[House Report 106-346]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-346

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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2559, THE AGRICULTURE RISK 
                             PROTECTION ACT

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 September 28, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 308]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 308, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2559, 
the ``Agriculture Risk Protection Act,'' under a modified open 
rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate divided 
equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Agriculture.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on 
Agriculture amendment in the nature of a substitute as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment, modified by the 
amendments printed in this report. The rule further waives all 
points of order against consideration of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, as modified.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be open for amendment by title, and makes in 
order only those amendments preprinted in the Congressional 
Record and pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. An 
amendment may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be 
printed or his designee, and it shall be considered as read and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill and the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, is necessary because of technical violations of 
sections 302 (prohibiting consideration of legislation 
providing new entitlement authority in excess of a committee's 
allocation), 308 (requiring a Congressional Budget Office cost 
estimate in the committee report), and 401 (prohibiting 
consideration of budget related legislation, as reported, that 
is not subject to appropriations) of the Congressional Budget 
Act. The modifications to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute fix many of these technical violations.

       summary of amendments considered as adopted under the rule

Amendments modifying the amendment in the nature of a substitute

    Combest: Amends the effective date of various sections of 
H.R. 2559 to ensure that the bill complies with H. Con. Res. 
68, the concurrent budget resolution adopted by Congress in 
April. Specifically, for sections of the bill that were scored 
by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as having a fiscal 
year 2000 cost, the en bloc amendments delay the effective date 
until the 2001 fiscal year or crop year.

     text of amendments modifying the amendment in the nature of a 
                               substitute

  Page 9, line 13, strike ``2000'' and insert ``2001''.
  Page 30, beginning line 8, strike section 113.
  Page 61, line 9, strike ``Fiscal Year'' and insert ``fiscal 
year''.
  Add at the end the following:

              TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION

SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.

  Except as provided in sections 301(b) and 305(d), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. The actual implementation by 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation of an amendment made by this Act shall depend on 
the terms of the amendment or, in the absence of an express 
implementation date in the amendment, the special rules 
specified in section 402.

SEC. 402. SPECIAL RULES REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.

  (a) Implementation for 2000 Crop Year.--The amendments made 
by the following sections of this Act shall apply beginning 
with the 2000 crop year:
          (1) Section 104, relating to review and adjustment in 
        rating methodologies.
          (2) Section 106, relating to cost of production as a 
        price election.
          (3) Section 107, relating to premium discounts for 
        good performance.
          (4) Section 202, relating to improving program 
        compliance and integrity.
          (5) Section 203, relating to sanctions for false 
        information.
          (6) Section 204, relating to protection of 
        confidential information.
          (7) Section 205, relating to records and reporting.
          (8) Section 206, relating to compliance with State 
        licensing requirements.
          (9) Section 309, relating to requirement to follow 
        good farming practices.
  (b) Implementation for Fiscal Year 2000.--The amendments made 
by the following sections of this Act shall apply beginning 
with fiscal year 2000:
          (1) Section 105(a), relating to repeal of obsolete 
        pilot programs.
          (2) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 305, 
        relating to Board consideration of submitted policies 
        and materials.
          (3) Section 306, relating to contracting for rating 
        plans of insurance.
          (4) Section 307, relating to electronic availability 
        of crop insurance information.
  (c) Implementation for 2001 Crop Year.--The amendments made 
by the following sections of this Act shall apply beginning 
with the 2001 crop year:
          (1) Section 101, relating to premium schedule for 
        additional coverage.
          (2) Section 102, relating to premium schedule for 
        other plans of insurance.
          (3) Section 103(b), relating to adjustment in 
        production history to reflect pest control.
          (4) Section 109, relating to authority for nonprofit 
        associations to pay fees on behalf of producers.
          (5) Section 110, relating to elections regarding 
        prevented planting coverage.
          (6) Section 111, relating to limitations under 
        noninsured crop disaster assistance program.
          (7) Section 201, relating to limitation on double 
        insurance.
  (d) Implementation for Fiscal Year 2001.--The amendments made 
by the following sections of this Act shall apply beginning 
with fiscal year 2001:
          (1) Section 105(b), relating to general requirements 
        applicable to pilot programs.
          (2) Section 304, relating to funding for 
        reimbursement and research and development.

SEC. 403. SAVINGS CLAUSE.

  The Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and 
section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), as in effect on day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply with 
respect to the 1999 crop year and shall apply with respect to 
the 2000 crop year, to the extent the application of an 
amendment made by this Act is delayed under section 402 or by 
the terms of the amendment.

                                  
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