—How the Rural Crisis Fuels Anti-Government Movement, H5714-H5717 [24JY], E1496-E1499 [23JY]

Nurturing Chicago's Exchanges, S1413 [13FE]

Recent Tax Policy Issues Profound for Agriculture, S637 [22JA]

Sheep Come to the Rescue in the West—Grazing Helps Restore Weed-Infested Lands, E1574 [31JY]

Smoking May Have Killed Thousands, H7375 [17SE]

Smoking Vote in the Senate, S8678 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Adjustment Act: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see S. 277; H.R. 786), S1017 [5FE], H587 [13FE]

Agricultural Market Transition Act: reduce the amounts allocated for payments pursuant to production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 2111), H4912 [8JY]

———treatment of certain payments (see H.R. 502), H282 [4FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 1033; H.R. 2160), S7710 [17JY], H5183 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (see H. Res. 193), H5569 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 232), H7599 [18SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 167), H8438 [6OC]

Alcoholic beverages: require ingredient labeling for malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 1977), H4085 [19JN]

Animals: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 696), H522 [12FE]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see S. 850; H.R. 453), S5413 [9JN], H242 [21JA]

———regulate concentrated feeding operations to protect the environment and public health from the hazards of animal waste (see S. 1323), S11289 [28OC]

Antitrust policy: exempt actions undertaken to administer a marketing order issued under the Agricultural Adjustment Act from antitrust laws (see H.R. 2735), H9558 [24OC]

Armenia: agricultural assistance program funding (see H.R. 500), H282 [4FE]

Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S7603 [16JY]

Big Horn County, WY: conveyance of certain lands to John R. and Margaret Lowe (see S. 814), S5109 [23MY]

———conveyance of certain lands to the estate of Fred Steffens (see S. 799), S5108 [23MY]

Business and industry: provide for the accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations (see H.R. 2738), H9558 [24OC]

Cattle and beef markets: monitor and regulate (see S. 16), S159 [21JA]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 65), H1260 [20MR]

Chile: participation in NAFTA (see S. 85), S160 [21JA]

Colored margarine: repeal restrictions (see H.R. 1958), H3923 [18JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (see S. 257; H.R. 467), S945 [4FE], H243 [21JA]

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: disregard debt forgiveness relative to loan and loan servicing limitations (see H.R. 1969), H4085 [19JN]

Crime: increase penalties for misrepresentation of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see S. 1119), S8532 [31JY]

Crops: insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (see H.R. 781), H587 [13FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm operating loans (see H.R. 2145), H5131 [10JY]

———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (see S. 603), S3348 [17AP]

———combine the Consolidated Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service and ensure equitable treatment of certain farmers, ranchers, and Federal employees (see H.R. 2692), H9038 [22OC]

———conduct census of agriculture (see S. 845; H.R. 2366), S5342 [5JN], H6705 [31JY]

———continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety (see S. 1153), S8925 [8SE]

———Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization (see H.R. 1789), H3476 [4JN]

———eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H802 [6MR]

———establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H5486 [17JY]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119; H. Res. 224), S9018 [9SE], H7118 [9SE]

———expand School Breakfast Program (see S. 1396), S11863 [6NO]

———expand School Breakfast Program and provide greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs (see H.R. 3086), H10955 [13NO]

———extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 246, 247, 427, 1342), H147, H153 [9JA], H1610 [16AP]

———extension of conservation reserve contracts relative to rejection of reenrollment bids (see H.R. 861), H699 [27FE]

———include in a special use permit relative to Humboldt Nursery a provision allowing the permittee to use Government-owned farming and related equipment at the nursery (see H.R. 2126), H5021 [9JY]

———increase milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 2388), H6797 [3SE]

———provide assistance to rural cooperatives (see S. 1522), S12506 [12NO]

———reform information technology systems (see S. 805), S5109 [23MY]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1387), H1705 [17AP]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (see S. 782), S5001 [22MY]

———require estimates of production costs relative to milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see H.R. 2482), H7364 [16SE]

———study effects of basing milk marketing orders' basic formula price on costs of production (see H.R. 1190), H1260 [20MR]

———use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (see S. 52), S160 [21JA]

———use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk (see S. 604), S3348 [17AP]

Dept. of the Interior: management of multiple use public lands (see S. 1253), S10319 [3OC]

———transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the Burley Irrigation District (see S. 538; H.R. 1282), S2901 [9AP], H1438 [10AP]

Diseases: control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium Graminearum and related fungi (see H.R. 2168), H5296 [15JY]

Dos Palos, CA: conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters (see S. 893; H.R. 111), S5596 [12JN], H142 [9JA]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (see S. 222), S726 [28JA]

Employment: application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (see S. 259; H.R. 526), S945 [4FE], H283 [4FE]

———make overtime exemption available to employees engaged in transportation and preparation of fruit and vegetables apply to employees engaged in transportation and preparation of sugar beets (see H.R. 917), H724 [4MR]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (see H.R. 913), H724 [4MR]

Federal aid programs: assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by flood conditions (see S. 605), S3348 [17AP]

———assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (see H.R. 1489), H2089 [30AP]

———provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing facilities (see S. 26), S159 [21JA]

———reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (see H.R. 2534), H7830 [24SE]

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (see H.R. 3056), H10954 [13NO]

Food: amend inspection laws to notify consumers of products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on sewage sludge-treated land (see H.R. 289), H148 [9JA]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 1264; H.R. 3070), S10475 [7OC], H10954 [13NO]

———include the imposition of civil monetary penalties for violations of meat and poultry inspection regulations (see H.R. 2344), H6704 [31JY]

———inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1291; H.R. 801, 1137, 2103), S10787 [9OC], H588 [13FE], H1257 [20MR], H4835 [26JN]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H5131 [10JY]

Foreign aid: establish an alternative crop production demonstration program for developing countries with illicit crop production (see H.R. 1642), H2784 [15MY]

Foreign trade: amend definition of ``raw value'' relative to tariff rate quota on imported raw sugar (see H.R. 2771), H9729 [29OC]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see S. 220; H.R. 723), S726 [28JA], H523 [12FE]

———identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 2596), H8299 [1OC]

———identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S726 [28JA]

Grand Teton National Park: domestic livestock grazing (see S. 308; H.R. 708), S1300 [12FE], H522 [12FE]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056; H.R. 1619), S7950 [23JY], H2783 [15MY]

Honey: improve research, promotion, and consumer information programs (see S. 1538), S12575 [13NO]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 1563; H.R. 2377), S12575 [13NO], H6715 [1AU]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (see S. 169), S163 [21JA]

Insects: establish advisory board on control, management, and eradication of imported fire ants (see S. 932), S5927 [18JN]

Insurance: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (see H.R. 790), H587 [13FE]

Iowa: provide relief for agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock dam (see S. 517), S2787 [7AP]

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (see S. 35), S159 [21JA]

Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef: establish (see S. 716), S4106 [7MY]

Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX: designate (see H.R. 2737), H9558 [24OC]

Labeling: imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see S. 617; H.R. 1371), S3349 [17AP], H1704 [17AP]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see S. 1042; H.R. 1232), S7767 [21JY], H1338 [8AP]

Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S8153 [25JY]

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: clarify application of certain provisions (see H.R. 2038), H4645 [25JN]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see S. 1514; H.R. 978), S12461 [10NO], H803 [6MR]

———assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and review World Trade Organization dispute settlement reports (see H.R. 78), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (see S. 256; H.R. 645), S945 [4FE], H393 [6FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see S. 258; S. Res. 52, 55; H.R. 618, 646), S945 [4FE], S1226 [11FE], S1382 [13FE], H347 [5FE], H393 [6FE]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (see S. 81), S160 [21JA]

———payment of assessment by dairy product importers at the same rate as domestic producers (see S. 56), S160 [21JA]

———prohibit bloc voting by dairy cooperatives (see S. 55), S160 [21JA]

National Kiwifruit Board: provide proportional representation of kiwifruit producers, exporters, and importers (see H.R. 2024), H4338 [24JN]

National Sheep Industry Improvement Center: eliminate and apply savings to deficit reduction (see H.R. 1475), H1988 [29AP]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (see S. 322), S1382 [13FE]

———repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Patents: protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant parts (see S. 1072), S8186 [28JY]

Peanuts: repeal quotas and reduce loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Plants: consolidation of Federal laws governing plant pests, diseases, and noxious weeds (see S. 83), S160 [21JA]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see S. 1372; H.R. 1135, 1995), S11763 [5NO], H1186 [19MR], H4086 [19JN]

Price support programs: milk (see H.R. 2068), H4646 [25JN]

———peanuts (see S. 1535), S12575 [13NO]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 547, 1829), H284 [4FE], H3576 [6JN]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (see H.R. 2493), H7599 [18SE]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), consideration (see H. Res. 284), H9613 [28OC]

Research: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (see S. 1150), S8870 [5SE]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see S. 485; H.R. 725), S2646 [20MR], H523 [12FE]

Tariff: Mexican green peanuts (see H.R. 1907), H3864 [17JN]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (see S. 1066), S8091 [24JY]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 396, 426), H152, H153 [9JA]

———double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 495), H244 [21JA]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see S. 775; H.R. 1800), S4879 [21MY], H3566 [5JN]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see H.R. 442), H153 [9JA]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see S. 499; H.R. 195, 1763), S2646 [20MR], H145 [9JA], H3273 [3JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements sold to government entities or conservation groups (see H.R. 2101), H4835 [26JN]

———exempt small unincorporated farm businesses from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 3036), H10768 [12NO]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H7527 [17SE]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 30; H.R. 1684), S159 [21JA], H3069 [20MY]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 64), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to equine activities (see S. 675; H.R. 705), S3901 [1MY], H522 [12FE]

———reduce rates for certain wines (see H.R. 1612), H2679 [14MY]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see S. 549, 792), S3011 [10AP], S5001 [22MY]

———treatment of agricultural water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 461), H243 [21JA]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property (see H.R. 245), H147 [9JA]

———treatment of capital gains and estate taxes relative to certain farm property (see H.R. 2117), H4913 [8JY]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 2450), H7199 [10SE]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 494), H244 [21JA]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see S. 395, 711; H.R. 450), S1979 [5MR], S4106 [7MY], H169 [20JA]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 479; H.R. 3076), S2552 [19MR], H10955 [13NO]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 31; H.R. 249, 1299), S159 [21JA], H147 [9JA], H1438 [10AP]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (see S. 849; H.R. 1841, 1845), S5413 [9JN], H3659 [10JN]

———treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses (see H.R. 1380), H1705 [17AP]

———treatment of liquor and beer retailers (see H.R. 1620), H2783 [15MY]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 239; H.R. 791, 803), S855 [30JA], H587, H588 [13FE]

———treatment of property used to control environmental pollution and soil and water conservation expenditures (see H.R. 1164), H1258 [20MR]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see S. 80; H.R. 1518), S160 [21JA], H2155 [1MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 529; H.R. 1261), S2900 [9AP], H1391 [9AP]

———treatment of soil and water conservation expenses for farmers who cash rent farmland to family members (see S. 429; H.R. 2166), S2206 [12MR], H5296 [15JY]

———treatment of stock in agricultural refiners or processors sold to certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 872; H.R. 1752), S5444 [10JN], H3213 [30MY]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see S. 251; H.R. 86), S856 [30JA], H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Taxpayer Relief Act: disapproval of line-item veto of provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (see S. 1157; H.R. 2444), S9018 [9SE], H7118 [9SE]

———restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2513), H7728 [23SE]

Tobacco Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 1881), H3796 [12JN]

Tobacco products: establish Federal authority to regulate tobacco and other products containing nicotine (see H.R. 516), H282 [4FE]

———increase deficit reduction assessments for participants in Federal price support programs (see H.R. 1826), H3576 [6JN]

———increase excise tax to fund a Public Health and Education Resource Trust Fund (see S. 1343; H.R. 2764), S11343 [29OC], H9729 [29OC]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526; H.R. 1263, 1364), S2838 [8AP], H1391 [9AP], H1704 [17AP]

———prohibit coverage by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1890 [24AP]

———provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (see S. 1313), S11191 [24OC]

———provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their communities (see S. 1310), S11034 [23OC]

———removal from crop disaster assistance programs (see S. 643), S3662 [24AP]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1183; H.R. 2385, 2387, 2390), S9515 [17SE], H6797 [3SE]

Transportation: commercial driver's license requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (see S. 1090), S8361 [30JY]

Treaties and agreements: make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H8437 [6OC]

U.S. Naval Academy: repeal requirement to maintain a dairy farm (see S. 942), S6040 [20JN]

Wetlands: permit use of certain agricultural lands (see H.R. 640), H392 [6FE]

Commentaries

We Understand: Baxter Black, National Public Radio, S4686 [19MY]

Conference reports

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2160), H7509-H7526 [17SE]

Court decisions

Milk Industry Foundation v. Sec. of Agriculture and Northeast Dairy Compact Commission: Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, S1389 [13FE]

Descriptions

Promoting Missouri Exports and Protecting Jobs—Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program, H5719 [24JY]

Public Lands Management Improvement Act (S. 1253), S10325-S10330 [3OC]

Essays

Farming the New Frontier: Kyle Roth, S2027 [6MR]

———Shannon McArtor, S2027 [6MR]

Factsheets

Public Health and Education Resource (PHAER) Act (S. 1343), S11363 [29OC]

Virginia Wine Industry—Facts and Figures, E938 [15MY]

Letters

Commercial driver's license requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles: several agricultural organizations, S8363 [30JY]

Conservation Reserve Program: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, H2747 [15MY]

———several Senators, S4105 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program funding: Coalition To Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S7928 [23JY]

Domestic Sugar Program: Eugene Moos, Dept. of Agriculture, H5701 [24JY]

———Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5702 [24JY]

Farm subsidies (parody), E2066 [23OC]

FDA Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding: Vice President Gore, S8652 [2SE]

———several State attorneys general, S8653 [2SE]

Federal land timber exports: Douglas J. McCarron, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, H9509 [24OC]

———several environmental groups, H9509 [24OC]

Food irradiation disclosure requirements: several food and agricultural associations, S9826 [24SE]

Imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports by Mexico: Jeffrey Lang, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, S8159 [25JY]

Inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry: Lori Robbins, Home on the Range & Co., S10800 [9OC]

Livestock sales relative to tax treatment of capital gains and the earned income credit: several Senators, S4889 [21MY]

Mexican imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports: Maureen R. Smith, American Forest & Paper Association, E2158 [31OC]

Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance funding: Representative Skeen, H5378 [16JY]

NAFTA's impact on employment and the economy: Emil Parker, Dept. of Labor, H2579 [13MY]

———John T. Russell, H2579 [13MY]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H2579 [13MY]

———President Clinton, H2578, H2579 [13MY]

———Senator Bond, H2578 [13MY]

———Wanda J. Rapier, H2578 [13MY]

Public Health and Education Resource (PHAER) Act: Effective National Action To Control Tobacco Coalition, S11363 [29OC]

———Fran DuMelle, American Lung Association, S11364 [29OC]

———Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S11364 [29OC]

Tax treatment of rental income, H2165 [5MY]

Tobacco coverage by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S7908 [23JY]

———John E. Sheely, American Association of Crop Insurers, S7907 [23JY]

Treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items: Margaret Milner Richardson, IRS, S636 [22JA], S694 [28JA]

Treatment of excise taxes on tobacco products relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement: several State attorneys general, S8998 [9SE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: several agricultural associations, S8121 [25JY]

Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S7913, S7915 [23JY]

———Mike Moore, Attorney General of Mississippi, S7915 [23JY]

———several State attorneys general, S7914 [23JY]

Lists

Coalition To Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S7928 [23JY]

``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest county winners, S2027 [6MR]

``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest district winners, S2027 [6MR]

Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum class, S2641 [20MR]

Labeling requirements abroad for produce, S7771 [21JY]

Objectionable programs in S. 1033, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7932-S7934 [23JY]

Objectionable provisions in H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations conference report, S11337 [29OC]

Questions relative to review of tobacco settlement: Senator Nickles, S12546 [13NO]

Memorandums

Forage Improvement Act: William G. Myers, E2257 [8NO]

Messages

NAFTA Study on Operation and Effect: President Clinton, S7297 [11JY], H5169 [11JY]

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for the International Grains Agreement: President Clinton, S2799 [7AP]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5441, H5443 [17JY], H5707, H5714, H5728, H5730, H5731 [24JY], H6758 [3SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7910, S7923, S7924, S7929 [23JY], S7988 [24JY]

Notices

Treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items: IRS, S694 [28JA]

Opinion polls

Tobacco product excise tax increase to fund health insurance for uninsured children: Wall Street Journal/NBC, S4105 [7MY], S4272 [9MY], S4784 [21MY]

Poems

``Tribute to Growers,'' Pem Pfisterer Clark, S10426 [6OC]

Proposals

Agricultural Water Conservation Act, E33 [7JA]

Remarks in House

Adams County, PA: anniversary of Conservation District, E382 [5MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5305, H5371-H5382 [16JY], H5408, H5410, H5441-H5448 [17JY], H5551-H5562, H5564 [22JY], H5672-H5732 [24JY], H5813 [25JY], E1474 [22JY], E1491, E1499 [23JY], E1514-E1516 [24JY], E1603 [1AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, H8385-H8394 [6OC], E1978 [8OC], E2043 [21OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration (H. Res. 193), H5650-H5663 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 232), H8383-H8385 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), motion to instruct conferees, H6758-H6760 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), unanimous-consent agreement, H5688 [24JY]

Agriculture Research Service: conveyance of Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research Laboratory to Texas A&M University, H5445, H5446 [17JY]

AID: international agricultural assistance, H6402 [30JY]

Armenia: agricultural assistance program funding (H.R. 500), H1768 [23AP], E143 [4FE]

Bittner, James and Margo: New York State Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Farmers award recipients, E674 [16AP]

BLM: clarification of definitions relative to use of previously collected data and the leasing or subleasing of grazing permits, H9748-H9750 [30OC], E2164 [31OC]

California: agricultural exports, E2018 [21OC]

Central Valley Project Improvement Act: use of tiered pricing relative to water conservation, E1860 [25SE]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (H.J. Res. 65), H1282 [21MR]

Chilton County, AL: anniversary of Chilton County Peach Festival, E1321 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: importation of U.S. agricultural products, H4252, H4262, H4268 [24JN]

Chipponeri, James: Ceres, CA, Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Man of the Year award recipient, E885 [8MY]

Coastal Berry (business): position on union organizing campaigns, H4069 [19JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets, E131 [4FE]

Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Agricultural Development in the American Pacific project and Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research Program funding, H5562 [22JY]

———Agricultural Development in the American Pacific project and Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs funding, H5447 [17JY]

———agricultural research project funding at Auburn University dealing with forestry and water quality, H5447 [17JY]

———Food Innovation Center funding, H5447 [17JY]

Crops: insurance coverage for losses due to plant viruses and diseases and loan eligibility for producers who suffer such losses (H.R. 781), E275 [13FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allegations of discriminatory practices, H1857 [24AP], H3909 [18JN]

———authority to recall tainted food, E1638 [3SE]

———authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm operating loans (H.R. 2145), E1404 [11JY]

———civil rights division funding, E1603 [1AU]

———conduct census of agriculture (H.R. 2366), H8869 [21OC]

———Conservation Reserve Program funding, H715 [4MR]

———Conservation Reserve Program regulations, H1003 [13MR], E530 [20MR]

———Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization (H.R. 1789), H8868 [21OC]

———eliminate Market Access Program (H.R. 972), H818 [11MR]

———establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (H.R. 2185), H5497 [22JY], H5896 [28JY], H7610 [23SE]

———extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), H1935-H1938 [29AP], E839 [5MY]

———extension of conservation reserve contracts relative to rejection of reenrollment bids (H.R. 861), E403 [6MR]

———Farm Services Agency funding, H5378 [16JY]

———limit funding for livestock protection services of the Animal Damage Control Program, E1514-E1516 [24JY]

———Market Access Program funding, H5717-H5722 [24JY]

———Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance funding, H5378 [16JY]

———Natural Resources Conservation Service funding, H5722, H5723 [24JY]

———reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5708-H5714 [24JY]

———reduction of land included in the Conservation Reserve Program, H2710, H2743, H2744, H2746 [15MY]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5652 [23JY], H5700-H5707, H5726 [24JY]

Dept. of HHS: funding to prevent E. coli in cattle, enhance safe food handling practices, and improve treatment for related diseases in humans, H7324 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the Burley Irrigation District (H.R. 1282), E633 [10AP]

Domestic policy: impact of legislative reforms on farm policy, E1396 [10JY]

Dos Palos, CA: conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters (H.R. 111), H1580, H1581 [16AP]

Ecology and environment: migration of gypsy moths, E608 [9AP]

Employment: application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (H.R. 526), E157 [4FE]

———make the overtime exemption available to employees engaged in the transportation and preparation of fruit and vegetables available to employees engaged in the transportation and preparation of sugar beets (H.R. 917), E367 [4MR]

Farm Service Agency: Office of Deputy and Assistant Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs funding, H5688, H5689 [24JY]

Farmers: effect of national farm policy, H5714 [24JY], E1496 [23JY]

Farmland Industries (business): EPA Pollution Prevention Award recipient, E1572 [31JY]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, H5561 [22JY], H5656-H5658 [23JY], H5677-H5680, H5725 [24JY], H6758 [3SE]

Federal aid programs: assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (H.R. 1489), E796 [30AP]

———assistance to orchard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions, H2746 [15MY]

———farm subsidies, E2066 [23OC]

———Federal crop insurance program reform, H5672-H5677, H5727 [24JY]

———reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs (H.R. 2534), H10354-H10371, H10384 [8NO], E2287 [9NO]

Flathead Irrigation Project: transfer maintenance and operation to local control (H.R. 3056), E2355 [13NO]

Floods: disaster assistance to Ohio, H729 [5MR]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia, H773, H782 [6MR]

———Federal assistance for farm worker housing destroyed by floods, H2746 [15MY]

Florida: effect of NAFTA on fruit and vegetable farmers, H1291 [8AP]

Foreign trade: decision by World Trade Organization relative to European Union banana policy, E1067 [30MY]

———export programs, E783 [29AP]

Grand Teton National Park: domestic livestock grazing (H.R. 708), H8860, H8861 [21OC], E239 [12FE]

Griffin, GA: relocation of Dept. of Agriculture experiment station, H5374 [16JY]

Illinois: tribute to Agricultural Advisory Board, E68 [7JA]

Insurance: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas, H5408, H5410 [17JY]

———availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (H.R. 790), E277 [13FE]

Labeling: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (H.R. 1232), H1368, H1384 [9AP]

Los Angeles County 4-H Club: Dept. of Agriculture Honor Award recipient, E1234 [17JN]

Lumber industry: export of timber from Federal lands, H9508-H9514, H9532 [24OC]

Madera, CA; tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Middle School soil research project, E1272 [19JN]

Maison Louis Latour (business): anniversary, E1087 [3JN]

Mexico: importation of diseased strawberries, H1296 [8AP]

———imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (S. Con. Res. 43), H6680, H6681 [31JY]

———imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports, E2131 [30OC], E2158 [31OC]

Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association: anniversary, E131 [4FE]

Monsey, NY: tribute to Duryea Farm, E1835 [24SE]

Montana: tribute to One Good Cow Project, E1279 [20JN]

Mount Vernon, VA: tribute to Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Wine Festival and Sunset Tour, E937 [15MY]

Mt. Vernon, IL: tribute to Mt. Vernon Township High School on winning the Illinois Future Farmers of America career development contest, H9043 [23OC]

NAFTA: evaluation, E1712 [10SE]

———impact on food safety processing, H9545 [24OC]

National Agriculture Day: observance, H1191 [20MR]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: payment of assessment by dairy product importers at the same rate as domestic producers, H5564 [22JY]

National Farmers' Market Month: observance, E1665 [4SE]

National Sheep Industry Improvement Center: eliminate and apply savings to deficit reduction (H.R. 1475), H1916 [29AP]

Orange County, NY: anniversary of Sawyer Homestead and Farm, E1438 [16JY]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (H.R. 1995), H4310 [24JN]

Political ethics: campaign contributions by tobacco interests, H5564 [22JY], H6723 [3SE], H7021 [9SE], E1904 [2OC]

Potomac River: efforts to reduce pollution in West Virginia, H3216 [3JN]

Price support programs: sugar, H1777 [23AP], H5376 [16JY]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, H9530 [24OC], H9737-H9745, H9750-H9757, H9761, H9762 [30OC]

———establish grazing fees for foreign-owned or controlled corporations, H9758-H9761 [30OC]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), H9735-H9764 [30OC], E2164 [31OC], E2256 [8NO]

———uniform management of livestock grazing (H.R. 2493), consideration (H. Res. 284), H9706-H9708 [29OC]

Ragan, Gene: Progressive Farmer (publication) Man of the Year award recipient, E830 [5MY]

Research: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), H10384, H10385 [8NO]

———understand and control wheat and barley diseases caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi (H.R. 2168), E1429 [15JY]

Schlenvogt, Harold and Virginia: Menominee, MI, Conservation District Conservation Farmers Award recipients, E2065 [23OC]

Shafter, CA: tribute to Shafter Cotton Research Center, E1806 [18SE]

Sikeston, MO: tribute to Adopt a Farm Family of America (organization), E268 [13FE]

South Carolina: tribute to watermelons, E1377 [9JY]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H1458 [15AP], H1547 [16AP]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests, H1800 [24AP]

———provide a credit to develop a water conservation program, E33 [7JA]

———repeal estate tax, H1458 [15AP], H1546, H1547 [16AP]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property, H1527 [15AP]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and special estate tax valuation for certain farm property (H.R. 245), H412 [11FE], H781 [6MR]

———treatment of capital gains and estate taxes relative to certain farm property (H.R. 2117), E1369 [8JY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 2450), E1700 [9SE]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 3076), E2373 [13NO]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 249), H457 [12FE], E10 [7JA]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H3219 [3JN], H3666 [11JN], H3724, H3725 [12JN], H3909-H3916 [18JN], H4699 [26JN], H4845, H4891 [8JY], H6640 [31JY], E1394 [10JY], E1466 [22JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (H.R. 1845), E1174 [10JN]

———treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses (H.R. 1380), E709 [17AP]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax, H783 [6MR]

———treatment of liquor and beer retailers (H.R. 1620), E936 [15MY]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (H.R. 803), E276 [13FE]

Taxpayer Relief Act: disapproval of line-item veto of provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2444), E1704 [9SE]

———restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), H10398-H10406 [8NO]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, H5831 [28JY], H6340 [30JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (H.R. 1364), E1322 [25JN]

———prohibit coverage by Federal crop insurance programs, H5561, H5564 [22JY], H5658 [23JY], H5691-H5699, H5727 [24JY], H5813 [25JY]

———settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H3892 [18JN]

———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H6722 [3SE], H7533 [18SE], H8043-H8047 [26SE]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, H7203, H7204 [11SE], H7373-H7375 [17SE], H8835-H8837 [21OC]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (H.R. 2390), H7126 [10SE], E1639 [3SE]

Victor Packing (business): tribute, E305 [25FE]

Village Condominium Association: anniversary, E1141 [5JN]

Wellnitz, Rudolph B.: Middlesex County Fair Association Farmer of the Year award recipient, E2084 [24OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Adjustment Act: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions regulating Federal milk marketing orders (S. 277), S1025 [5FE]

Agriculture: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (S. 1024), S7607 [16JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: corrections to Senate report, S7896 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8651-S8655 [2SE], S8677-S8682 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, S10817 [9OC], S11335-S11339 [29OC], S11398, S11494 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 167), S11335 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2160), unanimous-consent agreement, S8482 [31JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7893-S7896, S7898-S7946 [23JY], S7987-S8004 [24JY], S8623 [31JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), unanimous-consent agreement, S7924, S7934 [23JY]

AID: use of the International Fund for Agricultural Development to implement microenterprise assistance, S7634 [17JY]

Animals: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (S. 850), S5413 [9JN]

———regulate concentrated feeding operations to protect the environment and public health from the hazards of animal waste (S. 1323), S11291 [28OC]

Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (S. 1024), S11499 [30OC]

Big Horn County, WY: conveyance of certain lands to the estate of Fred Steffens (S. 799), S5109 [23MY]

Cattle and beef markets: monitor and regulate (S. 16), S129, S340 [21JA], S787 [29JA]

Children and youth: tribute to participants in ``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest, S2027 [6MR]

Chile: participation in NAFTA (S. 85), S467 [21JA]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (S. 257), S951, S957 [4FE], S1413 [13FE]

Congress: subpoena of certain documents relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9049 [10SE]

Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Education Service: buildings and facilities account funding, S7944 [23JY]

Cotton: modify conditions for issuance of user marketing certificates, S7901 [23JY]

Courts: ruling on current milk marketing order system, S12087 [8NO]

Crime: increase penalties for misrepresentation of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (S. 1119), S8582 [31JY]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas, S4093, S4094 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: actions relative to importation of diseased strawberries from Mexico, S11590, S11591 [3NO]

———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S4090 [7MY], S4197 [8MY]

———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (S. 603), S3350, S3351 [17AP]

———conduct census of agriculture (H.R. 2366), S12495 [10NO]

———conduct census of agriculture (S. 845), S5360 [5JN]

———continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety (S. 1153), S8925 [8SE], S9301 [12SE]

———direct operating loan program, S4192 [8MY]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (S. Res. 119), S9020, S9022 [9SE]

———expand School Breakfast Program (S. 1396), S11879 [6NO]

———extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), S4105 [7MY]

———funding for fusarium head blight and vomitoxin research, S11398 [30OC]

———inspection and certification of agricultural processing equipment, S7945 [23JY]

———Karnal bunt quarantine, S7943 [23JY]

———Market Access Program funding, S7925-S7929 [23JY]

———Outreach Program for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers funding relative to civil rights investigative unit, S7988-S7991 [24JY]

———provide assistance to rural cooperatives (S. 1522), S12507 [12NO]

———reform Conservation Reserve Program, S1809 [3MR]

———reform information technology systems (S. 805), S5119 [23MY]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (S. 782), S5006 [22MY]

———research programs funding, S7934 [23JY]

———Risk Management Agency funding relative to administration of crop insurance program, S7899-S7901 [23JY]

———School Breakfast Program funding, S7938-S7941 [23JY], S7987, S7988 [24JY]

———treatment of wild rice producers, S7945 [23JY], S11398 [30OC]

———use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (S. 52), S416 [21JA]

———use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk (S. 604), S3350 [17AP]

Dept. of Energy: Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research funding, S7478 [15JY]

Dept. of HHS: funding to prevent E. coli in cattle, enhance safe food handling practices, and improve treatment for related diseases in humans, S8908 [8SE], S9058, S9063, S9064 [10SE], S9109 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior: management of multiple use public lands (S. 1253), S10323-S10325 [3OC]

———management of multiple use public lands (S. 1253), unanimous-consent agreement, S11792 [5NO]

———transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the Burley Irrigation District (S. 538), S2926 [9AP]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota, S3068, S3069 [14AP]

Dos Palos, CA: conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters (H.R. 111), S9806 [23SE]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters (S. 893), S5608 [12JN]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (S. 222), S754 [28JA], S12498 [10NO]

Employment: application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations, S8903 [8SE], S8963, S8964 [9SE]

———application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations (S. 259), S960 [4FE]

Farmers: direct operating loan funds to low-income and minority farmers, S5318 [5JN]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S7912-S7924, S7929, S7930 [23JY], S8652 [2SE], S8678-S8682, S8720 [3SE]

Federal aid programs: assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by flood conditions (S. 605), S3351 [17AP]

———improve operation, S787 [29JA]

———provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing facilities (S. 26), S129 [21JA], S788 [29JA]

Federal crop insurance: limitation to family farmers, S7908-S7911 [23JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Ohio, S1813 [3MR], S1942 [5MR], S2053 [10MR]

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 1264), S10480-S10483 [7OC]

———inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (S. 1291), S10798-S10800 [9OC]

———safety of imported fruits and vegetables, S10289 [1OC]

Foreign trade: Canadian wheat import quota, S6876 [7JY]

———dairy and potato industry disputes with Canada and Mexico, S11210 [24OC]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (S. 220), S752 [28JA], S1481 [24FE]

———identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (S. 219), S749-S751 [28JA], S10901 [21OC]

Georgia: tribute to Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum, S2641 [20MR]

Grand Teton National Park: domestic livestock grazing (H.R. 708), S11706 [4NO]

———domestic livestock grazing (S. 308), S1308 [12FE], S9433 [16SE]

Haiti: Orphan Feeding Program funding, S7946 [23JY]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (S. 1056), S7951 [23JY]

Honey: improve research, promotion, and consumer information programs (S. 1538), S12596 [13NO]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (S. 1563), S12608 [13NO]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (S. 169), S547 [21JA]

Insects: establish advisory board on control, management, and eradication of imported fire ants (S. 932), S5929 [18JN]

Irrigation: clarify farm acreage and income limitations for eligibility for subsidized irrigation water (S. 35), S392 [21JA]

Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef: establish (S. 716), S4114 [7MY]

Jorgensen, Ann: nomination to the Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]

Junkins, Lowell: nomination to the Farmer Mac Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]

Labeling: imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (S. 617), S3364, S3365 [17AP]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (S. 1042), S7771 [21JY]

Mexico: excessive tariffs on U.S. apple growers, S8739 [3SE]

———imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (S. Con. Res. 43), S8159 [25JY]

Minnesota: tribute to efforts by Soil and Water Conservation Districts employees relative to Dept. of Agriculture Conservation Reserve Program, S11369 [29OC]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (S. 1514), S12461 [10NO]

———implementation, S1940, S1942 [5MR], S6876 [7JY]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2483 [18MR], S2641, S2727 [20MR]

National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (S. 256), S949 [4FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. 258), S958 [4FE], S1151 [10FE], S3351 [17AP]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 52), S1210, S1211 [11FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 55), S1366, S1367 [13FE]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (S. 81), S459 [21JA]

———payment of assessment by dairy product importers at the same rate as domestic producers (S. 56), S416 [21JA]

———prohibit bloc voting by dairy cooperatives (S. 55), S416 [21JA]

National objectives: priority assignments, S2619 [20MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: impact on milk prices, S11338 [29OC]

———repeal, S5939 [18JN], S11494 [30OC]

———repeal (S. 322), S1388-S1391 [13FE]

———require OMB study on economic impact, S7935-S7937, S7941 [23JY], S7993 [24JY], S11398 [30OC]

NSF: plant genome research funding, S7846, S7847 [22JY]

Oregon State University: tribute to Summer Agricultural Institute, S7427 [14JY]

Patents: protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant parts (S. 1072), S8282 [29JY]

Plants: consolidation of Federal laws governing plant pests, diseases, and noxious weeds (S. 83), S462 [21JA]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (S. 1372), S11765 [5NO]

Potomac River: efforts to reduce pollution in West Virginia, S5392 [9JN], S7991 [24JY]

Price support programs: peanuts, S7991 [24JY]

———peanuts (S. 1535), S12592 [13NO]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing rights, S11265 [28OC]

———grazing guidelines implementation, S9600 [18SE]

Research: dairy and livestock research funding, S11375 [29OC]

———ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), S11373-S11376 [29OC], S11489, S11490, S11493 [30OC]

———food, animal, and plant genome research strategy, S11374, S11375 [29OC]

———increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (S. 485), S2649 [20MR]

———precision agriculture research funding, S11375 [29OC]

———programs funding, S7895 [23JY]

Scher, Peter: nomination to be Special Trade Ambassador for Agriculture, S11210 [24OC]

South Carolina: tribute to watermelons, S7023 [8JY]

South Dakota: tribute to achievements of soybean growers relative to SoyGold lubricity additive in diesel fuel, S8617 [31JY]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (S. 1066), S8095, S8096 [24JY], S11212 [24OC]

———capital gains rates relative to farmers, S1810 [3MR]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (S. 775), S4889 [21MY]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (S. 499), S2670, S2672 [20MR]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 30), S388 [21JA]

———modify application of passive loss limitations to equine activities (S. 675), S3901 [1MY]

———rates, S6721 [27JN]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (S. 549), S3020 [10AP]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (S. 792), S5010 [22MY]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S151 [21JA], S635-S640, S656 [22JA], S693, S696 [28JA]

———treatment of distilled spirits (S. 395), S1982 [5MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (S. 711), S4108 [7MY]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, S8456 [31JY]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 479), S2565-S2567 [19MR], S2736 [20MR], S5548 [11JN]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S388 [21JA]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, S5900 [18JN], S6050 [23JN], S6470 [26JN], S8454 [31JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (S. 849), S5413 [9JN]

———treatment of estate taxes, S3406, S3407 [22AP]

———treatment of ethanol fuel, S4579 [15MY]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (S. 239), S874-S876 [30JA]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (S. 80), S458, S459 [21JA]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (S. 529), S2902, S2903 [9AP]

———treatment of soil and water conservation expenses for farmers who cash rent farmland to family members (S. 429), S2209 [12MR]

———use of income averaging for farmers, S8932 [8SE]

———use of income averaging for farmers (S. 251), S890 [30JA], S1243 [11FE]

Taxpayer Relief Act: disapproval of line-item veto of provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (S. 1157), S9019 [9SE]

———restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), S12563 [13NO]

———restore and modify provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives (H.R. 2513), placed on calendar, S12436 [10NO]

Thomson, Thomas, Sheila, and Stacey: New Hampshire Outstanding Tree Farmers Award recipients, S978 [4FE]

Tobacco industry: tribute to tobacco growers, S10426 [6OC]

Tobacco products: credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8450, S8451 [31JY]

———increase excise tax to fund a Public Health and Education Resource Trust Fund (S. 1343), S11358-S11360 [29OC]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4782-S4828 [21MY], S5097 [23MY], S6428, S6432, S6435-S6437 [26JN], S6682, S6704 [27JN], S8447 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (S. 526), S2846-S2853 [8AP], S3703 [25AP], S4104 [7MY], S4272 [9MY]

———prohibit coverage by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, S7902-S7911, S7920, S7925 [23JY]

———provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (S. 1313), S11193 [24OC]

———provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their communities (S. 1310), S11034-S11037 [23OC]

———removal from crop disaster assistance programs (S. 643), S3664 [24AP]

———settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S3703 [25AP]

———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S8853, S8856, S8859 [5SE], S9246-S9248 [12SE], S12543-S12546 [13NO]

———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1414), S12209 [8NO]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8918 [8SE], S8993-S8998 [9SE], S9049, S9050 [10SE], S9300 [12SE]

———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9001, S9002 [9SE], S11579-S11581 [3NO]

Transportation: commercial driver's license requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (S. 1090), S8363 [30JY]

World Trade Organization: actions relative to European Union banana policy, S3973, S3974 [5MY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H. Rept. 104-881), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2160) (H. Rept. 105-252), H7527 [17SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2160) (H. Rept. 105-178), H5183 [14JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1033) (S. Rept. 105-51), S7708 [17JY]

Census of Agriculture Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 105-296), H8320 [2OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2160, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 232) (H. Rept. 105-255), H7599 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2160, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 193) (H. Rept. 105-197), H5569 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 284) (H. Rept. 105-355), H9613 [28OC]

Conveyance of Certain Dos Palos, CA, Lands to the Dos Palos Ag Boosters: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 111) (H. Rept. 105-34), H1257 [20MR]

Conveyance of Certain Lands to John R. and Margaret Lowe of Big Horn County, WY: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 814) (S. Rept. 105-126), S11446 [30OC]

Conveyance of Certain Lands to the Estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, WY: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 799) (S. Rept. 105-125), S11446 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Contracts Under the Conservation Reserve Program: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1342) (H. Rept. 105-105), H1987 [29AP]

Dept. of Agriculture Dairy Indemnity Program Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1789) (H. Rept. 105-294), H8320 [2OC]

Dept. of the Interior Transfer of Certain Facilities of the Minidoka Project to the Burley Irrigation District: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 538) (S. Rept. 105-131), S11599 [3NO]

Ensure That Federally Funded Agriculture Research and Education Programs Address High-Priority Concerns With National Multistate Significance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 105-73), S8870 [5SE]

Family Farmer Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1024), S10787 [9OC]

Forage Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 105-346), H9557 [24OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 105-346), H9557 [24OC]

Grand Teton National Pard Domestic Livestock Grazing: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 308) (S. Rept. 105-64), S8668 [2SE]

Grand Teton National Park Domestic Livestock Grazing: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 708) (H. Rept. 105-300), H8437 [6OC]

Restore and Modify Provisions in Taxpayer Relief Act Relative to Treatment of Agricultural Production Facilities Sold to Farmer Cooperatives: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2513) (H. Rept. 105-318), H8832 [9OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Farmland Preservation, E1331 [26JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to James and Margo Bittner: Niagara County, NY, Legislature, E674 [16AP]

Tribute to National Grange (organization): Representative Linda Smith, E1294 [23JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5687, H5688 [24JY]

Statements

Federal Land Timber Exports: Rebecca Batts, Dept. of Agriculture, H9510 [24OC]

Industrial Hemp: Evan Paul, E1185 [11JN]

———Luc Fillion, E1185 [11JN]

Market Adviser—Scab Losses Severe: George Flaskerud, North Dakota State University, S11490 [30OC]

Summaries

Agricultural Work Force Stability and Protection Act (S. 169), S548 [21JA]

American Farm and Ranch Protection Act (S. 499), S2671 [20MR]

Increase Tobacco Excise Taxes To Fund Health Insurance for Uninsured Children, S8448 [31JY]

Milk Price Discovery Improvement Act (S. 258), S960 [4FE]

NAFTA Accession Act (S. 85), S469 [21JA]

National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act (S. 256), S951 [4FE]

National Dairy Promotion Reform Act (S. 81), S460 [21JA]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8386-H8392 [6OC]

Armenian Technology Group, Inc., contributions and investments in Armenian agricultural sector, E143 [4FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2160, Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations conference report, S11337 [29OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1033, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7942 [23JY]

Reduction in youth smoking and increase in lives saved under S. 1343, Public Health and Education Resource (PHAER) Act, S11364 [29OC]

Testimonies

Dairy Indemnity Program Reauthorization: Calvin Buchanan, Associated Milk Producers, H8868 [21OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 167, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8385 [6OC]

H. Res. 193, consideration of H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5650 [23JY]

H. Res. 232, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8383 [6OC]

H. Res. 284, consideration of H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act, H9706 [29OC]

H.R. 111, conveyance of certain lands to Dos Palos Ag Boosters, H1580 [16AP]

H.R. 708, Grand Teton National Park domestic livestock grazing, H8860 [21OC]

H.R. 1342, extend Dept. of Agriculture contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program, H1935 [29AP]

H.R. 1789, Dairy Indemnity Program reauthorization, H8868 [21OC]

H.R. 2366, Census of Agriculture Act, H8869 [21OC]

H.R. 2450, Good Samaritan Tax Act, E1700 [9SE]

H.R. 2513, restore and modify Taxpayer Relief Act provisions relative to tax relief agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives, H10398-H10402 [8NO]

H.R. 2534, reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural research, extension, and education programs, H10354-H10366 [8NO]

S. 16, Cattle Industry Improvement Act, S340-S343 [21JA]

S. 26, Agricultural Safety Net Act, S388 [21JA]

S. 35, Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act, S393 [21JA]

S. 52, use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk, S417 [21JA]

S. 55, prohibit bloc voting by dairy cooperatives relative to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, S418 [21JA]

S. 56, Dairy Product Equity Act, S418 [21JA]

S. 80, Family Farm Retirement Equity Act, S458 [21JA]

S. 81, National Dairy Promotion Reform Act, S460 [21JA]

S. 83, Plant Protection Act, S463-S467 [21JA]

S. 85, NAFTA Accession Act, S469 [21JA]

S. 181, Family Farm Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act, S636 [22JA]

S. 220, Fair Trade in Meat and Pork Products Act, S753 [28JA]

S. 222, National Drought Policy Act, S12498 [10NO]

S. 239, tax treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions, S875 [30JA]

S. 256, National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act, S950 [4FE]

S. 257, amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets, S952-S957 [4FE]

S. 258, Milk Price Discovery Improvement Act, S959 [4FE]

S. 259, application of the maximum hour exemption to agricultural water delivery organizations, S961 [4FE]

S. 395, Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Simplification Act, S1982 [5MR]

S. 479, Estate Tax Relief for the American Family Act, S2736-S2739 [20MR]

S. 499, American Farm and Ranch Protection Act, S2670 [20MR]

S. 529, Farm Independence Act, S2902 [9AP]

S. 549, special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland, S3021 [10AP]

S. 603, collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S3350 [17AP]

S. 604, use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk, S3351 [17AP]

S. 617, Imported Meat Labeling Act, S3365 [17AP]

S. 643, Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act, S3664 [24AP]

S. 675, Equine Tax Fairness Act, S3901 [1MY]

S. 711, Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Simplification Act, S4108-S4110 [7MY]

S. 716, Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef, S4115 [7MY]

S. 782, repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period, S5006 [22MY]

S. 792, special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland, S5011 [22MY]

S. 799, conveyance of certain lands in Big Horn County, WY, to the estate of Fred Steffens, S5110 [23MY]

S. 805, Dept. of Agriculture Information Technology Reform Act, S5120-S5122 [23MY]

S. 845, Census of Agriculture Act, S5361 [5JN]

S. 850, Downed Animal Protection Act, S5414 [9JN]

S. 1024, Family Farmer Protection Act, S11499 [30OC]

S. 1033, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7995-S8003 [24JY]

S. 1066, allocation of alcohol fuels tax credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives, S8096 [24JY]

S. 1072, protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant parts, S8282 [29JY]

S. 1119, increase penalties for misrepresentation of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities, S8582 [31JY]

S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act, S11376-S11388 [29OC]

S. 1153, continuation of Dept. of Agriculture Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety, S8926 [8SE]

S. 1157, disapproval of line-item veto of Taxpayer Relief Act provisions relative to tax relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer cooperatives, S9019 [9SE]

S. 1264, Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act, S10480-S10482 [7OC]

S. 1313, Tobacco Transition Act, S11193-S11197 [24OC]

S. 1343, Public Health and Education Resource (PHAER) Act, S11360-S11363 [29OC]

S. 1372, Point Reyes National Seashore Farmland Protection Act, S11766 [5NO]

S. 1396, Meals for Achievement Act, S11879 [6NO]

S. 1563, Temporary Agricultural Worker Act, S12609-S12614 [13NO]

S. Con. Res. 43, imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports by Mexico, S8156, S8160 [25JY], H6681 [31JY]

S. Res. 52, reduce effect of the National Cheese Exchange on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price, S1240 [11FE]

S. Res. 55, reduce effect of the National Cheese Exchange on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price, S1368, S1407 [13FE]

S. Res. 119, establish temporary Dept. of Agriculture emergency minimum milk prices, S9020 [9SE]