AGRICULTURE related term(s) Food

Addresses

Building a Stronger Global Partnership for International Development Through Support for Basic Education and Childhood Nutrition: President Clinton, E1390 [27JY]

Environmental Benefits of Cattle Grazing: Teresa Oe, E1902 [25OC]

Agreements

South Dakota Conservation Reserve Program-Wetlands Agreement, S10912 [24OC]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7167 [18JY], S7193, S7195, S7218, S7246, S7247, S7248, S7249, S7250, S7259, S7260, S7263 [19JY], S7307, S7314, S7325, S7332, S7334, S7337, S7342, S7344, S7348, S7351, S7353, S7354, S7355, S7356, S7358, S7361, S7365, S7366, S7367, S7368, S7369, S7370, S7400, S7401, S7402, S7403, S7404, S7405, S7406, S7407 [20JY], S7456 [21JY], S7490 [24JY], H3413 [18MY], H3475 [19MY], H3523, H3524, H3526 [22MY], H3650 [23MY], H3814 [24MY], H3869, H3870 [25MY], H3927 [6JN], H4122 [8JN], H4221 [12JN], H4337 [13JN], H4593 [15JN], H4784 [20JN], H4818 [21JN], H5037 [22JN], H5085 [23JN], H5169 [26JN], H5241, H5242 [27JN], H5436, H5437 [28JN], H5534, H5536, H5538, H5540, H5541, H5549, H5552, H5556, H5562, H5574, H5577, H5581, H5585, H5588, H5591, H5593, H5594, H5657, H5658 [29JN], H5684, H5687, H5689, H5692, H5693, H5694, H5696, H5700, H5701, H5705, H5709, H5710, H5712, H5714, H5738 [10JY], H5773, H5775, H5776, H5777, H5779, H5787 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9679 [11OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), S2795 [13AP], S11277 [27OC]

Dairy products: enhance dairy markets through product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S10952, S11006 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (S. 1066), S10642 [17OC]

———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4209, S4215, S4216 [18MY], H3892 [6JN]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), H6081 [17JY]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (S. 1762), S10934, S10943 [24OC]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District (S. 3022), S10529 [13OC]

Federal aid programs: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1631 [23MR]

Insurance: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1566, S1573, S1612, S1615 [22MR]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), H8800 [4OC], H8852, H8854 [5OC]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (S. 2877), S10529 [13OC]

Organic Act of Guam: amend (H.R. 2462), S10932, S10935 [24OC], H11573 [30OC]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S962, S972 [29FE]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), S2799 [13AP]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (S. 3116), S10808 [19OC]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6586, S6610, S6627, S6631, S6634, S6636, S6640, S6656, S6660, S6662, S6692, S6694, S6695, S6697, S6699, S6700, S6701, S6703, S6706, S6708, S6710, S6737, S6739, S6741, S6753, S6761 [13JY], H4148, H4160 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4085 [8JN]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), S10457 [12OC], S10945 [24OC]

Analyses

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559): Biomass Research and Development Provisions, E888 [6JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, S1642 [23MR], H1621 [30MR]

———H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Apple Growers Getting Burned—Epidemic of Fire Blight Devastates Local Crop, S7352 [20JY]

Bad Apples—Fire Blight Is Taking Bite Out of Area Crops—Farmers Seek Federal Financial Assistance for Acres of Dying Trees, S7351 [20JY]

Big Sugar Seeks Bailout, Gives Money To Help Get Way, S7312 [20JY]

Buying the Baca, E1020 [15JN]

Castagnoli's Discovery May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease, H5558 [29JN]

Cattlemen's Leader Works To Preserve Ranching, E84 [8FE]

China Trade Boosts Farmers, S8480 [13SE]

Commercial Scale Cultivation of Pharmaceutical-Producing Tobacco Possible, Virginia Tech Scientists Find, H5559 [29JN]

Crop Insurance an Improvement—With New Insurance Type, Farmers Can Finally Control Part of Their Operations, E534 [11AP]

Danforth Hatchery Closes After 64 Years, E714 [11MY]

Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Is Little Known, S6775 [14JY]

Despite Benefits, Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Gets Little Notice, S6587 [13JY]

Don't Be Down on the Farm—What We Can Do To Preserve a National Treasure, S483-S485 [8FE]

Dr. Truth, S62 [26JA]

End Sugar's Sweet Deal, S7312 [20JY]

Estate Taxes Threaten Wildlife Habitats, H4137 [9JN]

Genetic Research—Foes of Biotechnology Ignore Global Hunger, S61 [26JA]

Hy-Vee, Inc., S6778 [14JY]

In This Case, Tobacco Could Be a Lifesaver, H5560 [29JN]

Joining the Club—Like Others, China Will Try To Protect Its Own Industries, H3697 [24MY]

Larger Legacy May Await Generations X, Y, and Z, H934 [14MR]

Laudable Gift of Life and Sight, E1540 [20SE]

New Dept. of Agriculture Inspection System, S3045 [1MY]

New Ventures Aim To Put Farms in Vanguard of Drug Production—Altering Gene Structure To ``Grow'' Medicines in Common Crops, H5561 [29JN]

Pettiness on Capitol Hill, S11116 [26OC]

Real Rap on Death and Taxes, S6439 [11JY], S6604 [13JY]

Remote Sensing Center Establishment, H5560 [29JN]

Stamford Centennial Celebration—The Saga of the Swensons, E1127 [27JN]

Study Contradicts Foes of Estate Tax, H934 [14MR]

Sugar Growers Get Bailout—Purchase of Surplus Will Cost Taxpayers About $60 Million, S7316 [20JY]

Time To Eliminate the Costly Death Tax, H4025 [7JN]

Two Sides of the American Dream, S7315 [20JY]

Virginia Tech Begins Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plants Producing Pharmaceuticals, H5559 [29JN]

Who's Afraid of Genetic Engineering?, S60 [26JA]

Without Biotechnology, We'll Starve—Agricultural Genetic Engineering Is Subject to More Safeguards Than Many Unaltered Foods We Eat, S61 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2536), S3831 [10MY] (see H.R. 4461), H3171 [16MY] (see H.R. 5426), H9504 [6OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (see H. Res. 513), H3812 [24MY] (see H. Res. 538), H5239 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 617), H9634 [10OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 420), H9635 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 424), H9767 [11OC]

Animals: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 4415), H2905 [10MY]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4065), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4718), H5036 [22JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9504 [6OC] (see H.R. 5475), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5539, 5540), H11193 [25OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

Beef Industry Compensation Trust Fund: establish with duties imposed on products of countries in noncompliance with certain World Trade Organization decisions (see S. 2709), S4820 [8JN]

Business and industry: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2411), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 3243), S11131 [26OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see S. 2745), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 3996), H1077 [15MR]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2744), S5241 [15JN]

California: authorize water reuse and recycling projects (see S. 3232), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5555), H11194 [25OC]

CCC: use of Export Enhancement Program funds for international school feeding and other food aid programs (see S. 2985), S7840 [27JY]

Cheese: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 2630), S4459 [25MY] (see H.R. 4652), H4484 [14JN]

Child Nutrition Act: increase the minimum amount available to States for State administrative expenses (see S. 3197), S10411 [12OC]

Commodities: establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (see S. 2818), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 5205), H7870 [19SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see S. 3283), S11917 [15DE] (see H.R. 5660), H12094 [14DE]

Computers: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see S. 2734), S5240 [15JN] (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE]

Conservation of natural resources: encourage producers to rest and rehabilitate croplands while enhancing soil and water conservation and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 3847), H756 [8MR]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (see S. 3242), S10999 [25OC]

———make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities grants (see S. 2811), S6015 [28JN]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 630), H10036 [17OC]

Credit: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see S. 3049), S8585 [14SE] (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6599 [19JY]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 5125), H7364 [7SE]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (see S. 2442), S2728 [13AP]

Dairy Farmer Viability Commission: establish (see S. 3128), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 5356), H8617 [2OC]

Dairy products: enhance dairy markets through product mandatory reporting (see S. 2773), S5663 [22JN] (see H.R. 5372), H8735 [3OC] (see H.R. 5495), H10256 [18OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H254 [8FE]

———allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (see S. 2332), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 4523), H3649 [23MY]

———allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

———allow purchase of land for the Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in Florence, SC (see S. 3027), S8412 [12SE]

———clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 2760), S5555 [21JN]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 4801), H5655 [29JN]

———discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4591 [15JN]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches (see H.R. 4819), H5736 [10JY]

———encourage efficient use of existing resources and assets relative to Indian agricultural research, development, and exports (see S. 2282), S1671 [23MR]

———ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

———establish a carbon sequestration program to permit owners and operators of land to enroll the land in the program (see S. 2540), S3832 [10MY]

———extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN] (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

———extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (see S. 2996), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 3864), H756 [8MR]

———extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (see H.R. 4965), H7127 [26JY]

———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see S. 3091), S8941 [21SE] (see H.R. 5367), H8735 [3OC]

———improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 4535), H3813 [24MY]

———improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]

———increase number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available (see H.R. 4524), H3649 [23MY]

———make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see S. 3207), S10590 [13OC] (see H.R. 3910), H996 [14MR]

———prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

———provide cost share assistance for construction of reservoir structures for the storage of water in rural areas (see H.R. 5297), H8199 [26SE]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (see H.R. 5051), H7208 [27JY]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (see S. 2221), S1315 [8MR] (see H.R. 3863), H756 [8MR]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk is less than a certain target price (see H.R. 5649), H12066 [8DE]

———reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3230), S10926 [24OC]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 2252), S1461 [20MR]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see S. 2079), S680 [22FE] (see H.R. 3685), H509 [16FE] (see H. Con. Res. 296), H1629 [30MR]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 4378), H2605 [4MY]

———use the Export Enhancement Program to encourage the international sale of U.S. wheat when the importation of Canadian wheat into the U.S. reaches certain triggers (see S. 2913), S7542 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see H.R. 3689), H510 [16FE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District (see S. 3022), S8291 [8SE]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 3222), S10801 [19OC]

Disasters: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (see S. 2039), S489 [8FE] (see H.R. 3653), H373 [14FE]

Ecology and environment: grant States final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 5638), H11954 [4DE]

———promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (see S. 3223), S10801 [19OC]

Education: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1118 [16MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2333), S1986 [30MR] (see S. 2379), S2347 [6AP] (see S. 2566, 2568), S4014 [16MY] (see H.R. 4042), H1163 [21MR] (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

Federal aid programs: establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 2706), S4820 [8JN]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (see H.R. 4979), H7128 [26JY]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (see S. 3133), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 5160), H7502 [12SE]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 512), H3812 [24MY]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see S. 2838), S6257 [30JN]

———educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into the potential economic and environmental risks and benefits of using biotechnology (see H.R. 4627), H4173 [9JN]

———extend mandatory nutrition information labeling requirements to single-ingredient, raw meat, and poultry products (see H.R. 4175), H1763 [4AP]

———improve safety of shell eggs (see H.R. 3526), H48 [27JA]

———provide a pool credit under Federal milk marketing orders for handlers of certified organic milk used for Class I purposes (see S. 3198), S10412 [12OC]

———repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (see H.R. 5668), H12531 [15DE]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 5532), H10808 [24OC]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see S. 2080), S680 [22FE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H7209 [27JY]

———require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3184), S10252 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (see S. 2315), S1884 [29MR] (see H.R. 3883), H920 [9MR]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see S. 3260), S11252 [27OC] (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

———permit land enrollment of certain wetlands, buffers, and filterstrips in the conservation reserve (see S. 2980), S7840 [27JY]

———use of certain practices to meet the requirement for establishing approved vegetative cover on highly erodible cropland subject to conservation reserve contracts (see S. 2763), S5555 [21JN]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation and distribution of shelf stable prepackaged foods (see H.R. 5224), H7932 [20SE]

Foreign trade: investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S. (see S. Res. 348), S8105 [6SE]

———require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (see S. 3005), S8104 [6SE]

———require that imported agricultural products be subject to the same sanitary or phytosanitary measures as domestic products (see H.R. 3552), H89 [31JA]

Housing: tribute to Cesar E. Chavez and farm worker housing programs (see H. Res. 486), H2410 [2MY]

Idaho: increase appropriations for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project (see H.R. 3577), H212 [3FE]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4056), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]

Insurance: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (see S. 2251), S1461 [20MR]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (see S. 3044), S8501 [13SE]

———establish (H.R. 2941), consideration (see H. Res. 610), H8799 [4OC]

National Boll Weevil Eradication Program: ensure all participating States are treated equitably (see S. 2732), S5240 [15JN]

National objectives: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see S. 2894), S7229 [19JY] (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S9945 [5OC]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see S. 2056), S612 [10FE] (see H.R. 3614), H339 [10FE]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (see S. 2877), S6841 [14JY] (see H.R. 5307), H8200 [26SE]

Organic Act of Guam: amend (see S. 2983), S7840 [27JY]

Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover pigeons distributed for use as human food (see H.R. 4073), H1404 [23MR]

Research: increase the international exchange and availability of biotechnology information and coordinate a Federal strategy to advance the benefits of biotechnology (see S. 2106), S799 [24FE]

States: permit purchase of certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 3108), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 5187), H7651 [14SE]

Tariff: grape juice concentrates (see S. 2147), S1117 [2MR] (see H.R. 3684), H509 [16FE]

———prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

———tire manufacturing equipment (see S. 2614), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 4573), H3868 [25MY]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see S. 2746), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 4497), H3412 [18MY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see S. 2884), S7160 [18JY] (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities (see S. 3145), S9606 [2OC]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H7991 [21SE]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4212), H1957 [6AP]

———exclusion from gross income of the sale or exchange of qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 5054), H7208 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H4034 [7JN]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see S. 3134), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 4136), H1628 [30MR]

———provide economic relief to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5386), H8799 [4OC]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (see S. 2422), S2727 [13AP]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see S. 3152), S9701 [3OC]

———provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years (see H.R. 4381), H2605 [4MY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2106 [4AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H2905 [10MY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S680 [22FE]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H7870 [19SE]

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

Transportation: safety of migrant seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 2095), S799 [24FE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see S. 2737), S5240 [15JN] (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 4788), H5654 [29JN]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 632), H10036 [17OC]

Warehouses: require licensing and inspection of warehouses and authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see H.R. 5169), H7577 [13SE]

Water: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see S. 2755), S5460 [20JN] (see H.R. 4726), H5036 [22JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see S. 2041), S489 [8FE] (see S. 2139), S1117 [2MR] (see H.R. 3609), H278 [9FE] (see H.R. 3625), H340 [10FE]

Cloture motions

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

Conference reports

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559), H3763-H3804 [24MY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 4461), H9461-H9502 [6OC]

Cost Estimates

Commodity Futures Modernization Act (H.R. 4541): CBO (Private Sector Mandates), H9867 [12OC]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area establishment (H.R. 2941): CBO, H8854 [5OC]

Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Facilities Conveyance Act (S. 1612): CBO, S8284 [8SE]

Essays

International Market Baskets Begin on Hoosier Farms: Clayton Owsley, S337 [3FE]

———Emily Ripperger, S337 [3FE]

Little World All by Itself: Elizabeth Haugen, S3185 [1MY]

Explanations

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Committee on Taxation (Joint), H10442-H10444 [19OC]

Community Renewal and New Markets Act (S. 3152), S9729-S9746 [3OC]

Histories

Stamford, TX, E1127 [27JN]

Letters

Agricultural Cooperation Agreement implementation between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China: several Senators, S697 [22FE]

Agricultural products, medicines, and medical products exemption from U.S. economic sanctions: Charles E. Kruse, Missouri Farm Bureau, S10691 [18OC]

———several agricultural organizations, S10691 [18OC]

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors: Senator Grassley, S5100 [14JN]

Biotechnology research: several scientists, S63 [26JA]

Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization and amendments: Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur Levitt, Alan Greenspan, and William J. Rainer, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S11897 [15DE], S11947 [2JA]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth L. Lay, Enron Corp., E1940 [25OC]

———Kenneth M. Raisler, E1940 [25OC]

———Marc E. Lackritz and Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, E1940 [25OC]

———Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, E1941 [25OC]

———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10442 [19OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E1877 [23OC]

———Representative Leach, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), E1878 [23OC]

———several financial investment groups, E1940 [25OC]

———several organizations, E1940 [25OC]

———William J. Rainer, CFTC, H8437 [28SE]

Death Tax Elimination Act, H7719 [18SE]

———Alexander Leventhal, S6609 [13JY]

———Ayron Pickerill, S6424 [11JY]

———Todd M. Kolber, H4156 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture authority on plant protection and quarantine: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E936 [9JN]

———Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), E936 [9JN]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), E937 [9JN]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E936 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture development of an effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software: Keith Kelly, Dept. of Agriculture, H5769 [11JY]

———Representatives Minge and Gutknecht, H5770 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Phillip C. Ward, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Disaster assistance to fruit producers: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Estate taxes: John M.J. Holliday, E2095 [14NO]

Flexible fallow program establishment under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production: Neil E. Harl, Iowa State University, S6130 [29JN]

Grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco, and reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products: John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, E371 [21MR]

People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization: several agricultural organizations, S8493 [13SE], S8552 [14SE]

Price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane: Mary Barley, Everglades Trust, Inc., E1212 [11JY]

———Wade Steiger, S7324 [20JY]

Research on medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding: Charles W. Steger, Virginia Tech, H5557 [29JN]

———Kenneth L. Dretchen, Georgetown University Medical Center, H5557 [29JN]

———Larry B. Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, H5558 [29JN]

———Mary Anne Fox, North Carolina State University, H5557 [29JN]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: several organizations, S1566 [22MR]

Senior citizen meal programs funding: Jan Bonine, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, H9708 [11OC]

———Margot L. Clark, Meals on Wheels Association of America, H9707 [11OC]

———Michael F. Ouellette, Senior Citizens League, H9708 [11OC]

Tax incentives for farm relief and economic development: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S6639 [13JY]

Transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund Dept. of Justice litigation against tobacco industry: several veterans organizations, H4496 [15JN]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: George T. Frampton, Jr., Council on Environmental Quality, H5804 [11JY]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H5803 [11JY]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H5805 [11JY]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, S6645 [13JY]

Amendments to H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, and FDA appropriations, S7314 [20JY]

American Meat Institute, S5100 [14JN]

Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, S6437 [11JY]

Indiana Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S337 [3FE]

Northeast Dairy Farms Beautification Program Dairy of Distinctions Award recipients from Vermont, S5023 [13JN]

Supporters of exempting agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, S7604 [26JY]

Supporters of H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, E1939 [25OC]

U.S. agricultural trade balance and deficit with the People's Republic of China, S8550 [14SE]

Messages

International Plant Protection Convention: President Clinton, S1687 [23MR]

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade: President Clinton, S559 [9FE]

Veto of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: President Clinton, H7240 [6SE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7307, S7323, S7328, S7348 [20JY], H8426 [28SE]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6627, S6631, S6636, S6640, S6651, S6663 [13JY], S6768, S6769 [14JY], H4160 [9JN]

Papers

Death Tax Devastation—Horror Stories From Middle-Class America: William W. Beach, Heritage Foundation, S6772-S6774 [14JY]

Poems

``Ill Fares the Land,'' Oliver Goldsmith, S1447 [20MR]

``Tax His Cow'', H4153 [9JN]

Press releases

Agricultural Products, Medicines, and Medical Products Exemption From U.S. Economic Sanctions: Missouri Pork Producers Association, S10691 [18OC]

Governor Requests Disaster Designation for Fruit Growers in South and Southwest Michigan: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]

Proclamations

National Biotechnology Month: President Clinton, S60 [26JA]

Questions and answers

Emergency dairy payments contained in H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10699 [18OC]

Remarks in House

A Day at the Ranch Youth Foundation: tribute, E1457 [13SE]

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H11248 [26OC]

Agricultural Research Service: peanut quality and postharvest processing research funding, H5785 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5442-H5460, H5533-H5598 [29JN], H5683-H5723, H5724 [10JY], H5766-H5792 [11JY], H8426 [28SE], E1169 [30JN], E1198, E1206, E1209, E1211, E1212 [11JY], E1235 [14JY], E1305 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9638, H9639, H9681-H9709 [11OC], E1760 [12OC], E1784 [13OC], E1866 [19OC], E1891 [24OC], E1903 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration (H. Res. 538), H5415-H5423 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9670-H9680 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), motion to instruct conferees, H8426-H8431 [28SE]

AID: employment of contractors for deployment of Food for Peace Program commodities, H5593, H5594 [29JN]

Arizona: inclusion of Salt River Project in Library of Congress Local Legacies Program, E832, E844 [25MY]

Asparagus: international competitiveness grant and harvester funding, H5540, H5541, H5547 [29JN]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4718), H5101-H5103 [26JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5540), H11701-H11704 [31OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: reauthorize participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy (H.R. 1787), H5670, H5671 [10JY]

———reauthorize participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy (S. 1027), H7399 [12SE]

———transfer irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska (H.R. 2984), H7662, H7663, H7688 [18SE]

Burt, Charles M.: California Irrigation Institute Irrigation Person of the Year award recipient, E56 [2FE]

Business and industry: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (H.R. 3513), H1947 [6AP]

———impose a moratorium on large agribusiness mergers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, H1070-H1072 [15MR]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power, H5704 [10JY]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

California: authorize water reuse and recycling projects (H.R. 5555), E1922 [25OC]

———improve growth management initiatives, H346 [14FE]

Camerlo, Tom: Colorado Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee, E2144 [7DE]

CCC: disaster assistance funding for onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H5709, H5710 [10JY]

———limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5562-H5574 [29JN]

Cheese: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese, H5683, H5684 [10JY]

China, People's Republic of: effects of permanent normal trade relations on U.S. agricultural interests, H3730, H3733, H3740 [24MY]

Clarence, NY: anniversary of Clarence Grange No. 892, E516 [6AP]

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit funding, H5458 [29JN]

Colleges and universities: historically black colleges and universities funding for agricultural and food sciences research, H5536, H5537 [29JN]

Colombia: condition military assistance upon certification of efforts to eliminate drug production and combat human rights abuses, H1543-H1546 [29MR]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H5291 [27JN]

———appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs, H3292 [17MY]

Committee on Science (House): release of report on plant genome science, H2016 [11AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, H12485, H12488, H12491, H12495, H12497, H12498, H12501 [15DE], E2181 [14DE]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H8436 [28SE], H9867 [12OC], H10411-H10449 [19OC], E1858 [19OC], E1877, E1878-E1880 [23OC], E1930, E1939 [25OC]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), permission to file report, H10365 [19OC]

Congressional Rural Caucus: reestablishment to address issues impacting rural areas, H954, H955, H956, H957, H959 [14MR], E306, E307, E309 [14MR]

Conservation of natural resources: encourage producers to rest and rehabilitate croplands while enhancing soil and water conservation and wildlife habitat (H.R. 3847), H705 [8MR]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 630), H9984-H9986 [17OC]

Coshocton, OH: North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Research Station funding, H5534, H5535 [29JN]

Credit: establish grants and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned cooperatives, H1566, H1567 [29MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year, H7064 [26JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H6699-H6703 [20JY], H7145, H7146 [27JY]

———lift trade embargo, H5710, H5711 [10JY]

Dairy products: enhance dairy markets through product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), H10874, H10875 [25OC], E1977 [28OC]

Danville, PA: anniversary of Valley Grange 1184, E463 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (H.R. 4218), E509 [6AP]

———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service emergency funding, H5552-H5555 [29JN]

———authority relative to plant protection and quarantine (H.R. 1504), E936 [9JN]

———develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5769, H5770, H5789, H5790 [11JY]

———disaster assistance to apple farmers in the Northeast, H1618 [30MR], H5790 [11JY]

———efforts to combat food industry monopolistic pricing practices and antitrust activities, E1169 [30JN]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5714-H5718 [10JY], H5766-H5769 [11JY]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches (H.R. 4819), E1189 [10JY]

———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1973-H1975 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

———establish position of Assistant Sec. of Agriculture for Civil Rights, H5784 [11JY]

———export of nonfat dry milk through the Dairy Export Incentive Program, H5683 [10JY]

———extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (H.R. 4965), H10002 [17OC]

———funding, H1490 [29MR]

———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (H.R. 5367), H8728-H8731 [3OC]

———inspection of agricultural products and fish imported from Iran, H5440, H5460, H5533, H5549-H5551 [29JN], H5704 [10JY]

———interest payments to certain farmers whose discrimination claims are in arrears, H5783 [11JY]

———make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (H.R. 3910), E301 [14MR]

———Market Access Program funding, H5701-H5704 [10JY], H5789 [11JY]

———Office of Natural Resources and the Environment funding relative to proposed EPA rules on water quality total maximum daily load, H5574-H5577 [29JN]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H10005 [17OC], E1917 [25OC]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), H6077-H6081 [17JY]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (H.R. 5051), H7195 [27JY]

———research on medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding, H5556, H5557 [29JN]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5783, H5784 [11JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2623-H2628 [8MY]

———Rural Community Advancement Program agritourism funding, H5581-H5584 [29JN]

———school breakfast programs research funding, H5712-H5714 [10JY], E1211 [11JY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in Food for Peace Program, H5588-H5591 [29JN]

———special research grants funding, H5541-H5546 [29JN]

———specialty crops assistance funding, H1568 [29MR]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African farmers to improve farming in Africa (H.R. 4378), H2601 [4MY]

———tribute to inspectors killed during inspection of Oakland, CA, sausage factory, E1287 [21JY]

———vegetable production systems development funding, H5772 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H3966 [7JN], H4491-H4498 [15JN], H4619, H4632-H4651 [19JN], H4735, H4736 [20JN], H5039-H5046 [23JN], H11290 [26OC], E1062 [20JN], E1167, E1169 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District (S. 3022), H10512, H10513 [23OC]

Domestic policy: Federal farm policies, H8606 [2OC]

Droughts: rural water needs funding, H5537, H5538, H5541 [29JN]

DuPage County, IL: tribute to Teachers on an Agriscience Bus Program, E917 [8JN]

FDA: assessment of allergenicity of genetically engineered foods, H5594-H5596 [29JN]

———Center for Veterinary Research funding for antibiotic drugs for livestock, H5684, H5685 [10JY], H5817 [11JY], E1209 [11JY], E1760 [12OC]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco, H7087-H7090 [26JY], E1169 [30JN]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4042), H1127 [21MR], E371 [21MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 4207), H1847-H1849 [5AP], H2114 [11AP], H2503 [3MY]

———testing and recall of genetically engineered livestock feed sold for human consumption, H7741 [19SE]

Federal aid programs: disaster assistance to fruit producers, H5705 [10JY]

———emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5785, H5786 [11JY]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (H.R. 4979), E1337 [27JY]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, E534 [11AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3817-H3828, H3857 [25MY], E887, E888 [6JN], E936 [9JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816, H3817 [25MY]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, E1212 [11JY]

Florida, NY: tribute to Orange County Onion Harvest Festival, E439 [29MR]

Food: improve safety of shell eggs, H5771, H5772 [11JY]

———repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (H.R. 5668), E2237 [15DE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, H5782, H5783 [11JY]

Food industry: safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 3883), E2054 [1NO], E2072 [2NO]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (H.R. 5511), E1856 [19OC]

Food Stamp Program: eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, H6604 [20JY]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation and distribution of shelf stable prepackaged foods (H.R. 5224), H8019-H8021 [25SE], E1538 [20SE]

———plant biotechnology research and development funding, H5945, H5946 [12JY]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, H5415-H5421 [28JN], H5456, H5457 [29JN], H9670-H9672, H9678, H9679, H9690, H9692, H9694-H9708 [11OC]

———require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products, H5691, H5723 [10JY]

Foreign policy: global childhood nutrition programs funding, E1389 [27JY]

Fuller Family: Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts Farming Conservationist Award recipient, E2104 [14NO]

Fund for Rural America: funding, H1603 [30MR]

Gore, Vice President: announcement concerning the release of disaster assistance to fruit growers in Pennsylvania, E1161 [30JN]

Health: eliminate use of antibiotic drugs in livestock unless there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health, H6359 [18JY]

Hill, Dennis: Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Nursery Person of the Year award recipient, E204 [1MR]

Hunger Project (organization): tribute, E1553 [21SE]

Idaho: increase appropriations for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project (H.R. 3577), H2619, H2620 [8MY]

Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems: funding, H1603 [30MR]

Irby family: Colorado Cattlemen's Association Leonard Horn Federal Range Livestockman of the Year Award recipient, E10 [27JA]

Koike, Steven T.: University of California Friends of Agricultural Extension Outstanding Achievement Award recipient, E527 [11AP]

Labeling: imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (H.R. 1144), H1072 [15MR]

Land use: urban park and recreation, farmland protection, and endangered and threatened species recovery programs funding, H2868-H2871 [10MY]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), H8850-H8855 [5OC]

———establish (H.R. 2941), consideration (H. Res. 610), H8847, H8848 [5OC]

Lohr, Susan: Colorado Open Lands (organization) Cranmer Award recipient, E1774 [13OC]

Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge: commercial agricultural lease funding, H4575 [15JN]

LSC: payment of defendant's attorney fees in certain migrant worker cases against farmers, H5130, H5131 [26JN]

Michigan: bovine tuberculosis research funding, H1511, H1552 [29MR]

Monsanto Co.: development of golden rice, E1540 [20SE]

Montana: develop acquisition and disposal plan for consolidation of private and Federal lands, H2916-H2918 [11MY]

Napa Valley Vintners Association: tribute to Napa Valley Wine Auction, E866 [25MY]

National Academy of Sciences: genetically-engineered foods study funding, H5538-H5540 [29JN]

National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (organization): anniversary, E1270 [19JY]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, E20 [27JA], E30, E31, E36 [31JA], E49 [1FE]

National Plant Genome Initiative: funding, H7897 [20SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (H.R. 3614), E111 [10FE]

National Western Stock Show: forum on biotechnology, international trade, and Federal farm policies, E464 [30MR]

North Wales, PA: Roth Living Farm Museum designation as a National Historic Site by the Dept. of the Interior, E1610 [27SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5156-H5158 [26JN]

Omer, MI: tribute to Migrant Head Start Center tree-planting ceremony in honor of deceased staff workers, E1082 [22JN]

Organic Act of Guam: amend, H11255 [26OC]

———amend (H.R. 2462), H222 [8FE], H6879-H6882 [25JY], H11573-H11575 [30OC], H11707 [31OC], E1339 [27JY]

———anniversary, H7196-H7198 [27JY]

Palla, Livio: Kern County, CA, Agriculturalist of the Year award recipient, E1483 [14SE]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN], E888 [6JN]

Practical Farmers of Iowa (organization): Renew America (organization) National Award for Environmental Sustainability recipient, E1345 [27JY]

Price support programs: cranberries, H5683, H5684 [10JY]

———sugar, H1415, H1416 [28MR], H4170 [9JN], H5562-H5574 [29JN]

———wool and mohair, H5776, H5777 [11JY]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (H.R. 3288), E1020 [15JN]

———acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), H3753 [24MY], H5797-H5806 [11JY]

———livestock grazing permits renewal process, H4459, H4460 [14JN]

———Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program funding, H2921-H2923 [11MY]

Retired Educators for Agricultural Programs (organization): funding, H5458 [29JN]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8599-H8605 [2OC], H8796 [4OC]

———national policy to improve education and economy, H1827 [5AP]

Russia: agricultural assistance, H6015-H6018 [13JY]

Science: biotechnology research and development funding, H7939 [21SE]

Sporleder, Sig: Colorado Association of Soil Conservation Districts Conservationist of the Year for Ranching award recipient, E2093 [14NO]

Stamford, TX: anniversary, E1126 [27JN]

Stone, Jack: Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award recipient, E1110 [26JN]

Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (H.R. 957), H4153 [9JN]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4078, H4081-H4085 [8JN], H4132, H4135, H4138, H4145 [9JN], E974 [12JN]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 5040), E1393 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H547-H552 [29FE], H846, H849, H859, H862, H864 [9MR], H933, H939 [14MR], H2105 [11AP], H5730-H5732 [10JY], H11593 [30OC]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H362 [14FE], H3911 [6JN], H3931, H3932, H3933, H3934, H3935, H4024-H4031 [7JN], H4047, H4108-H4115 [8JN], H4123, H4124, H4125, H4126, H4127, H4128-H4164, H4169 [9JN], H5850 [12JY], H6474, H6588-H6593 [19JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], E941 [9JN], E974, E975, E977 [12JN], E1008, E1009 [14JN], E1364 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4077-H4087 [8JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H4161-H4163 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7220, H7241, H7247, H7259-H7264 [6SE], H7284, H7285, H7322-H7335, H7351-H7357 [7SE], H7719 [18SE], E1504 [18SE]

———provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years, H5555 [29JN]

———rates, H6091-H6097 [17JY], H8056-H8058 [25SE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H3162-H3164 [16MY]

Toft's Dairy (business): anniversary, E1094 [23JN]

Trampe, Bill: Colorado Open Lands (organization) Cranmer Award recipient, E1775 [13OC]

Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge: commercial agricultural lease funding, H4575 [15JN]

Tyler, TX: tribute to the Texas Rose Festival, E2009 [28OC]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), H9602-H9607 [10OC], E1917 [25OC]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 632), H10003-H10005 [17OC]

Ukraine: agricultural assistance, H6015-H6018 [13JY]

Water: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (H.R. 4726), E1088 [23JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (H.R. 3609), E102 [9FE]

Western States: importance of dams and water storage, H2200-H2205 [12AP], H7860-H7864 [19SE]

———management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, H909-H916 [9MR], H2200-H2205 [12AP], H2757-H2763 [9MY]

Williamson, Julie: Illinois Farm Bureau ``Illinois Ag in the Classroom'' Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1030 [15JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S6344 [10JY], S7143-S7145 [18JY], S7174, S7193-S7216, S7218 [19JY], S7303-S7308, S7310-S7349, S7351-S7379, S7387 [20JY], S7437-S7441, S7456 [21JY], S7490 [24JY], S9019, S9029, S9030 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10063-S10065 [6OC], S10147 [10OC], S10518-S10526 [13OC], S10608-S10611 [17OC], S10648, S10669-S10701, S10732 [18OC], S10792 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10334 [12OC], S10614 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10229 [11OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S3937 [15MY]

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund: use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors, S5100 [14JN]

Agriculture Research Service: establish Bioinformatics Institute for Model Plant Species, S7372 [20JY]

———New England Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S7371 [20JY]

———postharvest handling and mechanization research relative to damaged fruit funding, S7370 [20JY]

Auburn University: Satsuma Orange research funding, S7369 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S6249 [30JN], S10775 [19OC], S11632 [6DE], S11688, S11727 [7DE]

Beef Industry Compensation Trust Fund: establish with duties imposed on products of countries in noncompliance with certain World Trade Organization decisions, S7361 [20JY]

———establish with duties imposed on products of countries in noncompliance with certain World Trade Organization decisions (S. 2709), S4852 [8JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: transfer irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska (H.R. 2984), S10542 [13OC]

Business and industry: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2411), S2625 [12AP], S4421 [25MY]

———enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 3243), S11132 [26OC]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (S. 2745), S5271 [15JN]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2744), S5271 [15JN], S11385 [31OC]

Butte, ND: effect of agribusiness and Federal agriculture policies on Butte Public School, S3185 [1MY]

California: authorize water reuse and recycling projects (S. 3232), S10999 [25OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to Millennium Holiday Tree, S11894 [15DE]

CCC: emergency assistance funding for sugarcane producers in Hawaii, S7439 [21JY]

———use of Export Enhancement Program funds for international school feeding and other food aid programs (S. 2985), S7898 [27JY]

Cheese: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (S. 2630), S4461 [25MY], S6107 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: agricultural trade balance, S8397 [12SE], S8550 [14SE]

———authorize President to report to Congress on balance of trade for cereals and soybeans and eliminate deficit, S8550-S8553, S8558 [14SE]

———effects of permanent normal trade relations on U.S. agricultural interests, S8405 [12SE]

———require disclosure of information relative to compliance with World Trade Organization subsidy obligations, S8298-S8300 [11SE], S8354 [12SE]

Colleges and universities: historically black land-grant colleges and universities research and extension science funding, S7373 [20JY]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]

———tribute to staff for efforts on Agricultural Risk Protection Act, S4441, S4442 [25MY]

Committee on Agriculture (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]

Commodities: establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (S. 2818), S6130 [29JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, S11866, S11878, S11896 [15DE], S11946 [2JA]

———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (S. 3283), S11924-S11927, S11941 [15DE]

Computers: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (S. 2734), S5251 [15JN]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (S. 3242), S11005 [25OC]

———make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities grants (S. 2811), S6026 [28JN], S6104 [29JN], S10947 [24OC]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), S2795, S2796 [13AP], S11276 [27OC]

Credit: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (S. 3049), S8588 [14SE]

———provide apple growers with long-term, low-interest loans (S. 2442), S2762 [13AP]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, S10521 [13OC]

———lift trade embargo, S4933-S4935 [9JN], S10521 [13OC]

Dairy products: enhance dairy markets through product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), S6107 [29JN], S10952, S10953 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (S. 2332), S1990 [30MR]

———allow purchase of land for the Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in Florence, SC (S. 3027), S8415 [12SE]

———clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry, S7218 [19JY], S7303-S7308, S7331-S7334 [20JY]

———clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (S. 2760), S5556 [21JN]

———compensate growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY, S4438, S4439 [25MY]

———declare bovine tuberculosis as an emergency, S7373 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to watermelon farmers, S10679 [18OC]

———disease-carrying pests infestation prevention programs funding, S10679, S10680 [18OC]

———emergency disaster assistance funding for farmers, S7342-S7349 [20JY]

———Emergency Watershed Program funding, S7346-S7349 [20JY]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, S7365, S7366 [20JY]

———encourage efficient use of existing resources and assets relative to Indian agricultural research, development, and exports (S. 2282), S1675 [23MR]

———encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (S. 1066), S10642 [17OC]

———establish a carbon sequestration program to permit owners and operators of land to enroll the land in the program (S. 2540), S3838, S3839 [10MY]

———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4215, S4216 [18MY]

———extend and expand Dairy Options Pilot Program, S1579 [22MR]

———extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (S. 2741), S5267 [15JN], S11122 [26OC]

———extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (S. 2996), S7912 [27JY]

———Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration funding, S7325-S7328 [20JY]

———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (S. 3091), S8956 [21SE], S9211 [25SE]

———Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems grants eligibility, S10681 [18OC]

———make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (S. 3207), S10591 [13OC]

———payment of disaster assistance to potato and apple farmers, S5364 [19JN]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), S7952 [27JY]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (S. 1762), S10943 [24OC]

———provide emergency assistance to dairy producers (S. 2221), S1325 [8MR]

———reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (S. 3230), S10946, S10947 [24OC]

———Red River Trade Council Agriculture Diversity Project funding, S7373 [20JY]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 2252), S1463 [20MR]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, S10678, S10679 [18OC]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (S. 2079), S683 [22FE]

———Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program funding, S10679 [18OC]

———Satsuma orange frost research funding, S10698 [18OC]

———study to improve farming in Africa, S7372 [20JY]

———terminate Federal milk marketing orders, S316 [3FE]

———use the Export Enhancement Program to encourage the international sale of U.S. wheat when the importation of Canadian wheat into the U.S. reaches certain triggers (S. 2913), S7542 [25JY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores, S2333, S2334 [6AP], S2427 [7AP]

Dept. of Labor: develop plan to improve compensation, working conditions, and other benefits for agricultural workers in the U.S., S6189 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain facilities to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District (S. 3022), S8291 [8SE], S10529 [13OC]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (S. 3222), S10803-S10805 [19OC]

Disasters: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (S. 2039), S491 [8FE]

Dixon, Donald E.: Eastern Idaho Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, S1291 [8MR]

Domestic policy: Federal farm policies, S312-S314 [3FE], S346-S348 [7FE], S483 [8FE], S1626 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR], S4219 [22MY], S10608-S10611 [17OC]

Drought: disaster assistance to Alabama, S10698 [18OC]

Ecology and environment: promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (S. 3223), S10805 [19OC]

El Reno, OK: Fort Reno Agriculture Research Station funding, S7369 [20JY]

FDA: food safety initiative activities funding, S7368, S7375 [20JY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco, S2411 [7AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2333), S1990-S1993 [30MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2379), S2350, S2351 [6AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2566), S4016-S4018 [16MY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2568), S4018 [16MY]

Federal aid programs: disaster assistance to apple and potato producers, S7351-S7353, S7357 [20JY]

———disaster assistance to fruit producers, S7357 [20JY]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 2706), S4849, S4850 [8JN]

———grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]

———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (S. 3133), S9473 [28SE]

———relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, S10522 [13OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, S2064 [4AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1628-S1642 [23MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4337 [24MY], S4416-S4443 [25MY], S5100 [14JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4412 [25MY]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), insert S. 2251 language in lieu, S1628 [23MR]

———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7310-S7325, S7328 [20JY]

FEMA: eligibility of private non-profit irrigation companies for disaster relief assistance, S7300, S7301 [19JY]

Fish and fishing: federally-sponsored crop insurance for fishermen, S1577, S1578 [22MR]

Floods: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S7438 [21JY]

Florida: citrus grower disaster assistance funding, S7354 [20JY]

———nursery stock grower disaster assistance funding, S7353 [20JY]

Food: inspection of meat and poultry products by meat processing company employees instead of Dept. of Agriculture inspectors, S3045 [1MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (S. 2080), S683-S685 [22FE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3184), S10253 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (S. 2315), S1894 [29MR]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (S. 3260), S11257 [27OC]

———permit land enrollment of certain wetlands, buffers, and filterstrips in the conservation reserve (S. 2980), S10911-S10913 [24OC]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, S4524 [6JN], S4931 [9JN], S4970 [12JN], S5063-S5067 [14JN], S6051-S6053 [29JN], S6344 [10JY], S7591, S7603, S7604, S7629 [26JY], S9019, S9029, S9030 [22SE], S10063-S10065 [6OC], S10147 [10OC], S10669, S10670, S10675, S10681, S10688 [18OC], S10792 [19OC]

Foreign trade: enforcement of trade remedy laws, S10693 [18OC]

———implementation of the Agricultural Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China, S696 [22FE]

———investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S. (S. Res. 348), S8105 [6SE]

———promote safety of genetically engineered foods, S3178-S3180 [1MY]

———require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (S. 3005), S8105 [6SE]

Herbst, David and Leslie: American Farm Bureau Federation National Young Farmer Award recipients, S894 [28FE]

Idaho: increase appropriations for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project (H.R. 3577), S10528 [13OC]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, S9247 [26SE], S11851 [15DE]

———establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (S. 1814), S710 [23FE]

Income: improve financial situation of farmers and ranchers, S1443-S1447 [20MR]

Indiana: tribute to Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest winners, S336 [3FE]

Insurance: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk, S3937 [15MY]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1556-S1586 [22MR], S1624-S1642, S1651 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent agreement, S1563, S1564 [22MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), unanimous-consent request, S1556, S1562 [22MR]

———promote the development and use of affordable crop insurance policies for specialty crop producers, S1579, S1580 [22MR]

Investments: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives-S11868 [15DE]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), S11274 [27OC]

Louisiana: Ten and Fifteen Mile Bayou flood control project funding, S11406 [31OC]

Lyons, James: revocation of certain authorities as Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources, S11115 [26OC]

Montana: Library of Congress Local Legacies Project nominees, S4290 [23MY]

———sugar beet growers disaster assistance funding, S10247 [11OC]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, S58-S63, S95 [26JA], S144-S146 [31JA]

National Boll Weevil Eradication Program: ensure all participating States are treated equitably (S. 2732), S5241 [15JN]

———funding, S7355 [20JY]

National Dairy Month: observance, S5290 [16JN], S6107 [29JN]

National Grange Week: observance, S3017 [27AP]

National objectives: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (S. 2894), S7244 [19JY], S7822 [27JY]

National Potato Lovers Month: observance, S641 [10FE]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (S. 3175), S9960 [5OC], S10076 [6OC]

———funding, S10680 [18OC]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (S. 2056), S617 [10FE]

North Dakota State University: tribute to Agricultural Experiment Station research team, S695 [22FE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: impact on small dairy farms, S1378 [9MR]

———repeal (S. 916), S5290 [16JN]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (S. 2877), S6845 [14JY], S10529 [13OC]

Organic Act of Guam: amend (H.R. 2462), S10935-S10937 [24OC]

———amend (S. 2983), S7897 [27JY]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, S7368 [20JY]

———authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S972-S975 [29FE], S5875 [27JN]

Price support programs: sugar, S4219 [22MY]

———sweet rice, S10694 [18OC]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), S2799-S2805 [13AP], S7099 [18JY]

———livestock grazing permits renewal process, S6322 [10JY], S6520-S6528 [12JY]

Research: plant biotechnology research and development funding, S8182, S8183 [7SE]

Rural areas: tribute to Rally for Rural America and response to agricultural crisis, S1567-S1570 [22MR], S1626, S1627 [23MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S8041 [6SE]

South Carolina: tribute to peach farmers, S6467 [11JY]

South Dakota: tribute to farm, conservation, wildlife, and environmental groups signing agreement calling for certain wetlands on private farmland be eligible for the Conservation Reserve Program, S10911-S10913 [24OC]

States: permit purchase of certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 3108), S9267 [26SE]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (S. 3116), S9379 [27SE]

———tire manufacturing equipment (S. 2614), S4318 [23MY]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (S. 2746), S5271 [15JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, S11471 [1NO]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (S. 2884), S7161 [18JY]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax, S11471 [1NO]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland, S6815 [14JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, S2278, S2279, S2282 [6AP], S6323 [10JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6295, S6296 [30JN], S6329-S6334 [10JY], S6586-S6591, S6600-S6669 [13JY], S6767-S6781, S6817 [14JY], S7012-S7014 [17JY], S7084, S7085, S7150 [18JY], S7500-S7502 [25JY], S7608 [26JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6296, S6297 [30JN], S6403-S6408, S6411, S6448 [11JY], S6485-S6497 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S6497 [12JY], S6644, S6645 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6764 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, S7998 [5SE], S8099 [6SE], S8633 [15SE]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (S. 3134), S9473 [28SE]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development, S6636-S6639, S6643 [13JY]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development (S. 2422), S2736 [13AP]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (S. 3152), S9703, S9704, S9773 [3OC]

———provide tax relief for farmers, S6795 [14JY]

———rates, S7429-S7431 [21JY], S7587-S7589 [26JY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 1128), S5101 [14JN]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate, S6639 [13JY], S6815 [14JY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 2344), S10995 [25OC]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 2084), S688 [22FE]

Technology: benefits of biotechnology research relative to agriculture, medicine, and environmental protection, S58-S63 [26JA]

Tobacco products: impact of governmental purchase of tobacco on domestic growth quotas, S10684 [18OC]

Transportation: safety of migrant seasonal agricultural workers (S. 2095), S808 [24FE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), S10491 [12OC], S10944-S10946 [24OC]

———extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (S. 2737), S5262 [15JN]

Vermont: Northeast Dairy Farms Beautification Program Dairy of Distinctions Award recipients, S5023 [13JN]

Virginia Tech: bioinformatics human and plant genome analysis funding, S7369 [20JY]

Water: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (S. 2755), S5461 [20JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (S. 2041), S607 [10FE]

———exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (S. 2139), S1290 [8MR]

Weather: beginning of spring, S1442 [20MR]

Western States: management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S5771-S5773 [26JN]

Wittman family: Millennium Farm/Ranch Family Award recipient, S2723 [13AP]

Reports

Growth, Open Space and Wilderness—Colorado Opinion Research Shows Support for Wilderness Declines as Public Learns More About Restrictions: Philip M. Burgess and Kara Steele, Center for the New West, H915 [9MR]

Reports filed

Acquire Valles Caldera Lands in New Mexico, Establish a Trust To Manage Such Lands, and Reform the Federal Land Management Process: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1892) (S. Rept. 106-267), S2615 [12AP]

Agricultural Opportunities Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4548) (H. Rept. 106-982), H10035 [17OC]

Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 106-639), H3812 [24MY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-948), H9504 [6OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-619), H3171 [16MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2536) (S. Rept. 106-288), S3831 [10MY]

Bureau of Reclamation Participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1027) (H. Rept. 106-805), H7279 [6SE]

Bureau of Reclamation Reauthorization for Participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1787) (H. Rept. 106-712), H5735 [10JY]

Bureau of Reclamation Transfer of Irrigation Project Property to the Middle Loup Division Irrigation District in Nebraska: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2984) (H. Rept. 106-829), H7364 [7SE]

Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River Basin Water Optimization Feasibility Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2877) (S. Rept. 106-454), S9604 [2OC]

Carbon Cycle and Agricultural Best Practices Research Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1066) (S. Rept. 106-407), S8501 [13SE]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2697) (S. Rept. 106-390), S8019 [5SE]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H5654 [29JN]

———Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H7279 [6SE], H10472 [19OC]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4541) (H. Rept. 106-711), H7279 [6SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 106-640), H3812 [24MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 617) (H. Rept. 106-953), H9634 [10OC]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 519) (H. Rept. 106-658), H4034 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2941, Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Establishment: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 610) (H. Rept. 106-935), H8799 [4OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4461, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 513) (H. Rept. 106-641), H3812 [24MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 538) (H. Rept. 106-704), H5239 [27JN]

Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 106-651), H3924 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Rehabilitation Assistance for Watershed Dams Built for Flood Protection and Water Resource Projects: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 728) (H. Rept. 106-484), H1762 [4AP]

Freedom To E-File Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 852) (H. Rept. 106-565), H2012 [10AP]

Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3001) (S. Rept. 106-391), S8019 [5SE]

Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2462) (H. Rept. 106-787), H7001 [25JY]

International Plant Protection Convention: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 106-27), S9944 [5OC]

Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1444) (S. Rept. 106-239), S1390 [9MR]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Establishment: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 106-934), H8799 [4OC]

Make Communities With High Levels of Out-Migration or Population Loss Eligible for Community Facilities Grants: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2811), S8941 [21SE]

Minidoka Project North Side Pumping Division Appropriations Increase: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3577) (S. Rept. 106-435), S9464 [28SE]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3577) (H. Rept. 106-599), H2409 [2MY]

Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Facilities Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1612) (S. Rept. 106-373), S8018 [5SE]

Nampa and Meridian Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3022) (S. Rept. 106-480), S9701 [3OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3067) (H. Rept. 106-870), H7931 [20SE]

Nomination of Christopher R. McLean To Be Rural Utilities Service Administrator: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5460 [20JN]

Nomination of Michael V. Dunn to the Farm Credit Administration: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5460 [20JN]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2251) (S. Rept. 106-247), S1461 [20MR], S1596 [22MR]

Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1762) (S. Rept. 106-408), S8501 [13SE]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1892) (H. Rept. 106-724), H5842 [11JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Resolutions of ratification

International Plant Protection Convention, S9944 [5OC], S10667 [18OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5540, H5565 [29JN], H5689, H5690, H5692, H5711 [10JY]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: OMB, S7363 [20JY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): OMB, H9695 [11OC]

Agriculture and International Trade: Larry Palser, Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, E465 [30MR]

Biotechnology Research: National Research Council, S63 [26JA]

———President Clinton, S63 [26JA]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Executive Office of the President, H10441 [19OC], E1939 [25OC]

Federal Farm Policy: Dusty Tallman, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, E467 [30MR]

———Lynn Shook, E466 [30MR]

Marijuana Legislation: Bryce James, Will W. Gusakov, and Jeremiah H. Spofford, E1484 [14SE]

Price Support Programs for Sugar Beets and Sugarcane: GAO, E1212 [11JY]

Research on Medical, Biotechnological, Food, and Industrial Uses of Tobacco Funding: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), H5558 [29JN]

Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act, S10689-S10691 [18OC]

Tribute to Dept. of Agriculture Inspectors Killed During Inspection of Oakland, CA, Sausage Factory: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, E1287 [21JY]

Studies

Estate Tax Repeal—A Windfall for the Wealthiest Americans: Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6417-S6419 [11JY]

Summaries

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): Provisions Exempting Agricultural Products, Medicines, and Medical Products From U.S. Economic Sanctions, H9705 [11OC]

Grain Standards Improvement Act (S. 2737), S5262 [15JN]

Promote Competition Among Wholesale Purchasers and Establish a Commission To Review Large Agriculture Mergers, Concentration, and Market Power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (S. 2251): Specialty Crop Provisions, S1566 [22MR]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5444-H5449 [29JN]

———conference report, H9682-H9689 [11OC]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]

Committee on Agriculture (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7376 [20JY]

Estate tax comparison on $2 million estate, H4139 [9JN]

U.S. agricultural trade balance with the People's Republic of China, S8397 [12SE]

Testimonies

Global Childhood Nutrition Programs: George S. McGovern, E1391 [27JY]

———Representative McGovern, E1391 [27JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 296, Dept. of Agriculture resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H2623 [8MY]

H. Res. 512, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H3816 [25MY]

H. Res. 538, consideration of H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H5415 [28JN]

H. Res. 610, consideration of H.R. 2941, Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, H8847 [5OC]

H. Res. 617, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9670 [11OC]

H. Res. 630, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 1444, Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act, H9984 [17OC]

H. Res. 632, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 4788, Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act, H10003 [17OC]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H4128-H4131 [9JN]

H.R. 728, rehabilitation assistance for watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H6077 [17JY]

H.R. 1444, Irrigation Mitigation and Restoration Partnership Act, S2795 [13AP], S11277 [27OC]

H.R. 1787, Bureau of Reclamation reauthorization for participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy, H5670 [10JY]

H.R. 2462, Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act, H6879 [25JY], H11573 [30OC]

H.R. 2941, Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, H8852-H8854 [5OC]

H.R. 2984, Bureau of Reclamation transfer of irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska, H7662 [18SE]

H.R. 3577, north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project in Idaho appropriations, H2620 [8MY]

H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7556-S7573 [25JY]

H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, H10416-H10440 [19OC]

H.R. 4718, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H5101 [26JN]

H.R. 4788, Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act, H9602-H9605 [10OC]

H.R. 4965, extend Dept. of Agriculture time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fraudulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY, H10002 [17OC]

H.R. 5540, Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, H11701 [31OC]

S. 777, Freedom To E-File Act, S4216 [18MY], H1973 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]

S. 935, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act, S972-S974 [29FE], S1039-S1042 [1MR]

S. 1027, Bureau of Reclamation participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy, H7399 [12SE]

S. 1066, Carbon Cycle and Agricultural Best Practices Research Act, S10642-S10644 [17OC]

S. 1762, Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act, S10944 [24OC]

S. 1892, acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process, S2799-S2805 [13AP]

S. 1892, Valles Caldera Preservation Act, H5797-H5803 [11JY]

S. 2080, Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, S685 [22FE]

S. 2282, Native American Agricultural Research, Development and Export Enhancement Act, S1676 [23MR]

S. 2315, Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act, S1894-S1897 [29MR]

S. 2333, Tobacco Regulatory Fairness Act, S1991 [30MR]

S. 2411, Farmers and Ranchers Fair Competition Act, S2625-S2628 [12AP]

S. 2614, tariff on tire manufacturing equipment, S4318 [23MY]

S. 2732, Boll Weevil Eradication Equity Act, S5241 [15JN]

S. 2734, Warehouse Improvement Act, S5251-S5254 [15JN]

S. 2737, Grain Standards Improvement Act, S5262 [15JN]

S. 2755, Southern High Plains Groundwater Resource Conservation Act, S5462 [20JN]

S. 2773, Dairy Market Enhancement Act, H10874 [25OC]

S. 2811, make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities grants, S6026 [28JN]

S. 2811, make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities grants under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, S10947 [24OC]

S. 2877, Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River Basin Water Optimization Feasibility Study Act, S6846 [14JY], S10529 [13OC]

S. 2884, allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit, S7161 [18JY]

S. 2996, Dept. of Agriculture extension of Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate, S7913 [27JY]

S. 3022, Nampa and Meridian Conveyance Act, S8291 [8SE], S10529 [13OC], H10512 [23OC]

S. 3027, Dept. of Agriculture purchase of land for the Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center in Florence, SC, S8415 [12SE]

S. 3091, Packers and Stockyards Enforcement Improvement Act, S8957 [21SE]

S. 3152, Community Renewal and New Markets Act, S9704-S9729 [3OC]

S. 3175, National Rural Development Partnership Act, S9961-S9963 [5OC]

S. 3184, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10254-S10256 [11OC]

S. 3222, Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act, S10803-S10805 [19OC]

S. 3230, Dept. of Agriculture reauthorization of authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs, S10947 [24OC]

S. 3232, California Reclaimed Water Act for the 21st Century, S11000-S11002 [25OC]

S. 5224, International Food Relief Partnership Act, H8019 [25SE]

S. Res. 348, investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S., S8116 [6SE]

Transcripts

Fleecing of America—Sugar Price Support Programs: ``NBC Nightly News'', S7316 [20JY]