[House Report 106-641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-641

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4461, AGRICULTURE, RURAL 
  DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
  APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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May 25 (legislative day, May 24), 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar 
                       and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 513]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 513, 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. 4461, 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, 
under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendments printed in 
this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule also 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general 
appropriations bill), except as specified in the rule. The rule 
allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Further, the rule 
allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone a 
request for a recorded vote on any amendment and reduce voting 
time to five minutes on a postponed question, provided that the 
minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series 
of questions shall be fifteen minutes. Finally the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the name of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 104

    Date: May 24, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 4461, the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: To protect Title VIII of the bill, 
relating to trade sanctions reform and export enhancement, from 
points of order.
    Results: Defeated 2 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Yea; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

 Summary of Amendments Considered as Adopted Upon Adoption of the Rule

Reductions from Committee-reported bill to offset section 751 relating 
to apples/potatoes

                                                        Budget authority
Common Computing Environment............................      $1,000,000
Agricultural Research Service: Buildings and Facilities 
    Unspecified Locations/General Reduction.............       8,000,000
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:
    Animal welfare......................................       2,000,000
    Agricultural quarantine inspection--user fees.......       5,000,000
    Wildlife services--rabies control...................       1,000,000
Farm Service Agency: Salaries and expenses..............       2,000,000
Risk Management Agency..................................       2,000,000
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Conservation operations.............................       1,000,000
    Resource conservation and development...............       1,000,000
Rural Development:
    Salaries and expenses...............................       6,000,000
    Rural community advancement program.................      24,000,000
Rural housing service--section 502......................       6,000,000
Food and Drug Administration: Salaries and expenses.....      14,000,000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission....................       1,000,000
Wetlands Reserve Program--limit to 15k acres............      41,000,000
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      Total.............................................     115,000,000

Summary provided by the Committee on Appropriations.
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   text of amendments considered as adopted upon adoption of the rule

    On page 4, line 16, strike ``$25,000,000'' and insert 
``$24,000,000''.
    On page 13, line 6, strike ``$39,300,000'' and insert 
``$31,300,000''.
    On page 19, line 4, strike ``$470,000,000'' and insert 
``$462,000,000''.
    On page 21, line 2, strike ``$87,000,000'' and insert 
``$82,000,000''.
    On page 26, line 6, strike ``$828,385,000'' and insert 
``$826,385,000''.
    On page 29, line 18, strike ``$67,700,000'' and insert 
``$65,700,000''.
    On page 32, line 8, strike ``$676,812,000'' and insert 
``$675,812,000''.
    On page 36, line 13, strike ``$41,015,000'' and insert 
``$40,015,000''.
    On page 37, line 10, strike ``$775,837,000'' and insert 
``$751,837,000''.
    On page 37, line 11, strike ``$33,150,000'' and insert 
``$32,150,000''.
    On page 37, line 13, strike ``$668,988,000'' and insert 
``$649,988,000''.
    On page 37, line 16, strike ``$73,699,000'' and insert 
``$69,699,000''.
    On page 40, line 13, strike ``$4,800,000,000'' and insert 
``$4,760,000,000''.
    On page 41, line 1, strike ``$184,160,000'' and insert 
``$178,160,000''.
    On page 43, line 1, strike ``$39,000,000'' and insert 
``$37,000,000''.
    On page 44, line 4, strike ``$120,270,000'' and insert 
``$114,270,000''.
    On page 50, line 11, strike ``$4,067,000,000'' and insert 
``$4,057,000,000''.
    On page 57, line 24, strike ``$1,267,178,000'' and insert 
``$1,253,178,000''.
    On page 59, line 3, strike ``$69,000,000'' and insert 
``$68,000,000''.
    On page 84, strike line 21 through page 85, line 5.
    On page 85, following line 15, insert the following:
    ``Sec. 753. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 15,000 acres 
in the fiscal year 2001 wetlands reserve program as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 3837.''

                                  
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