[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]