    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    AGRICULTURE related term(s) Food; Rural Areas
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4880 [19JN], H4962 [22JN],
            H4996 [23JN], H5002 [23JN], H5015 [23JN], H5016 [23JN], H5017
            [23JN], H5018 [23JN], H5024 [23JN], H5065 [23JN], H5075 [24JN],
            H5085 [24JN], H5089 [24JN], H5197 [24JN], H5200 [24JN], H5211
            [24JN]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2159), S6906 [23JN], S8093 [14JY],
            S8094 [14JY], S8095 [14JY], S8096 [14JY], S8097 [14JY], S8098
            [14JY], S8099 [14JY], S8123 [14JY], S8124 [14JY], S8125 [14JY],
            S8128 [14JY], S8139 [14JY], S8140 [14JY], S8141 [14JY], S8142
            [14JY], S8143 [14JY], S8144 [14JY], S8149 [14JY], S8184 [15JY],
            S8185 [15JY], S8204 [15JY], S8214 [15JY], S8224 [15JY], S8227
            [15JY], S8228 [15JY], S8232 [15JY], S8233 [15JY], S8234 [15JY],
            S8235 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8260
            [15JY], S8269 [16JY], S8290 [16JY], S8297 [16JY], S8306 [16JY],
            S8307 [16JY], S8310 [16JY], S8311 [16JY], S8312 [16JY], S8314
            [16JY], S8316 [16JY], S8317 [16JY], S8328 [16JY], S8329 [16JY],
            S8389 [16JY], S8400 [16JY], S8401 [16JY], S8402 [16JY], S8404
            [16JY], S8405 [16JY], S8532 [17JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7813
            [9JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  clarify and enhance the authorities of the
            Chief Information Officer (S. 2116), S12428 [12OC]
        Dept. of the Interior:  transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka
            Project to the Burley Irrigation District (S. 538), S6253
            [11JN], S7210 [25JN], S7226 [25JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), H7803 [15SE], H7807 [15SE], H7808 [15SE],
            H7827 [16SE], H7831 [16SE], H7835 [16SE], H7838 [16SE], H7845
            [16SE], H7848 [16SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S11603 [6OC],
            S12680 [20OC], S12726 [20OC], H11682 [20OC]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), S12630 [15OC], S12656 [15OC], H11028 [16OC]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S1135 [27FE]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3764 [22MY], H3766 [22MY]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), S11614 [6OC], H8628 [24SE], H8641 [24SE], H8947 [26SE]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  restore and modify provisions relative to tax
            relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer
            cooperatives (H.R. 2513), S12879 [21OC], S12943 [21OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5027 [18MY], S5034 [19MY], S5095 [19MY], S5116 [19MY],
            S5121 [19MY], S5135 [19MY], S5136 [19MY], S5140 [19MY], S5168
            [20MY], S5192 [20MY], S5194 [20MY], S5238 [20MY], S5239 [20MY],
            S5335 [21MY], S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5341 [21MY], S5342
            [21MY], S5544 [2JN], S5551 [2JN], S5575 [2JN], S5626 [4JN],
            S5643 [4JN], S5652 [4JN], S5702 [5JN], S5703 [5JN], S5704 [5JN],
            S5705 [5JN], S5706 [5JN], S5708 [5JN], S5709 [5JN], S5710 [5JN],
            S5711 [5JN], S5712 [5JN], S5713 [5JN], S5717 [5JN], S5718 [5JN],
            S5719 [5JN], S5720 [5JN], S5721 [5JN], S5722 [5JN], S5724 [5JN],
            S5727 [5JN], S5728 [5JN], S5729 [5JN], S5730 [5JN], S5731 [5JN],
            S5800 [9JN], S5801 [9JN], S5802 [9JN], S5810 [9JN], S5818 [9JN],
            S5862 [9JN], S5906 [9JN], S5915 [9JN], S5925 [9JN], S5934 [9JN],
            S5943 [9JN], S5953 [9JN], S5962 [9JN], S5971 [9JN], S5981 [9JN],
            S6012 [10JN], S6030 [10JN], S6031 [10JN], S6054 [10JN], S6057
            [10JN], S6058 [10JN], S6059 [10JN], S6061 [10JN], S6064 [10JN],
            S6109 [10JN], S6110 [10JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6176
            [11JN], S6206 [11JN], S6207 [11JN], S6216 [11JN], S6225 [11JN],
            S6234 [11JN], S6244 [11JN], S6253 [11JN], S6254 [11JN], S6256
            [11JN], S6271 [11JN], S6324 [15JN], S6341 [15JN], S6373 [16JN],
            S6383 [16JN], S6425 [16JN], S6441 [17JN], S6472 [17JN], S6498
            [17JN]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and
            related agencies programs appropriations, S8329 [16JY]
        ------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
            agencies program appropriations, H7708 [15SE]
        ------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, S1147 [27FE], H535 [24FE]
      Articles and editorials
        After-School Crime Busting, S6142 [11JN]
        Ag Slump Threatens Rural S.D.--Small Towns Vulnerable to Downturn,
            S8180 [15JY]
        Agriculture Takes Biggest Hit From Embargoes, E1151 [17JN]
        Anatomy of a Regional Farm Crisis, S8116-S8118 [14JY]
        Bank Measure Bad for Farms, S8973 [24JY]
        Bereuter Path on Farm Aid Best Approach, S11415 [5OC]
        Best Deal?--Plan McConnell Backs Brings in Quick Cash, but Would
            Ultimately Kill Off Small Farms, S6461 [17JN]
        Billion-Dollar Blunders Hide Tobacco Deal's Flaws, S2858 [31MR]
        CBOT Looks Back and Forward at 150, S4746 [12MY]
        Congress Weighs Sugar, H5080 [24JN]
        Consumers Have Right To Know Origin of Meat, S8326 [16JY]
        Democrats Turn Up Heat on Farm Act, S8181 [15JY]
        Ethanol Tax Break Outdated, H3962 [22MY]
        Fast-Track Approval Part of Top Ag Agenda, S8179 [15JY]
        Harvest of Despair, S8126 [14JY]
        House Speaker Speaks Out on Critical Ag, Trade Issues, S8115 [14JY]
        Is There Really Hunger in America, Joseph Ioffe, S12670 [16OC]
        Lawyers, States Tussle Over Tobacco-Suit Fees, S6172 [11JN]
        Leaf Act, S6455 [17JN]
        Lugar Tobacco Bill Punishes Farmers, S6460 [17JN]
        McConnell May Have Right Idea--Lugar's Plan Could Ultimately Benefit
            Tobacco Farmers More Than Ford's, S6453 [17JN]
        McConnell's About-Face Might Mark End of Tobacco Quotas, S6461
            [17JN]
        Mortal Wounds, S6454 [17JN]
        150 Years of Success, S4746 [12MY]
        Page One--In Central Valley, Defiant Dairies Foul the Water, E170
            [12FE]
        Politics of Youth Smoking Fueled by Unproven Data, S5159 [20MY]
        Populist Democrats Again Push Failed Policies of the Past, S8178
            [15JY]
        Red River Valley Farmers Tell of Sorrow That Is Fallout of 5 Hard
            Years, S2598 [26MR]
        Rural Areas Must Survive, Even if Tobacco Doesn't, S6460 [17JN]
        Senate Should Pass a Better Tobacco Deal, S2859 [31MR]
        Smoking Bomb--Tobacco Buy-Out a Reasonable Idea, S6454 [17JN]
        Starving Food Safety, S8303 [16JY]
        Tobacco Bill Is Packed With Programs, Agencies, S6449 [17JN]
        Tobacco Plan Is Merely Realistic, S6454 [17JN]
        Too Many in the World Are Left Out, E2337 [17DE]
        Untimely Demise--McConnell Plan Kills Tobacco Program Too Fast,
            S6461 [17JN]
        We Don't Have 25 Years for LEAF Act, S6452 [17JN]
        We Need To Reconnect With Food Supply, S11094 [29SE]
        Wrong Way on Ethanol, H3962 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, (see H.R. 4051), H4549 [11JN]
        Agricultural Adjustment Act:  require comparable requirements on
            imported and domestic fruits and vegetables under agricultural
            marketing orders, (see H.R. 3335), H850 [4MR]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  ensure that certain rice farms
            continue production pursuant to flexibility contracts, (see H.R.
            3339), H902 [5MR]
        ------ extend the term of marketing assistance loans, (see S. 1762),
            S1990 [16MR], (see H.R. 3455), H1158 [12MR]
        ------ provide supplemental payments to farm owners and producers
            who have entered into production flexibility contracts, (see
            H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ retroactive lifting of caps on loan rates for marketing
            assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615), H8528 [23SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations, (see S. 2159), S6181 [11JN], (see H.R.
            4101), H4879 [19JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration, (see H. Res.
            482), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration of
            conference report, (see H. Res. 567), H9344 [2OC]
        Animals:  establish research and grant programs relative to the
            efficient, healthful, and environmentally sound disposal of
            animal waste, (see H.R. 3793), H2813 [5MY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2156),
            S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2158), S6181 [11JN], (see H.R. 4022, S.
            2282), S7881 [9JY], H4324 [9JN], (see H.R. 4195), H5491 [14JY]
        Bankruptcy:  adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual
            income, (see H.R. 4672), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent and facilitate
            the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process relative to
            farmers, (see H.R. 4645), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers, (see H.R. 4831), H10916 [14OC]
        ------ temporarily reenact chapter of U.S. Code relative to
            treatment of debts of family farmers with a regular annual
            income, (see H.R. 4697), H9536 [5OC]
        Brazil:  prohibit importation of papayas into the U.S. and certain
            territories until certain conditions are met, (see H.R. 3771),
            H2705 [30AP]
        Business and industry:  provide protections to suppliers of
            commodities, (see H.R. 3744), H2605 [29AP]
        Chicago Board of Trade:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 229), S4713
            [12MY], (see H. Res. 451), H4055 [3JN]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  limit CFTC authority to alter the
            regulation of certain hybrid instruments and swap agreements,
            (see H.R. 4507), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ remove the prohibition on agricultural trade options outside
            contract markets, (see S. 1884), S2850 [31MR]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  expand eligibility for
            emergency loans, (see S. 1975), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ improve agricultural credit provisions for farmers and
            ranchers, (see H.R. 4246), H5736 [16JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authority relative to plant protection and
            quarantine, (see H.R. 3766), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm
            operating loans, (see S. 1774), S2113 [17MR]
        ------ balance wind and water erosion criteria and wildlife
            suitability criteria used in the Conservation Reserve Program,
            (see H.R. 4319), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ carry out trade compensation assistance program if the
            President or any provision of law causes exports to be suspended
            for national security reasons, (see S. 2234), S7172 [25JN]
        ------ clarify and enhance the authorities of the Chief Information
            Officer, (see H.R. 3280, S. 2116), S5433 [22MY], H676 [26FE]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production, (see S.
            1918), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ establish a pilot program for milk producers and cooperatives
            to enter into forward price contracts with milk handlers, (see
            S. 2396), S9555 [31JY], (see H.R. 4360), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ establish temporary enrollment priorities for the
            Conservation Reserve Program, (see H.R. 4394), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ improve food safety research, education, and technology and
            require the use of a designated team to rapidly respond to food
            safety emergencies, (see S. 1597), S317 [3FE], (see H.R. 3132),
            H100 [28JA], (see H.R. 3148), H240 [3FE]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ modify overtime and holiday pay for veterinarians performing
            meat and poultry inspections, (see S. 2511), S10722 [22SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265, S. 2344), S8779 [22JY], H5858 [17JY], (see H.R. 4272),
            H5859 [17JY]
        ------ provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams
            built for flood protection and water resource projects, (see
            H.R. 4409), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see S. 1803), S2296
            [19MR], (see H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders, (see S.
            1982), S3585 [24AP]
        ------ treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges
            in the calculation of loan deficiency payments, (see S. 2255),
            S7256 [26JN]
        Disasters:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain North Dakota and
            Minnesota counties that have been designated as Federal disaster
            areas, (see H.R. 3678), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ provide monetary assistance to agricultural producers, (see
            H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN], (see H. Res. 493), H5297 [24JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2341), S8778 [22JY], (see H.R. 4300), H6186
            [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (H.R. 4300),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 537), H7802 [15SE]
        Ecology and environment:  control water pollution from concentrated
            animal feeding operations, (see H.R. 3232), H496 [12FE]
        European Union:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized
            barley, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see S. Res. 232),
            S5129 [19MY]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. agricultural
            products, (see S. Con. Res. 73), S585 [10FE], (see H. Con. Res.
            213), H446 [11FE]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef, (see S.
            Con. Res. 74), S669 [11FE], (see S. Con. Res. 74), S837 [23FE],
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H446 [11FE]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples, (see H.R.
            4148), H5402 [25JN]
        Farmland Protection Program:  funding, (see S. 2596), S12163 [9OC],
            (see S. 2597), S12163 [9OC]
        Federal aid programs:  assist efforts of farmers and cooperatives
            seeking to engage in value-added processing of agricultural
            goods, (see H.R. 4113), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ disaster assistance to livestock producers, (see H.R. 4417),
            H7410 [6AU]
        ------ establish a pilot program in certain States to provide
            improved crop insurance options for producers, (see S. 2517),
            S10921 [24SE]
        ------ provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote
            the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            (see H.R. 4560), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and crop failures, (see H.R. 4747), H10075
            [8OC] relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by
            low commodity prices and weather, (see H.R. 4535), H7494 [9SE],
            (see H.R. 4618), H8626 [24SE], (see H.R. 4690), H9345 [2OC]
            relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather (H.R. 4618), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 551), H8626 [24SE]
        Floods:  damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, ND,
            and East Grand Forks, MN, (see H.R. 4806), H10560 [11OC]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see H.R. 4266), H5858 [17JY], (see H.R. 4497),
            H7413 [6AU]
        ------ promote research and education on safety, (see S. 2025),
            S4035 [1MY]
        ------ purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4549 [11JN]
        Foreign countries:  require GAO report on effectiveness of economic
            sanctions and prohibit imposition of unilateral sanctions on
            exports of food, agricultural products, medicines, or medical
            supplies or equipment, (see H.R. 4704), H9536 [5OC]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636, S. 2283),
            S7881 [9JY], H2052 [1AP], (see H.R. 4283), H6069 [21JY]
        Foreign trade:  clarify the conditions under which export controls
            may be imposed on agricultural products, (see S. 2179), S6405
            [16JN]
        ------ reduce barriers between U.S. and Canadian agricultural
            products, (see H. Res. 583), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 3654), H2053
            [1AP]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities, (see H.R. 4647, S. 2606),
            S12164 [9OC], H9084 [26SE]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute, (see S. 2512), S10841 [23SE], (see
            H.R. 4593), H8035 [17SE]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H1020 [10MR]
        ------ create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural
            workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation, (see
            S. 1698), S1255 [3MR]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
            2337), S8658 [21JY]
        Irrigation:  transfer of project facilities and lands from the
            Bureau of Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation
            district in Nebraska, (see S. 2219), S7172 [25JN]
        Navajo Indian irrigation project:  use power allocated from the
            Colorado River storage project for on-farm uses, (see S. 1662),
            S731 [12FE], (see H.R. 3235), H496 [12FE]
        Nonprofit organizations:  reform the conservation reserve program
            relative to treatment of nonprofit organizations renting land
            from a State or political subdivision, (see H.R. 3451), H1158
            [12MR]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  establish a Chief
            Agricultural Negotiator, (see S. 2642), S12720 [20OC]
        Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
            considered to be a pesticide chemical, (see S. 2565), S11698
            [7OC], (see H.R. 4679), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ harmonization of registrations of certain pesticides used on
            canola, (see H.R. 4814), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ improve the safety of exported pesticides, (see S. 2652),
            S12871 [21OC]
        Railroads:  ensure effective competition by improving regulation of
            rates and abandoned lines, (see H.R. 4488), H7413 [6AU]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report, (see
            H. Res. 446), H3742 [21MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
            (see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), technical corrections, (see S. 2275),
            S7678 [8JY]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H1642 [26MR]
        Ships and vessels:  limit restriction on carriage of certain
            noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise
            trade by foreign-built freight vessels, (see H.R. 4236), H5736
            [16JY]
        Small business:  provide for certain small farm inspections, (see S.
            2559), S11582 [6OC]
        States:  establish a pilot program for mediation of private rights
            of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
            Protection Act, (see H.R. 3317), H850 [4MR]
        ------ permit purchase of certain chemicals sold in Canada, (see S.
            2592), S11970 [8OC]
        Taxation:  allocation of farm income among taxable years, (see H.R.
            4564), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ allow a refundable credit for wetland restoration and
            conservation expenses, (see S. 1907), S3119 [2AP]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659, S. 2078), S4823 [13MY], H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow farmers option to declare taxable year in which
            production flexibility contract payments and crop insurance
            payments are included in gross income, (see H.R. 4644), H8931
            [25SE]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ clarify treatment of agricultural cooperatives and allow
            declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives, (see S.
            2498), S10588 [18SE]
        ------ credit for the nutrient management costs of animal feeding
            operations, (see S. 2493), S10517 [17SE]
        ------ credits to energy facilities that use poultry manure as fuel
            to generate electricity, (see S. 2453), S10118 [9SE]
        ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
            the sale of farmland, (see S. 2388), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
            volume cap, (see S. 2501), S10588 [18SE]
        ------ expand the types of crop payments for which a farmer may
            defer inclusion in income until the next taxable year, (see H.R.
            4636), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        ------ increase allowable rebate for farmers to offset current
            operating losses, (see S. 2467), S10320 [14SE]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S2764 [30MR], (see H.R. 3594, S. 2421), S9556 [31JY],
            H1776 [30MR], (see H.R. 4399), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ provide relief for farmers and small businesses and extend
            certain expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4738), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H7914 [16SE] provide relief for individuals, families,
            farmers, and small businesses, and establish incentives for
            education (H.R. 4579), consideration, (see H. Res. 552), H8626
            [24SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security, (see H.R. 4597), H8083 [18SE]
        ------ tax incentives for land sales for conservation purposes, (see
            H.R. 4496), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on
            land subject to conservation easement, (see H.R. 4301), H6186
            [22JY]
        ------ treatment of certain contiguous farmlands relative to sale of
            a principal residence, (see H.R. 4643), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of certain net operating losses for farmers, (see
            H.R. 4565), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ treatment of certain prepaid farm expenses under the
            Agricultural Market Transition Act, (see H.R. 4641), H8931
            [25SE]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on the disposition of property
            produced by a qualified family-owned business, (see H.R. 4640),
            H8931 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of farming-related gains and losses relative to
            eligibility for earned income tax credit, (see H.R. 4596), H8035
            [17SE]
        ------ treatment of income from certain rental real estate
            activities in which taxpayer actively participates, (see H.R.
            4639), H8931 [25SE]
        Tobacco products:  ban sale of cigarette packages containing small
            number of cigarettes, (see H.R. 3786), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ establish a responsible U.S. international tobacco policy,
            prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco products to
            children, and establish the American Center on Global Health and
            Tobacco, (see H.R. 3738), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236 [17MR], (see
            H.R. 3889), H3312 [14MY]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see H.R. 3907),
            H3624 [20MY]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
            document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
            settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
            assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        ------ provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide economic assistance to tobacco farmers, workers, and
            communities dependent on tobacco production with funds
            contributed by tobacco product manufacturers and importers, (see
            H.R. 3867), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for quota owners,
            tobacco producers, and their communities, and stabilize tobacco
            quota fluctuations, (see H.R. 3264), H630 [25FE], (see H.R.
            3437), H1111 [11MR]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
            industry workers, and their communities and ensure the quality
            of U.S. tobacco, (see S. 1582), S113 [28JA]
        ------ reduce use through cost increases, marketing limitations,
            industry oversight, and implementation of a public health
            prevention and education strategy, (see S. 1889), S2851 [31MR]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes, (see S. 2328), S8482 [17JY], (see H.R.
            4288), H6070 [21JY]
      Cloture motions
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY], S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5740 [9JN],
            S5754 [9JN], S6001 [10JN], S6145 [11JN], S6473 [17JN], S6479
            [17JN]
      Conference reports
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act (S.
            1150), H2171-H2205 [22AP]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations (H.R. 4101), H9288-H9314 [2OC]
      Descriptions
        Tax Relief Extension Act (S. 2622), S12328-S12336 [10OC]
      Essays
        Hoosier Farmers--Feeding the World, Protecting the Land:  Ben
            Wicker, S1128 [26FE]
        ------ Jamie Boone, S1128 [26FE]
      Explanations
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415):
            Committee on Finance (Senate) Amendments, S5005-S5007 [18MY]
      Factsheets
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415),
            S5259 [21MY]
      Letters
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  several
            agricultural organizations, S4657 [12MY]
        Agriculture Export Relief Act:  Bill Flory, National Association of
            Wheat Growers, S7799 [9JY]
        ------ Richard W. Kirchhoff, National Association of State Depts. of
            Agriculture, S7799 [9JY]
        ------ Samuel R. Berger, Executive Office of the President, S7798
            [9JY]
        Community Reinvestment Act requirements for credit unions and small
            community banks:  Save the CRA Coalition, S8975 [24JY]
        ----- several organizations, S8974 [24JY], S8980 [24JY], S9029
            [27JY]
        Credit Union Membership Access Act:  Leland Swenson, National
            Farmers Union, S8969 [24JY]
        Crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency operating loan relief
            for farmers in certain counties that have been designated as
            Federal disaster areas:  Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau
            Federation, H7701 [15SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production:  George
            and Karen Saxowsky, S3134 [2AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program funding:  Coalition To
            Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S8208 [15JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture marketing assistance loans:  Tripp County, SD,
            Board of Commissioners, S8182 [15JY]
        ------ Wally Sparby, Minnesota Farm Service Agency, S8165 [15JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture overtime and holiday pay for veterinarians
            performing meat and poultry inspections:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S10725 [22SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture Reserve Inventories Program:  Robert G. Damus,
            OMB, S8288 [16JY]
        ------ several organizations, S8291 [16JY]
        Discrimination claims by African-American farmers against the Dept.
            of Agriculture:  Gary R. Grant, H546 [24FE]
        ----- Representative Waters, Congressional Black Caucus, H546
            [24FE], H547 [24FE]
        Ethanol fuel tax:  Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S1756
            [11MR]
        Family Investment and Rural Savings Tax Act:  Dan Danner, National
            Federation of Independent Business, S9431 [30JY]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S9431 [30JY]
        Farm Service Agency operating and emergency loans funding:  Dept. of
            Agriculture, S2597 [26MR]
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, S743
            [12FE]
        ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Richard A. Levinson, American Public Health Association, S743
            [12FE]
        Humanitarian food assistance programs:  several Senators, S8172
            [15JY]
        Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
            President Clinton, S8285 [16JY]
        ------ Brian and Johnet Christianson, S10287 [14SE]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S10296 [14SE]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S10303 [14SE]
        ------ Wally Sparby, Farm Service Agency, S10289 [14SE]
        ------ Wyatt Goettle, S10286 [14SE]
        Impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette prices:
            C. Everett Koop and David A. Kessler, Advisory Committee on
            Tobacco Policy and Public Health, S5126 [19MY]
        Israeli commitment to purchase and ship grain on U.S.-flag vessels:
            Representatives Livingston and Lantos, H11594 [20OC]
        ------ Zalman Shoval, Ambassador of Israel, H11593 [20OC]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act):  C. Everett Koop
            and David A. Kessler, S2858 [31MR]
        Labeling of imported meat and meat food products:  Brett Kay,
            National Consumers League, S8326 [16JY]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S8326 [16JY]
        Mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and boxed beef:
             G. Chandler Keys III, National Cattlemen's Beef Association,
            S8230 [15JY]
        ----- J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, S8231 [15JY]
        Marketing of tobacco products to children:  Representative Ford,
            E1032 [4JN]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  ENACT
            Coalition, S5285 [21MY]
        ------ Floyd Abrams, S5287 [21MY]
        ------ Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization),
            S6320 [15JN]
        ------ Jeannette Noltenius, Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco,
            S5285 [21MY]
        ------ John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, S5285 [21MY]
        ------ Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S5262 [21MY]
        ------ Marc Katz, National Association of Convenience Stores, S5180
            [20MY]
        ------ National Governors' Association, S6447 [17JN]
        ------ President Clinton, S5199 [20MY]
        ------ several State Governors, S5621 [4JN] several State attorneys
            general, S4228-S4230 [5MY]
        Navajo Indian irrigation project:  Eluid L. Martinez, Bureau of
            Reclamation, S768 [12FE]
        ------ Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, S768 [12FE]
        ------ Malcolm P. Dalton, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, S768
            [12FE]
        ------ Sam Mohler, Mayor of Bloomfield, NM, S768 [12FE]
        ------ Thomas C. Taylor, Mayor of Farmington, NM, S768 [12FE]
        ------ Tony Atkinson, San Juan County, NM, Manager, S768 [12FE]
        Permanent extension of income averaging for farmers:  Lindy L.
            Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2765 [30MR]
        Point Reyes National Seashore farmland protection:  J.H. Mendoza,
            Sr., and Doris S. Mendoza, E245 [26FE]
        Prevent use of tobacco products by minors and reduce use among
            adults:  A. Stuart Hanson, Smoke Free 2000 Coalition, S2841
            [31MR]
        ----- ENACT Coalition, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (organization), S2841 [31MR]
        Proper use of military aid to Colombian military and law enforcement
            agencies:  C.E. Wilhelm, Dept. of Defense, E1831 [28SE]
        ------ Representative Hamilton, Committee on International Relations
            (House), E1831 [28SE], E1832 [28SE]
        Provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry
            workers, and their communities:  Alben B. Mills, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- H.H. Barlow III, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- Larry O. Bond, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- Megan Cobb, S6455 [17JN]
        Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act:  Carl B. Loop, Jr.,
            Florida Farm Bureau Federation, H8763 [25SE]
        ------ Michael J. Stuart, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association,
            H8791 [25SE]
        Regulation of loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets:  Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5076 [24JN]
        Resolution of discrimination claims by African-American farmers
            against the Dept. of Agriculture:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S8309 [16JY]
        Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act:  Representative Gilman, H9507
            [5OC]
        ------ Representative Robert F. Smith, H9507 [5OC]
        Support broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-
            Saharan Africa:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, E1816 [25SE]
        Tax credit for the nutrient management costs of animal feeding
            operations:  Donna Reifschneider, National Pork Producers
            Council, S10524 [17SE]
        Tax treatment of Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts:  several
            Senators, S8173 [15JY]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  William Pierce, National Council for Adoption,
            H8936 [26SE]
        Tribute to Representative Tony Hall's effort to combat hunger:
            Unity Against Hunger and Poverty (coalition), E2101 [12OC]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  Representative Archer,
            Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Gilman, Committee on International Relations
            (House), H7847 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Robert F. Smith, Committee on Agriculture
            (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and
            Infrastructure (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Spence, Committee on National Security
            (House), H7846 [16SE]
      Lists
        Amendments to S. 2159, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and
            related agencies programs appropriations, S8183 [15JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program recipients, S8204 [15JY]
        Dept. of the Interior potential future cultural property nominations
            to be World Heritage Sites, E2213-E2215 [16OC]
        ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
        Indiana Farm Bureau and Bank One of Indianapolis Eighth Grade Youth
            Essay Contest district and county winners, S1129 [26FE]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Desertification
            Working Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Microfinance Working
            Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Popular Coalition To
            Eradicate Hunger and Poverty Working Group recommendations,
            E1946 [8OC]
        Objectionable spending provisions in conference report on S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act,
            S4679 [12MY]
        Organizations supporting certain market transition assistance
            programs relative to S. 1415, National Tobacco Policy and Youth
            Smoking Reduction Act, S6398 [16JN]
        Organizations supporting S. 2337, Agricultural Job Opportunity
            Benefits and Security Act, S8669 [21JY]
        Peanut Program reforms, H5022 [23JN]
        Students from Tennessee's 9th Congressional District supporting
            tobacco legislation, E1032-E1035 [4JN]
        Tobacco Workers' Unity Summit participants, S6468 [17JN]
      Memorandums
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Jennifer
            Baxendell, National Governors' Association, S5772 [9JN]
        Navajo Indian Irrigation Project:  Navajo Agricultural Products
            Industry, S767 [12FE]
      Messages
        Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies
            Appropriations Line-Item Veto:  President Clinton, H19 [27JA]
        CCC Report:  President Clinton, S515 [9FE], S10419 [16SE], H377
            [5FE], H7888 [16SE]
        Veto of H.R. 4101, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related
            Agencies Programs Appropriations:  President Clinton, H10148
            [8OC]
      Motions
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8049 [13JY], S8211 [15JY],
            S8212 [15JY], S8225 [15JY], S8227 [15JY], S8323 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H7700 [15SE] making
            appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, H9334 [2OC]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4665 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5114 [19MY], S5188 [20MY], S5189 [20MY], S5290 [21MY],
            S5291 [21MY], S5622 [4JN], S6031 [10JN], S6033 [10JN], S6480
            [17JN]
      Pledges
        Tobacco Workers' Unity Pledge, S6468 [17JN]
      Poems
        ``When the Farmers All Shut Down,'' Luella F. Hermanson, S9693
            [31AU]
      Press releases
        North Carolina Unions Stand Up for Tobacco Jobs--Urge Political and
            Business Leaders To Save State's Economy by Joining Fight for
            Fair Settlement:  North Carolina AFL-CIO, S6509 [18JN]
      Proposals
        Suggested Changes in Farm Policy for the 21st Century--Fine Tuning
            ``Freedom to Farm'':  Neil Harl, Iowa State University, S11433
            [5OC]
      Remarks in House
        African Americans:  discrimination claims by farmers against the
            Dept. of Agriculture, H543-H550 [24FE], H1096 [11MR], E217
            [24FE]
        ------ discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, H9597 [6OC]
        ------ economic condition of farmers, H489 [12FE]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4981 [23JN], H4986
            [23JN], H4987 [23JN], H4998 [23JN], H5848 [17JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H9331 [2OC]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  ensure that certain rice farms
            continue production pursuant to flexibility contracts (H.R.
            3339), E317 [5MR]
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
            transfer of special grants to implement research provisions,
            H5017 [23JN], H5018 [23JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4984-H5028 [23JN],
            H5075-H5100 [24JN], H5195-H5212 [24JN], H5273 [24JN], H5393
            [25JN], E1222 [25JN], E1256 [26JN], E1260 [26JN]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration (H. Res.
            482), H4981-H4983 [23JN]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2159), H5848 [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H8539 [24SE], E1760 [18SE]
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report,
            H9317-H9335 [2OC], H9507 [5OC], H9510 [5OC], H9596 [6OC], E1902
            [5OC], E1947 [8OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101),
            consideration of conference report (H. Res. 567), H9315-H9317
            [2OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), motion to instruct
            conferees, H7700-H7708 [15SE] making appropriations (H.R. 4101),
            veto, H10511 [10OC], H10564 [12OC], H10816 [13OC], E2163 [14OC]
        Anderson, Bob:  Fresno County, CA, Farm Bureau Distinguished Service
            Award recipient, E647 [23AP]
        Anderson, Dick:  Fresno County, CA, Farm Bureau Distinguished
            Service Award recipient, E647 [23AP]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, H4981 [23JN],
            H4985 [23JN], H4990 [23JN], H6422 [24JY]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (H.R. 4022), E1078 [9JN]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5446-H5451 [14JY]
        ------ exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions, H9330 [2OC]
        Bankruptcy:  adjust debts of family farmers with regular annual
            income, H10232 [9OC], H10237 [9OC]
        ------ temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers (H.R. 4831), H10950 [15OC]
        Brazoria County, TX:  tribute to 4-H Gold Star recipients, E1532
            [4AU]
        Brother's Brother Foundation:  tribute, E1686 [10SE]
        Budget:  tax treatment of tobacco products, H2141 [22AP], H2142
            [22AP], H2144 [22AP], H2148 [22AP], H2150 [22AP]
        Business and industry:  provide protections to suppliers of
            commodities (H.R. 3744), E709 [29AP]
        Children and youth:  GAO report on use of child labor in
            agriculture, E1785 [23SE], E1786 [23SE]
        ------ use of child labor in foreign countries, E1869 [1OC]
        Colglazier, Nicholas:  Future Farmers of America (organization) Star
            honoree, E2353 [19DE]
        Colorado:  environmental conservation efforts of ranchers, H2301
            [23AP]
        ------ tribute to citizens of Fort Lupton and Platteville involved
            in harvesting the Schmidt family potato crop, E1794 [24SE]
        ------ tribute to MacGregor Ranch, E1246 [26JN]
        ------ tribute to Plant a Row for the Hungry Project, E1880 [2OC]
        ------ tribute to Wenger Farm, E1739 [16SE]
        Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum:  tribute, E807 [11MY]
        Common Threads Award:  tribute to recipients, E260 [3MR]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10642 [12OC],
            H10811 [13OC]
        Conservation of natural resources:  conservation programs funding,
            H4998 [23JN]
        Daar, Sheila:  EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award recipient,
            E40 [28JA]
        Dairy producers:  compensate for losses due to natural disasters,
            H1804 [31MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Conservation Reserve Program contract
            adjustment relative to timber prices in Southeastern States,
            H9330 [2OC]
        ------ Emergency Food Assistance Program funding, E2101 [12OC]
        ------ emergency food assistance program funding for food banks,
            H4997 [23JN]
        ------ Export Enhancement Program funding, H9165 [28SE]
        ------ extend time period for rulemaking on milk marketing orders
            system, H4988 [23JN], H5002-H5015 [23JN], E1256 [26JN]
        ------ improve food safety research, education, and technology and
            require the use of a designated team to rapidly respond to food
            safety emergencies (H.R. 3148), E85 [3FE]
        ------ limit funding for livestock protection from predatory
            wildlife, H5024-H5027 [23JN], H5088 [24JN], H5089 [24JN], H5200
            [24JN], H5201 [24JN], H5208-H5210 [24JN], E1260 [26JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, H11651 [20OC]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        ------ Market Access Program funding, H5085-H5088 [24JN], H5210
            [24JN]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, H9507 [5OC], E2280 [21OC]
        ------ pesticide and crop disease research funding, H4989 [23JN]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (H.R. 4272),
            H5850 [17JY] production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), H6925-H6930 [3AU], E1532 [4AU]
        ------ provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams
            built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R.
            4409), E1555 [5AU]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs (H.R. 3513), H1096
            [11MR], H5848 [17JY]
        ------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders, H9316
            [2OC], H9328 [2OC], H9331 [2OC]
        ------ reform Federal regulations and assistance programs, H1689
            [27MR]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5075-H5085 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H9334 [2OC]
        ------ revision of national organic farming standards, E844 [13MY]
        ------ Risk Management Agency funding, H5089 [24JN]
        ------ Rural Community Advancement Program funding to promote
            agritourism, H4999 [23JN], H5000 [23JN]
        Dept. of Labor:  agricultural employment statistics, E1743 [17SE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka
            Project to the Burley Irrigation District (S. 538), H10602
            [12OC], H10603 [12OC]
        Disasters:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, H7700-H7708 [15SE],
            H9316 [2OC], H9326-H9335 [2OC]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU], H6928 [3AU],
            H6930 [3AU]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), E1391-E1393 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, H10995 [15OC], H10996 [15OC] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (H.R. 4300),
            H7819-H7857 [16SE], E1744 [17SE], E1760 [18SE] enhance
            interdiction efforts in major transit countries and support
            eradication and crop substitution programs in source countries
            (H.R. 4300), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7817-H7819 [16SE]
        ------ prohibit military aid to certain Colombian and Mexican law
            enforcement agencies and bar diplomatic status for certain U.S.
            and Mexican law enforcement officers, H7848-H7854 [16SE]
        ------ proper use of military aid to Colombian military and law
            enforcement agencies, E1831 [28SE]
        Echeverria, Lynelle:  Kern County, CA, Cattlewoman of the Year Award
            recipient, E162 [12FE]
        Ecology and environment:  control water pollution from concentrated
            animal feeding operations (H.R. 3232), E170 [12FE]
        ------ harvesting of trees to prevent the spread of infestation by
            Asian Longhorn beetles, H6014 [21JY]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (H. Con. Res. 213), H7052-H7057 [4AU],
            E143 [11FE]
        Export Apple and Pear Act:  limit applicability to apples (H.R.
            4148), H9502 [5OC], H9503 [5OC]
        Farm Credit Administration:  anniversary, H1688 [27MR]
        Farm Service Agency:  staffing levels, H6926 [3AU]
        Farmers:  impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
            family farms, H4949 [22JN], H4951 [22JN], H5288 [24JN], H6419
            [24JY], H6422 [24JY], H6870 [31JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7556 [10SE], H7558 [10SE], H7559 [10SE], H7560 [10SE],
            H7694 [15SE], H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
        Farmer's Advance (publication):  anniversary, E2014 [10OC]
        Fayette, TX:  tribute to National 4-H Council award recipients,
            E2021 [10OC]
        Fayette County, TX:  tribute to 4-H Club, E1933 [7OC]
        ------ tribute to 4-H Club award recipients, E1962 [8OC]
        Federal aid programs:  provide a safety net for farmers and
            consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-
            added processing facilities (H.R. 3550), H1626 [26MR], E473
            [25MR]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            H8079 [18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8602 [24SE], H9507 [5OC], H9510
            [5OC] relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices
            (H.R. 4560), H9210 [1OC], H9213 [1OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, H10808 [13OC], H10811 [13OC],
            H10838 [14OC], H10998 [15OC], H11016 [15OC], H11656 [20OC],
            E1902 [5OC], E1947 [8OC]
        Federal Crop Insurance Program:  funding, H4132 [4JN], H4133 [4JN]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement (H.R. 4266), E1343 [17JY]
        ------ promote research and education on safety, H5198-H5200 [24JN]
        Food Allergy Awareness Week:  observance, E858 [14MY]
        Food Check-Out Day:  observance, E127 [11FE]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation (H. Con. Res. 290), E1105 [11JN]
        ------ impact of pesticide provisions on allergy sufferers, E950
            [22MY]
        Foodlink for Tulare County, Inc.:  anniversary, E1797 [24SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 3636), E586 [2AP], E588
            [2AP]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), H9105-H9110 [28SE],
            H11682-H11685 [20OC], E1816 [25SE], E1909 [5OC]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, H6422 [24JY], H6929
            [3AU], H6930 [3AU]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements, H7610 [11SE] establish negotiating
            objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements
            (H.R. 2621), H8463 [23SE]
        ------ grain prices and production, H702 [3MR]
        ------ increase agricultural exports, H3478 [19MY], H3738 [21MY]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 3654), E557 [2AP],
            E1151 [17JN]
        ------ require the President to report to Congress on any selective
            embargo on agricultural commodities (H.R. 4647), H9503-H9507
            [5OC]
        Future Farmers of America (organization):  anniversary of Pleasant
            Hill, IL, chapter, H9282 [2OC]
        Geauga County, OH:  anniversary of county fair, E1476 [30JY]
        Harris, John:  California State Chamber of Commerce Livestock Man of
            the Year honoree, E2222 [16OC]
        Hays County, TX:  tribute to 4-H Club, E1932 [7OC]
        Houlding, Bob, Sr.:  Madera County, CA, Senior Farmer Award
            recipient, E1298 [14JY], E1305 [15JY]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute (H.R. 4593), E1744 [17SE]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development:  anniversary, E1946
            [8OC]
        Irrigation:  extend contracts for irrigation projects in Nebraska
            and Wyoming (H.R. 2795), H7764 [15SE]
        Israel:  commitment to purchase and ship grain on U.S.-flag vessels,
            H11593 [20OC]
        Kessinger, Kory:  Future Farmers of America (organization) Degree
            award recipient, E2360 [19DE]
        Labeling:  require labeling of country of origin of imported
            perishable agricultural commodities (H.R. 1232), H839 [4MR],
            E329 [10MR]
        ------ require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable
            agricultural commodities, H9328 [2OC]
        Livestock industry:  tax increase, H7926 [17SE]
        Manteno, IL:  Future Farmers of America (organization) National
            Chapter Award Program honorees, E37 [28JA]
        Matagorda County, TX:  tribute to 4-H Gold Star recipients, E1561
            [5AU]
        McDonald, Bill:  John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant
            recipient, E1245 [26JN]
        Mertens, Justin:  Future Farmers of America (organization)
            Diversified Crop Production award recipient, E2356 [19DE]
        Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance:  research grants
            funding, H4990 [23JN]
        Minnesota:  tribute to signers of ``Fair Farm Prices Now'' petition,
            E2280 [21OC]
        Montgomery County, MD:  anniversary of Agricultural Fair, E1235
            [25JN]
        NAFTA:  implementation, E793 [7MY], E1673 [9SE]
        National Agriculture Day:  observance, H1304 [19MR]
        Nonprofit organizations:  reform the conservation reserve program
            relative to treatment of nonprofit organizations renting land
            from a State or political subdivision (H.R. 3451), H1115 [12MR]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, H9316 [2OC], H9331
            [2OC]
        ------ repeal, H4988 [23JN], H5002-H5016 [23JN]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  develop plan to use
            mycoherbicides to control certain narcotic crops, H7835 [16SE]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), H10259-H10261 [9OC], H11028 [16OC], H11029
            [16OC]
        Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
            considered to be a pesticide chemical (H.R. 4679), H9898-H9900
            [7OC], E2197 [15OC], E2280 [21OC]
        ------ registration program, E2270 [21OC]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland (H.R. 1995), E245
            [26FE], E264 [3MR]
        Poverty:  level of food banks supplies, E248 [26FE], E390 [17MR],
            E394 [17MR]
        Price support programs:  peanuts, H5018-H5024 [23JN]
        Public lands:  domestic livestock grazing allotments, H3019-H3021
            [11MY]
        Railroads:  ensure effective competition by improving regulation of
            rates and abandoned lines (H.R. 4488), E1571 [7AU]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, H5288 [24JN]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H3759 [22MY], H3760
            [22MY], H3761 [22MY], H4027 [3JN], H4123-H4134 [4JN], H5393
            [25JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3761-H3773 [22MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H516-H521 [24FE]
        ------ plant genomic research funding, H4987 [23JN]
        ------ programs funding, H4987 [23JN]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, H6027 [21JY]
        ------ use of tax-exempt bonds to provide loans for rural housing,
            H5016 [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
        Schmidt-Marcotte, Inc.:  anniversary, H1832-H1834 [31MR]
        Ships and vessels:  limit restriction on carriage of certain
            noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise
            trade by foreign-built freight vessels (H.R. 4236), E1435 [24JY]
        ------ limit restriction on carriage of certain noncontainerized
            agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise trade by foreign-
            built freight vessels (H.R. 4236), H7499 [10SE], H10009 [7OC]
        Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District:  anniversary, E789
            [7MY]
        Spreckels Sugar Co.:  anniversary, E884 [19MY]
        States:  regulation of local transportation of agricultural
            materials, H1896 [1AP]
        Straus, Ellen:  American Farmland Trust (organization) Steward of
            the Land award recipient, E94 [4FE]
        Taxation:  provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring provisions (H.R. 4738), H10622-H10632
            [12OC], E2096 [12OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, H8079
            [18SE], H8080 [18SE] provide relief for individuals, families,
            farmers, and small businesses, and establish incentives for
            education (H.R. 4579), H7812 [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7814 [16SE],
            H7890-H7903 [16SE], H7926 [17SE], H7927 [17SE], H7928 [17SE],
            H7929 [17SE], H7930 [17SE], H8021 [17SE], H8079 [18SE], H8080
            [18SE], H8463 [23SE], H8464 [23SE], H8465 [23SE], H8536 [24SE],
            H8537 [24SE], H8538 [24SE], H8539 [24SE], H8605 [24SE],
            H8612-H8619 [24SE], H8619 [24SE], H8719 [25SE], H8720 [25SE],
            H8721 [25SE], H8722 [25SE], H8733-H8756 [25SE], H8805 [25SE],
            H8806-H8839 [25SE], H8839 [25SE], H8841 [25SE], H8934-H8973
            [26SE], H8974 [26SE], H8975 [26SE], H9085 [28SE], H9089 [28SE],
            H9090 [28SE], H9091 [28SE], H9092 [28SE], H9165 [28SE], H9181
            [29SE], H9191 [1OC], H9201 [1OC], H9210 [1OC], H9339 [2OC],
            H9349 [5OC], H9593 [6OC], H9650 [6OC], H9726 [7OC], H9728 [7OC],
            H10552 [11OC], H10816 [13OC], H10817 [13OC], H10819 [13OC],
            E1834 [28SE], E1846 [29SE], E1856 [1OC], E2275 [21OC] provide
            relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small businesses,
            and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            consideration (H. Res. 552), H8722-H8732 [25SE]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, establish incentives for education, and protect the
            solvency of Social Security (H.R. 4597), E1767 [18SE]
        ------ treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and
            farmers (H.R. 2450), E248 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of ethanol fuel, H2442 [29AP]
        Tobacco products:  ban sale of cigarette packages containing small
            number of cigarettes, H1150 [12MR]
        ------ establish a responsible U.S. international tobacco policy,
            prevent tobacco companies from targeting tobacco products to
            children, and establish the American Center on Global Health and
            Tobacco (H.R. 3738), H2377 [28AP]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, H3733 [21MY]
        ------ limit access to minors, H1025 [11MR], H1026 [11MR], H2124
            [22AP], H2125 [22AP], H2127 [22AP], H2226 [22AP], H2390-H2392
            [28AP], H2595 [29AP], H2613 [30AP]
        ------ limit access to minors (H.R. 3474), H2090 [21AP]
        ------ limit access to minors (H.R. 3889), E857 [14MY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 3664), H2034 [1AP]
        ------ provide economic assistance to tobacco farmers, workers, and
            communities dependent on tobacco production, H3298 [14MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H377 [5FE],
            H844 [4MR], H1691 [27MR], H2035 [1AP], H2064 [21AP], H2079
            [21AP], H2124 [22AP], H2125 [22AP], H2127 [22AP], H2142 [22AP],
            H2158 [22AP], H2214 [22AP], H2226 [22AP], H2390-H2392 [28AP],
            H2444 [29AP], H2595 [29AP], H2613 [30AP], H3733 [21MY], H3736
            [21MY], H4724 [18JN], H4725 [18JN], H4726 [18JN], H4727 [18JN],
            H4777 [18JN], H4809 [18JN], H4825 [18JN], H4842 [19JN], H4843
            [19JN], H4972 [23JN], H4973 [23JN], H5069 [24JN], H5301 [25JN],
            E1030 [4JN], E1032 [4JN] tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices (S. 1415), H2088-H2094 [21AP]
        ------ treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry
            liability settlement, H6868 [31JY]
        Tracy, John:  Kern County, CA, Cattleman of the Year Award
            recipient, E159 [12FE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conformance to the Montreal Protocol
            relative to the phasing-out of methyl bromide, H9329 [2OC]
        Turkey Run, VA:  anniversary of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, E1447
            [27JY]
        U.N.:  tribute to Food and Agriculture Program, E2337 [17DE]
        Weld County, CO:  tribute to Tigges farmers market, E1882 [2OC]
        Western States:  management of Federal lands relative to doctrine of
            multiple use, wilderness areas designation, and water storage,
            H2803-H2806 [5MY]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes (H.R. 4288), H5969 [21JY], E1361 [21JY]
      Remarks in Senate
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, S6548 [18JN], S8307-S8309 [16JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, S11433 [5OC]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  extend the term of marketing
            assistance loans (S. 1762), S1990 [16MR]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), S8329 [16JY], S8330 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), insert language of S. 2159
            in lieu, S8329 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 1033), S411 [4FE]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2159), S6548-S6557 [18JN], S8049
            [13JY], S8091-S8129 [14JY], S8164-S8236 [15JY], S8269-S8273
            [16JY], S8275-S8281 [16JY], S8283-S8285 [16JY], S8287-S8293
            [16JY], S8297-S8330 [16JY], S9328 [30JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2159), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S8213 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), S10881-S10883 [24SE]
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report,
            S11411-S11411 [5OC], S11543 [6OC], S11545-S11569 [6OC] making
            appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, veto, S11832
            [8OC] making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11407 [5OC] making appropriations
            (H.R. 4101), veto, S11950 [8OC], S12292 [10OC], S12368 [12OC]
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S9677 [31AU]
        Agriculture Education Competitive Grants Program:  funding, S8234
            [15JY]
        Alderson, WV:  Alderson Plant Materials Center construction funding,
            S8125 [14JY]
        Ames, IA:  National Swine Research Center funding, S11436 [5OC]
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:  establish Wildlife
            Services district supervisor position in South Dakota, S8120
            [14JY]
        ------ review of Wildlife Services aerial operations program safety,
            S8314 [16JY], S8315 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations benefitting California, S12790
            [21OC]
        Appropriations Game, S11546 [6OC]
        Arkansas:  Grand Prairie Region Project funding, S6536 [18JN]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, S8184 [15JY],
            S8185 [15JY]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2158), S6132 [11JN], S6135 [11JN]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7797-S7815 [9JY]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2282), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S7784 [9JY], S8152 [14JY]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2282), unanimous-consent request,
            S7782 [9JY]
        Boone, Jamie:  Indiana Farm Bureau and Bank One of Indianapolis
            Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winner, S1128 [26FE]
        Budget:  use of Federal share of receipts from any tobacco industry
            liability settlement or legislation, S2755-S2757 [30MR],
            S2831-S2841 [31MR], S2905-S2909 [1AP], S3089 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  corporatization of family farms, S12230
            [9OC]
        ------ removal of secrecy orders relative to release of documents
            and settlement of court cases, S5766 [9JN]
        Chicago Board of Trade:  anniversary (S. Res. 229), S4745 [12MY],
            S4746 [12MY]
        China, People's Republic of:  access of U.S. business to markets,
            S11039 [28SE]
        Civilian Conservation Corps:  tribute, S3232 [3AP]
        Coast Guard:  enhance drug interdiction efforts, S8906 [23JY], S8907
            [23JY]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  remove the prohibition on agricultural
            trade options outside contract markets (S. 1884), S2851 [31MR]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S12373-S12375
            [12OC]
        Dairy producers:  compensate for losses due to natural disasters,
            S2480-S2481 [24MR]
        Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR:
            designate, S6555 [18JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Agricultural Research Service's New England
            Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S8109 [14JY]
        ------ authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed farm
            operating loans (S. 1774), S2122 [17MR]
        ------ carry out trade compensation assistance program if the
            President or any provision of law causes exports to be suspended
            for national security reasons (S. 2234), S7294 [26JN]
        ------ Chino Dairy Preserve funding relative to flooding, S2483
            [24MR]
        ------ clarify and enhance the authorities of the Chief Information
            Officer (S. 2116), S5445 [22MY]
        ------ clarify and enhance the authorities of the Chief Information
            Officer (S. 2116), S12399 [12OC], S12400 [12OC]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production (S.
            1918), S3132-S3135 [2AP]
        ------ establish a pilot program for milk producers and cooperatives
            to enter into forward price contracts with milk handlers (S.
            2396), S9558 [31JY]
        ------ establish a pilot program to permit haying and grazing on
            conservation reserve land, S8124 [14JY]
        ------ establish minimum milk prices, S6760 [22JN]
        ------ establish Office of the Small Farms Advocate, S8311 [16JY]
        ------ extend time period for rulemaking on milk marketing orders
            system, S11168 [30SE], S11545 [6OC]
        ------ Farm Service Agency employment assistance relative to
            reductions in force, S2612 [26MR]
        ------ Farm Service Agency operating and emergency loans funding,
            S2596 [26MR]
        ------ Food Distribution Program for Indian Reservations regulations
            in Oklahoma, S8119 [14JY]
        ------ Forest Service and Agricultural Research Service hiring
            system, S8096 [14JY]
        ------ improve food safety research, education, and technology and
            require the use of a designated team to rapidly respond to food
            safety emergencies, S4667 [12MY] improve food safety research,
            education, and technology and require the use of a designated
            team to rapidly respond to food safety emergencies (S. 1597),
            S318 [3FE]
        ------ increase research funding, eliminate crop insurance
            surcharge, and lower wetlands acreage limitation, S8094 [14JY],
            S8095 [14JY]
        ------ Market Access Program funding, S3094 [2AP], S3095 [2AP],
            S3096 [2AP], S8204-S8213 [15JY], S8324 [16JY], S11560 [6OC]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, S8125-S8127 [14JY],
            S8165-S8183 [15JY], S11416-S11419 [5OC], S11832 [8OC]
        ------ modify overtime and holiday pay for veterinarians performing
            meat and poultry inspections (S. 2511), S10724 [22SE], S11002
            [25SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            S8786 [22JY], S9413-S9419 [30JY] production flexibility contract
            payment options (S. 2344), unanimous-consent request, S9417
            [30JY]
        ------ prohibit repackaging of eggs under voluntary grading program,
            S8125 [14JY], S8213 [15JY]
        ------ promote the export of U.S. agricultural commodities and
            products, S2759 [30MR]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, S2562 [25MR], S2603
            [26MR], S2605 [26MR], S6548 [18JN]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs (S. 1803), S2303 [19MR]
        ------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders (S.
            1982), S3585 [24AP], S3797 [29AP], S6760 [22JN]
        ------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders, S11422
            [5OC], S11545 [6OC], S11550-S11556 [6OC], S12806 [21OC]
        ------ report on Fluid Milk Promotion Program mismanagement,
            S12886-S12891 [21OC]
        ------ Reserve Inventories Program funding, S8288-S8292 [16JY]
        ------ school breakfast research project funding, S10606 [18SE]
        ------ study impact of inspection fees on bison industry, S11550
            [6OC], S11551 [6OC]
        ------ tomato spotted wilt virus research funding, S8099 [14JY],
            S8100 [14JY]
        ------ transfer funding for credit sales of acquired property to
            subsidize the cost of additional farm ownership loans, S8095
            [14JY]
        ------ treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges
            in the calculation of loan deficiency payments (S. 2255), S7283
            [26JN]
        ------ use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for
            pricing milk, S6760 [22JN]
        Disasters:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11416-S11419 [5OC],
            S11423-S11436 [5OC], S11546-S11557 [6OC], S11558 [6OC], S11560
            [6OC], S11832 [8OC], S12373 [12OC]
        ------ provide monetary assistance to agricultural producers, S10645
            [21SE]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Louisiana, S8293 [16JY]
        ------ disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY],
            S8106 [14JY]
        Drugs:  biotechnology research project to control narcotics plants
            funding, S8315 [16JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2341), S8780-S8782 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), S12483-S12486 [14OC] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (S. 2341), S12960
            [21OC] enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries
            and support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2522), S11043-S11051 [28SE], S11633 [6OC]
        Employment:  provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and
            seasonal farmworkers, S4021 [1MY]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S12785 [21OC]
        European Union:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized
            barley, S4945-S4950 [18MY]
        ----- prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley (S.
            Res. 220), S3945 [30AP], S3946 [30AP]
        ----- prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley (S.
            Res. 232), S5356 [21MY]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. agricultural
            products (S. Con. Res. 73), S587 [10FE], S5356 [21MY], S5465
            [22MY]
        ------ unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef (S. Con.
            Res. 74), S669 [11FE]
        Farmers:  impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
            family farms, S4145-S4147 [4MY], S4234 [5MY], S4236 [5MY],
            S4409-S4413 [6MY], S4945-S4950 [18MY], S5493 [1JN], S6730-S6733
            [19JN], S7521-S7524 [6JY], S7706 [9JY], S8020-S8022 [13JY],
            S8092 [14JY], S8093 [14JY], S8100-S8118 [14JY], S8128 [14JY],
            S8169 [15JY], S8270-S8273 [16JY], S8275-S8281 [16JY],
            S8283-S8285 [16JY], S8293 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S9677 [31AU], S9693 [31AU], S9834-S9837 [2SE], S9956
            [8SE], S9963 [8SE], S9966 [8SE], S10194 [10SE], S10248 [11SE],
            S10256-S10258 [11SE], S10264 [11SE], S10284-S10304 [14SE],
            S10309-S10313 [14SE], S10581 [18SE], S10645 [21SE],
            S10881-S10883 [24SE], S11110-S11116 [29SE], S12714 [20OC]
        Farmland Protection Program:  funding, S3093 [2AP]
        ------ funding (S. 2596), S12164 [9OC]
        FDA:  modify pre-market notification system for food packaging
            materials, S8315 [16JY]
        ------ Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach
            Program funding, S8317-S8323 [16JY]
        Federal aid programs:  establish a pilot program in certain States
            to provide improved crop insurance options for producers (S.
            2517), S10926 [24SE]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S5493 [1JN]
        ------ improve operation, S8110 [14JY], S8122 [14JY]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            S11093 [29SE], S11094 [29SE], S11289 [1OC], S11415 [5OC], S11416
            [5OC], S11419-S11422 [5OC] relief for agricultural producers,
            small businesses, and rural communities adversely affected by
            low commodity prices (H.R. 4560), S11162-S11165 [30SE]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, S12368 [12OC], S12609-S12611
            [15OC], S12784 [21OC]
        Federal Crop Insurance Program:  funding, S4666-S4680 [12MY]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Georgia, S2562 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Vermont, S8314 [16JY], S8435 [17JY]
        Food:  implementation of regulations relative to exposure of
            children to pesticides used in certain products, S8443 [17JY]
        ------ inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution
            of State-inspected meat and poultry, S8324 [16JY]
        ------ labeling of meat relative to preparation and serving by
            restaurants, S8315 [16JY]
        ------ promote research and education on safety, S8298-S8306 [16JY],
            S11436 [5OC]
        ------ promote research and education on safety (S. 2025), S4036
            [1MY]
        Food Check-Out Day:  observance, S523 [9FE]
        Foreign aid:  international famine relief, S11692 [7OC]
        Foreign policy:  exempt agricultural products, medicines, and
            medical equipment from unilateral economic sanctions,
            S8214-S8228 [15JY]
        ----- exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical equipment
            from unilateral economic sanctions except to countries
            sponsoring international terrorism, S8226-S8228 [15JY]
        ------ require U.S. directors of international institutions to
            encourage the purchase of U.S. products, commodities and
            equipment, S9758 [1SE]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S7882 [9JY], S7883 [9JY], S8577
            [20JY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S12680 [20OC], S12860 [21OC]
            support broad-based agricultural and rural development in sub-
            Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S12960 [21OC]
        Foreign trade:  clarify the conditions under which export controls
            may be imposed on agricultural products (S. 2179), S6420 [16JN]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements, S8270-S8273 [16JY], S8276-S8278
            [16JY], S8280 [16JY], S8293 [16JY]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements, S10971 [25SE]
        ------ extension of marketing assistance loans, S2615-S2619 [26MR]
        ------ identify countries that deny market access for value-added
            agricultural products (S. 219), S442 [5FE]
        Government:  define role and scope, S9910 [3SE]
        Hazardous substances:  implementation of transportation pilot
            programs for certain farm service vehicles, S1726 [11MR], S1727
            [11MR]
        Idaho:  transfer of BLM controlled land to the Air Force for flight
            training, S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute (S. 2512), S10841 [23SE]
        Immigration:  reform the temporary agricultural workers program,
            S8839-S8851 [23JY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program (S. 2337),
            S8661 [21JY], S8662 [21JY], S8669-S8671 [21JY]
        Insects:  Boll Weevil Eradication Program funding, S2408 [23MR]
        ------ fruit fly exclusion and detection programs funding, S8235
            [15JY]
        International Conference for Women in Agriculture:  meeting, S9607
            [31JY]
        Irrigation:  extend contracts for irrigation projects in Nebraska
            and Wyoming (H.R. 2795), S11813 [7OC]
        ------ transfer of project facilities and lands from the Bureau of
            Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in
            Nebraska (S. 2219), S7179 [25JN]
        Labeling:  imported meat and meat food products, S8325 [16JY]
        ------ require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable
            agricultural commodities, S8310 [16JY]
        ------ require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable
            agricultural commodities, S11557 [6OC]
        Livestock industry:  mandate price reporting requirements for live
            cattle and boxed beef, S8229-S8232 [15JY]
        ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
            boxed beef, S11416 [5OC]
        Maple sugar producers:  assistance funding, S2405 [23MR]
        McGovern, George:  nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N.
            Food and Agriculture Organization, S1710 [10MR]
        Medicare:  use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
            S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        Missouri River:  Garrison Diversion Project funding, S6519-S6521
            [18JN]
        NAFTA:  impact on trade deficit, S8276 [16JY]
        National Agriculture Day:  observance, S2346 [19MR]
        National Agriculture Week:  observance, S2363 [20MR]
        National Cattlemen's Beef Association:  anniversary, S303 [3FE]
        National Dairy Month:  observance, S5657 [4JN]
        National 4-H Week:  observance, S11500 [5OC]
        Navajo Indian irrigation project:  use power allocated from the
            Colorado River storage project for on-farm uses (S. 1662), S766
            [12FE]
        New Mexico:  establish commercial zones to improve border trade
            activities with Mexico, S1824 [12MR]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, S11422 [5OC], S11545
            [6OC], S11550-S11556 [6OC], S12806 [21OC], S12889-S12891 [21OC]
        ------ release of OMB study on economic impact, S812-S814 [23FE]
        ------ repeal, S11168 [30SE]
        ------ repeal (S. 322), S6760 [22JN]
        Oregon:  impact of Federal policies on family farms, S6131 [11JN]
        Patents:  protect owners against sale of illegally reproduced plant
            parts (H.R. 1197), S12630 [15OC], S12631 [15OC]
        Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
            considered to be a pesticide chemical (H.R. 4679), S12265 [9OC]
        ------ improve the safety of exported pesticides (S. 2652), S12874
            [21OC]
        Price support programs:  wool and mohair, S11560 [6OC]
        Public lands:  Federal policies relative to Western States,
            S10636-S10637 [21SE]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S1135-S1147 [27FE], S2928 [1AP], S2929
            [1AP], S3011 [1AP]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4615-S4618 [11MY],
            S4651-S4659 [12MY], S4664-S4680 [12MY], S4711 [12MY], S4837
            [13MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
            agreement, S4616 [11MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
            request, S4615 [11MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
            S4665-S4672 [12MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), technical corrections (S. 2275), S7699
            [8JY]
        ------ scab disease research funding, S4666 [12MY]
        Rural areas:  Federal farm policies, S5493 [1JN]
        ------ Federal policies affecting farmers and agricultural
            communities, S9328 [30JY]
        South Carolina:  opening of tobacco marketing season, S9149 [28JY]
        States:  permit purchase of certain chemicals sold in Canada (S.
            2592), S11985 [8OC]
        Taxation:  allow a refundable credit for wetland restoration and
            conservation expenses (S. 1907), S3123 [2AP]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, S8270 [16JY],
            S8293 [16JY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (S. 2078),
            S4833 [13MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers (S. 2371), S9426-S9431 [30JY]
        ------ clarify treatment of agricultural cooperatives and allow
            declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives (S. 2498),
            S10591 [18SE]
        ------ credit for the nutrient management costs of animal feeding
            operations (S. 2493), S10523 [17SE]
        ------ credits to energy facilities that use poultry manure as fuel
            to generate electricity (S. 2453), S10119 [9SE]
        ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
            the sale of farmland (S. 2388), S9447 [30JY]
        ------ exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
            volume cap (S. 2501), S10591 [18SE]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions (S. 2622), S12324-S12337
            [10OC]
        ------ increase allowable rebate for farmers to offset current
            operating losses (S. 2467), S10320 [14SE]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, S4476 [7MY]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers (S. 1879),
            S2764 [30MR], S2765 [30MR] permanently extend income averaging
            for farmers (S. 2421), S9593 [31JY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education,
            S11401-S11405 [5OC], S12216 [9OC] provide relief for
            individuals, families, farmers, and small businesses, and
            establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579), S11013 [28SE],
            S11017 [28SE], S11020 [28SE], S11068 [28SE], S11069 [29SE],
            S11148-S11152 [30SE], S11169 [30SE], S11170 [30SE],
            S11321-S11324 [2OC], S11406 [5OC], S11627 [6OC], S12279-S12281
            [10OC]
        ------ treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer
            taxes, S254 [2FE]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  restore and modify provisions relative to tax
            relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer
            cooperatives (H.R. 2513), S12943 [21OC]
        Three Quarter Circle Ranch:  National Cattlemen's Beef Association
            Environmental Stewardship Award recipient, S1657 [9MR]
        Tobacco products:  develop system to compensate individuals harmed
            by tobacco use, S5770 [9JN]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, S5087-S5117 [19MY], S5125-S5128 [19MY], S5145-S5148
            [19MY], S5149-S5190 [20MY], S5202-S5215 [20MY], S5249 [21MY],
            S5252-S5265 [21MY], S5275 [21MY], S5278-S5284 [21MY],
            S5494-S5511 [1JN], S5529-S5541 [2JN], S5546-S5551 [2JN],
            S5588-S5591 [4JN], S5598-S5601 [4JN], S5619 [4JN], S5620 [4JN],
            S5674 [5JN], S5764 [9JN], S6276 [12JN], S6433-S6435 [17JN],
            S6445-S6448 [17JN], S6457-S6459 [17JN]
        ------ limit access to minors, S3678-S3680 [28AP], S4932-S4934
            [15MY], S5031-S5033 [19MY], S5252 [21MY], S5258 [21MY], S5260
            [21MY], S5282 [21MY], S5496 [1JN], S5503-S5511 [1JN],
            S5529-S5541 [2JN], S5546-S5552 [2JN], S5584-S5597 [4JN], S5740
            [9JN], S5744 [9JN], S5752-S5754 [9JN], S6007 [10JN], S6010
            [10JN], S6141-S6146 [11JN], S6149-S6156 [11JN], S6170 [11JN],
            S6441-S6444 [17JN]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5088 [19MY],
            S5096-S5114 [19MY], S5259 [21MY], S5264 [21MY], S6156-S6175
            [11JN], S6325 [15JN]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
            document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
            settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
            assistance to farmers, S1720-S1722 [11MR], S1902 [12MR] prevent
            use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require document
            disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry settlement,
            end promotion of exports, and provide transitional assistance to
            farmers (S. 1638), S690 [12FE], S738-S746 [12FE], S1479 [5MR],
            S1715-S1718 [11MR], S1801 [11MR], S4021 [1MY], S4144 [4MY]
            prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require document
            disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry settlement,
            end promotion of exports, and provide transitional assistance to
            farmers (S. 1638), star print, S2585 [25MR]
        ------ prohibit immunity in tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices, S2741 [30MR], S2742 [30MR], S2744 [30MR], S2748
            [30MR], S2809-S2811 [31MR], S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
            industry workers, and their communities, S4428 [6MY], S5084
            [19MY], S5089 [19MY], S5094 [19MY], S5494 [1JN], S5500 [1JN],
            S5764 [9JN], S6383-S6398 [16JN], S6451-S6457 [17JN], S6460
            [17JN], S6462 [17JN], S6512 [18JN] provide market transition
            assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their
            communities and ensure the quality of U.S. tobacco (S. 1582),
            S173 [28JA] provide market transition assistance for tobacco
            warehousemen, S6467 [17JN]
        ------ reduce use through cost increases, marketing limitations,
            industry oversight, and implementation of a public health
            prevention and education strategy (S. 1889), S2854-S2860 [31MR],
            S2878 [31MR], S3021 [1AP]
        ------ require States to implement a graduated system of sanctions
            relative to illegal purchases or possession by minors, S6309
            [15JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6141-S6146 [11JN], S6149-S6170 [18JN], S8085
            [13JY], S8090 [14JY], S8091 [14JY], S8119 [14JY] tobacco
            industry liability settlement relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S3666 [28AP],
            S3678-S3680 [28AP], S4202 [4MY], S4226-S4231 [5MY], S4883
            [14MY], S4932-S4936 [15MY], S4952-S4954 [18MY], S4961 [18MY],
            S4975 [18MY], S5001-S5012 [18MY], S5031-S5128 [19MY],
            S5145-S5148 [19MY], S5149-S5215 [20MY], S5245 [20MY],
            S5247-S5314 [21MY], S5362-S5364 [22MY], S5368 [22MY], S5419
            [22MY], S5494-S5511 [1JN], S5529-S5554 [2JN], S5556-S5565 [2JN],
            S5584-S5601 [4JN], S5604-S5630 [4JN], S5670-S5681 [5JN], S5683
            [5JN], S5686-S5688 [5JN], S5690-S5692 [5JN], S5737-S5762 [9JN],
            S5764-S5776 [9JN], S6001-S6003 [10JN], S6007 [10JN], S6010-S6033
            [10JN], S6135-S6137 [11JN], S6139-S6146 [11JN], S6149-S6177
            [11JN], S6274-S6289 [12JN], S6309-S6311 [15JN], S6314-S6326
            [15JN], S6359-S6398 [16JN], S6433-S6436 [17JN], S6440-S6462
            [17JN], S6465-S6481 [17JN], S6485 [17JN], S6718 [19JN],
            S6857-S6861 [23JN], S7241 [26JN], S7242 [26JN], S7693 [8JY]
            tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks
            and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), motion to
            recommit, S5293-S5296 [21MY] tobacco industry liability
            settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices (S. 1415), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S4817 [13MY], S5544 [2JN], S6470 [17JN] tobacco industry
            liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices (S. 1415), unanimous-consent request,
            S4817 [13MY], S4883 [14MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9736 [1SE]
        Treaties and agreements:  conformance to the Montreal Protocol
            relative to the phasing-out of methyl bromide, S11567 [6OC]
        U.N. Convention To Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing
            Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa:
            ratification, S6485 [17JN], S6637 [18JN]
        ------ ratification, S9862 [2SE], S9890 [2SE]
        Water:  quality research funding, S11557 [6OC], S11558 [6OC]
        Weather:  establish a national development and research policy,
            S1146 [27FE], S1147 [27FE]
        Wicker, Ben:  Indiana Farm Bureau and Bank One of Indianapolis
            Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winner, S1128 [26FE]
        Wildfires:  disaster assistance to Florida, S8232 [15JY], S8233
            [15JY], S8314 [16JY]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood (S. Con. Res.
            75), S1718 [11MR]
        World Day To Combat Desertification and Drought:  observance, S6485
            [17JN], S6637 [18JN]
      Reports
        Crop Damage Estimate for Louisiana:  Louisiana State University
            Agricultural Center, S10582 [18SE]
        Empty Shelves--1998 Survey of U.S. Food Banks:  Representative Tony
            P. Hall, E248-E250 [26FE]
        Farm Economy:  Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation,
            H7701-H7703 [15SE]
        Resolution of Discrimination Claims by Farmers Against the Dept. of
            Agriculture:  Roger C. Viadero, Dept. of Agriculture,
            S11434-S11436 [5OC]
      Reports filed
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
            Committee of Conference (S. 1150) (H. Rept. 105-492), H2236
            [22AP]
        Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4101)
            (H. Rept. 105-588), H4879 [19JN]
        ----- Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2159) (S. Rept. 105-
            212), S6181 [11JN]
        ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 4101) (H. Rept. 105-763), H9344
            [2OC]
        Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4101, Agriculture, Rural
            Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 567) (H. Rept. 105-764),
            H9344 [2OC]
        Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1150, Agricultural
            Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 446) (H. Rept. 105-548), H3742 [21MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 4101, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and
            Related Agencies Programs Appropriations:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 105-593), H4961 [22JN]
        Consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:
             Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 537) (H. Rept. 105-720),
            H7802 [15SE]
        Consideration of H.R. 4579, Taxpayer Relief Act:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 552) (H. Rept. 105-744), H8626 [24SE]
        Consideration of H.R. 4618, Agriculture Disaster and Market Loss
            Assistance Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 551) (H.
            Rept. 105-743), H8626 [24SE]
        European Union Restrictions on the Importation of U.S. Agricultural
            Products:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Con. Res.
            213) (H. Rept. 105-672), H6999 [3AU]
        Forage Improvement Act:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
            (Senate) (H.R. 2493) (S. Rept. 105-338), S10588 [18SE], S10657
            [21SE]
        International Convention for the Protection of Plants:  Committee on
            Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 105-15), S6697 [19JN]
        International Grains Agreement:  Committee on Foreign Relations
            (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 105-16), S6698 [19JN]
        Irrigation Contracts Extension for Irrigation Projects in Nebraska
            and Wyoming:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2795) (H.
            Rept. 105-604), H5402 [25JN]
        Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1398) (S. Rept. 105-288), S9688
            [31AU]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Committee
            on Finance (Senate) (S. 1415), S4906 [14MY]
        Nomination of Michael M. Reyna to the Farm Credit Administration:
            Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate),
            S11278 [1OC]
        Provide Relief for Farmers and Small Businesses and Extend Certain
            Expiring Provisions:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
            4738) (H. Rept. 105-817), H10667 [12OC]
        Require the President To Report to Congress on Any Selective Embargo
            on Agricultural Commodities:  Committee on Agriculture (House)
            (H.R. 3654) (H. Rept. 105-631), H5735 [16JY]
        Support Broad-Based Agricultural and Rural Development in Sub-
            Saharan Africa:  Committee on International Relations (House)
            (H.R. 4283) (H. Rept. 105-681), H7410 [6AU]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R.
            4579) (H. Rept. 105-739), H8527 [23SE]
        Transfer Flathead Irrigation Project Maintenance and Operation to
            Local Control:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3056) (H.
            Rept. 105-812), H10667 [12OC]
        Universal Tobacco Settlement Act:  Committee on Commerce, Science,
            and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1415) (S. Rept. 105-180), S4035
            [1MY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Women in Agriculture:  International Conference of Women in
            Agriculture, S9608 [31JY]
      Resolutions of ratification
        International Convention for the Protection of Plants, S6697 [19JN]
        International Grains Agreement, S7520 [6JY]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5016 [23JN]
        Research:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4123 [4JN]
      Statements
        Agriculture Export Relief Act:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture,
            S7799 [9JY]
        ------ President Clinton, S7799 [9JY]
        Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act:  OMB, H6926 [3AU]
        GAO Report on Use of Child Labor in Agriculture:  Alexis M. Herman,
            Sec. of Labor, E1785 [23SE]
        ------ L. Diane Mull, Association of Farmworker Opportunity
            Programs, E1786 [23SE]
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  C. Everett Koop and David A. Kessler, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds, S744 [12FE]
        ------ ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
        ------ Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, S743
            [12FE]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act):  ENACT Coalition,
            S2858 [31MR]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Gilbert G.
            Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S5772 [9JN]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  OMB, H7820 [16SE]
        ------ Representative McCollum, H7817 [16SE]
      Studies
        U.S. Farm Programs:  Farm Journal, Inc., S10297 [14SE]
      Summaries
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act) (S. 1889),
            S2855-S2858 [31MR]
        Make Grants To Establish Additional Rural Enterprise Communities and
            Empowerment Zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 4579):  Lautenberg Amendment, S11627 [6OC]
        Tobacco Market Transition Act (S. 1582), S178 [28JA]
      Surveys
        National Tobacco Policy:  Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, S6368
            [16JN]
      Tables
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5202-H5207 [24JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations (S. 2159):  comparison of 1998 budget
            obligational authority and 1999 budget estimates, S6551-S6555
            [18JN]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations, H11595-H11602 [20OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations (H.R. 4101), H9318-H9325 [2OC]
        Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4101, agriculture,
            rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations, S11567 [6OC]
        Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2159, agriculture,
            rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations, S8327 [16JY]
        Democratic versus Republican estimates of State-by-State farm aid,
            S11416 [5OC]
        Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4738, provide tax relief for
            farmers and small businesses and extend certain expiring
            provisions, H10631 [12OC]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act) allocation of
            industry payments, S2858 [31MR]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act revenue and
            volume adjustments, S5262 [21MY]
        National tobacco settlement tax on individual cigarette
            manufacturers, S6449 [17JN]
        National Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, S5253 [21MY]
        National tobacco settlement trust fund, S6449 [17JN]
        Reconciliation of general tobacco industry payments under S. 1415,
            National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act, and the
            net Federal revenue effect of payments relative to look-back
            provisions, S5264 [21MY], S5306 [21MY]
        Tax Relief Extension Act estimated revenue effects, S12336 [10OC]
        Tax relief for farmers and ranchers vs. interest rate relief, H8964
            [26SE]
        Tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY]
        Tobacco use by 12th graders, S5253 [21MY]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 213, unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products by the European Union, H7052 [4AU]
        H. Res. 365, insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu of S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act, H516
            [24FE]
        H. Res. 446, consideration of conference report on S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act,
            H3761 [22MY]
        H. Res. 482, consideration of H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural
            development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations,
            H4981 [23JN]
        H. Res. 537, consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug
            Elimination Act, H7817 [16SE]
        H. Res. 552, consideration of H.R. 4578, establish Protect Social
            Security Account into which budget surpluses will be deposited
            until long-term reform is enacted, and H.R. 4579, Taxpayer
            Relief Act, H8722 [25SE]
        H. Res. 567, consideration of conferernce report on H.R. 4101,
            agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies
            programs appropriations, H9315 [2OC]
        H.R. 1197, protect patent owners against sale of illegally
            reproduced plant parts, H10259 [9OC]
        H.R. 2795, Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act, H7764 [15SE]
        H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies
            programs appropriations, S8516-S8532 [17JY]
        H.R. 4148, limit Export Apple and Pear Act applicability to apples,
            H9502 [5OC]
        H.R. 4283, Africa--Seeds of Hope Act, H9105-H9107 [28SE],
            H11682-H11684 [20OC]
        H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, H7827-H7831
            [16SE]
        H.R. 4579, Taxpayer Relief Act, H8806-H8835 [25SE]
        H.R. 4647, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act, H9503 [5OC]
        H.R. 4679, Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections Act, H9898
            [7OC]
        H.R. 4738, provide relief for farmers and small businesses and
            extend certain expiring tax provisions, H10622-H10628 [12OC]
        H.R. 4831, temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers, H10950 [15OC]
        S. 538, Minidoka Project facility transfer to the Burley Irrigation
            District, H10602 [12OC]
        S. 538, transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the
            Burley Irrigation District, S7227 [25JN]
        S. 799, conveyance of certain Big Horn County, WY, lands to the
            estate of Fred Steffens, S7226 [25JN]
        S. 814, conveyance of certain Big Horn County, WY, lands to John R.
            and Margaret Lowe, S7226 [25JN]
        S. 1398, Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act, S11372 [2OC]
        S. 1582, Tobacco Market Transition Act, S174-S178 [28JA]
        S. 1662, use power allocated from the Colorado River storage project
            for on-farm uses of the Navajo Indian irrigation project, S767
            [12FE]
        S. 1762, extend the term of marketing assistance loans under the
            Agricultural Market Transition Act, S1990 [16MR]
        S. 1774, Dept. of Agriculture guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, S2123 [17MR]
        S. 1803, Agricultural Credit Restoration Act, S2303 [19MR]
        S. 1884, remove the prohibition on agricultural trade options
            outside contract markets, S2852 [31MR]
        S. 1907, allow a refundable tax credit for wetland restoration and
            conservation expenses, S3123 [2AP]
        S. 2179, Selective Agriculture Embargo Prohibition Act, S6421 [16JN]
        S. 2219, Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project
            Facilities Conveyance Act, S7180 [25JN]
        S. 2255, Dept. of Agriculture treatment of commodity producers
            relative to storage charges in the calculation of loan
            deficiency payments, S7284 [26JN]
        S. 2275, technical corrections to S. 1150, Agricultural Research,
            Extension, and Education Reform Act, S7699 [8JY]
        S. 2282, Agriculture Export Relief Act, S7815 [9JY], S8152 [14JY],
            H5446 [14JY]
        S. 2337, Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act,
            S8662-S8669 [21JY]
        S. 2344, Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act, S9416 [30JY], H6925
            [3AU]
        S. 2371, Family Investment and Rural Savings Tax Act, S9428-S9430
            [30JY]
        S. 2396, establish a pilot program for milk producers and
            cooperatives to enter into forward price contracts with milk
            handlers, S9558 [31JY]
        S. 2421, permanently extend income averaging for farmers, S9594
            [31JY]
        S. 2493, Animal Agriculture Environmental Incentives Act, S10616
            [18SE]
        S. 2511, Federal Meat and Poultry Employees Pay Act, S11002 [25SE]
        S. 2522, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, S11045-S11049
            [28SE]
        S. 2622, Tax Relief Extension Act, S12325-S12328 [10OC]
        S. Con. Res. 73, unfair restriction by the European Union on the
            importation of U.S. agricultural products, S587 [10FE], S5356
            [21MY]
        S. Con. Res. 74, unfair restriction by the European Union on the
            importation of U.S. beef, S669 [11FE]
        S. Res. 220, prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
            from the European Union, S3944 [30AP]
        S. Res. 229, anniversary of Chicago Board of Trade, S4746 [12MY]
        S. Res. 232, prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
            from the European Union, S5135 [19MY], S5356 [21MY]
        S. Res. 253, disaster assistance to Texas for drought, S6890 [23JN]
      Transcripts
        What a Deal:  ``20/20'' (ABC television program), S5103 [19MY]