[House Report 107-226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    107-226

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2646, FARM SECURITY ACT OF 2001

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  October 2, 2001.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 248]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 248, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2646, the 
Farm Security Act of 2001, under a modified open rule. The rule 
provides two hours of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by 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 provides that, in lieu of the amendments 
recommended by the Committees on Agriculture and International 
Relations now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to 
consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 
the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text printed in part A of this report, 
modified by the amendment printed in part B of this report. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute and provides that it shall be considered 
as read.
    The rule further makes in order only those amendments that 
have been printed in the Congressional Record before October 3, 
2001, and provides that each such amendment may be offered only 
by the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee and 
shall be considered as read.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII 
(requiring the inclusion in the report of a CBO cost estimate), 
which is necessary because the Committee on International 
Relations did not include an adequate cost estimate in its 
report. The waiver also includes a waiver of section 303 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation, as reported, providing new budget authority, 
changes in revenues, or changes in the public debt for a fiscal 
year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed 
to), which is necessary because the bill provides for new 
budget authority that is first provided in fiscal year 2003 and 
Congress has not yet approved a budget resolution for FY 03. 
Additionally, the waiver includes a waiver of section 401 of 
the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes 
effective during the current fiscal year), which is necessary 
because the bill provides for new entitlement for fiscal year 
2002.

                AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

                                 PART A


TEXT OF AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO BE CONSIDERED AS 
  ORIGINAL TEXT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHER AMENDMENT (AS MODIFIED BY THE 
  AMENDMENT IN PART B)


                                 PART B


Summary of Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute 
        Printed in Part A, To Be Considered As Adopted

    Combest--Makes two technical changes to the bill to ensure 
it is within the budgetary parameters established by the FY 
2002 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: (1) reduces the 
amount of the partial countercyclical payments that producers 
of peanuts and covered commodities may receive from 50% to 40% 
of the total projected countercyclical payment; and (2) adds a 
new subsection (h) at the end of section 105 which directs the 
Secretary, in calculating the effective price with respect to 
barley, to use either the all barley loan rate, or the feed 
barley loan rate, as appropriate. (Summary derived from 
information provided by sponsor.)

   text of amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
             printed in part a, to be considered as adopted

    In section 105(f)(2) (page 22, beginning line 17), strike 
``50 percent'' and insert ``40 percent''.
    At the end of section 105 (page 23, after line 9), insert 
the following new subsection:
    (h) Special Rule for Barley used Only for Feed Purposes.--
For purposes of calculating the effective price for barley 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the loan rate in 
effect for barley under section 122(b)(3), except, in the case 
of producers who received the higher loan rate provided under 
such section for barley used only for feed purposes, the 
Secretary shall use that higher loan rate.
    In section 143(a) (page 68, beginning line 7) strike 
``Diary'' and insert ``Dairy''.
    In section 164(f)(2) (page 112, beginning line 21), strike 
``50 percent'' and insert ``40 percent''.
    In section 930, in the paragraph (2) being added by 
subsection (a) (page 352, beginning line 20), strike 
``contact'' and insert ``contract''.

                                  
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