S.1233 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)

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08/04/1999 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)

08/04/1999 Senate passed companion measure H.R.1906 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)

08/04/1999 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1906 as an amendment.

08/04/1999 Senate vitiated previous passage. (consideration: CR S10214)

08/04/1999 Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1561 Amendment SP 1561 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1560 Amendment SP 1560 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1559 Amendment SP 1559 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1558 Amendment SP 1558 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1557 Amendment SP 1557 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1556 Amendment SP 1556 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1555 Amendment SP 1555 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1554 Amendment SP 1534 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1553 Amendment SP 1553 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1552 Amendment SP 1552 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1551 Amendment SP 1551 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1550 Amendment SP 1550 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1549 Amendment SP 1549 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1548 Amendment SP 1548 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1547 Amendment SP 1547 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1546 Amendment SP 1546 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1545 Amendment SP 1545 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1544 Amendment SP 1544 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1543 Amendment SP 1543 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1542 Amendment SP 1542 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1541 Amendment SP 1541 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1540 Amendment SP 1540 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1539 Amendment SP 1539 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1538 Amendment SP 1538 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1537 Amendment SP 1537 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1536 Amendment SP 1536 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1535 Amendment SP 1535 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1534 Amendment SP 1534 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1533 Amendment SP 1533 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1532 Amendment SP 1532 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1531 Amendment SP 1531 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1530 Amendment SP 1530 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1529 Amendment SP 1529 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1528 Amendment SP 1528 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1527 Amendment SP 1527 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1526 Amendment SP 1526 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1525 Amendment SP 1525 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1524 Amendment SP 1524 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1561 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Harkin. To provide an additional $2,000,000 for the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, offset from the Economic Research Service.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1560 Proposed by Senator Kohl. To provide additional funding to existing research programs.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1559 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Baucus. To express the sense of the Senate concerning actions by the World Trade Organization relating to trade in agricultural commodities.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1558 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Bryan. To provide that the price of milk received by producers in Clark County, Neveda, shall not be subject to any Federal milk marketing order or any other regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture and shall solely be regulated by the State of Nevada and the Nevada State Dairy Commission.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1557 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Hutchison. To ensure timely testing of imports under the President's Food Safety Initiative.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1556 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Edwards. To provide for an increase and a decrease in the amounts of certain appropriated funds.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1555 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Wellstone. To require the use of certain funds transferred to the Economic Research Service to conduct a study of reasons for the decline in participation in the food stamp program and any problems that households with eligible children have experienced in obtaining food stamps.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1554 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Thomas. To set aside certain funds for programs and activities of the Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, Colorado, with an offset.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1553 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Stevens. To amend S.1233 to provide a minimum allocation of Hatch Act funds to States subject to a special statutory cost of living adjustment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1552 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Stevens. To amend S.1233 to provide a minimum allocation of Smith Lever Act funds to States subject to a special statutory cost of living adjustment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1551 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Stevens. To amend S.1233 to provide for education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1550 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Stevens. To amend S.1233 to require the Secretary review food packages periodically and consider including other nutritious foods under the food package program for Women, Children, and Infants.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1549 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Stevens. To authorize Alaska Native tribes for payment of certain administrative costs for the Food Stamp Program.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1548 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Smith, of OR. To authorize the Cranberry Marketing Committee to conduct paid advertising for cranberries and cranberry products and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Committee to collect cranberry inventory data.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1547 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Smith, of NH. To provide eligibility to Berlin, New Hampshire for a rural utilities grant or loan under the Rural Community Advancement Program.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1546 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Sessions. To fund special research food safety grant in AL.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1545 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Reid. To appropriate $500,000 for the Nevada Arid Rangelands Initiative to develop research and education programs to manage healthy and productive rangelands, provide abundant renewable natural resources, and support the economic development of the rangelands in a sustainable manner.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1544 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Nickles. To modify Section 739 of the bill.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1543 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator McConnell. To provide that certain cross-country leasing provisions apply to Kentucky and to release and protect the release of tobacco production and marketing information.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1542 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Mack. To provide $300,000 for climate change research at the Florida Center for Climate Prediction at Florida State University, the University of Florida, and the University of Miami, with an offset.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1541 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Lincoln. To rename a USDA facility in Arkansas.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1540 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Levin. To provide funding for sustainable agriculture research and a research program on improved fruit practices in the State of Michigan, with an offset.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1539 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Kerrey. Earmark for grassroots project.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1538 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Graham. To provide additional funding for fruit fly exclusion and detection, with an offset.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1537 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Gorton. To require the Farm Service Agency to review programs that provide assistance to apple farmers and report to congress.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1536 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Durbin. Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the United States Action Plan on Food Security.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1535 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Durbin. To require the expenditure of appropriated funds for certain enforcement activities.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1534 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Domenici. To amend the National Drought Policy Act of 1998, to make a technical correction.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1533 Proposed by Senator Cochran. To provide at least twenty five percent of the appropriated funds to small minority farmers and cooperatives.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1532 Proposed by Senator Cochran. To increase the fee on guaranteed business and industry loans thereby reducing the subsidy costs.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1531 Proposed by Senator Cochran. To provide additional funding for the Watershed and Flood Preventions and earmark funds for financial and technical assistance for pilot rehabilitation projects in Mississippi.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1530 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Cleland. To redesignate the National School Lunch Act as the "Richard B. Russell National School Linch Act".

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1529 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Byrd. To designate West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia, as a land-grant college and to provide funding for the college, with an offset.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1528 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Burns. Sense of the Senate regarding eligibility of dry beans for contract acreage.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1527 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Bond. Regarding Contracts for procurement of food aid commodities.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1526 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Bingaman. Regarding RCAP set-aside for Native Americans.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1525 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Abraham. Regarding FDA offices in Detroit, MI.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1524 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Abraham. Regarding bovine tuberculosis research.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1523 Amendment SP 1523 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1523 Proposed by Senator Thurmond. To prohibit the use of foreign assistance funds to promote the sale or export of alcoholic beverages, including wine.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1521 Amendment SP 1521 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1522 Motion to table SP 1522 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-44. Record Vote No: 258.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1522 Proposed by Senator Chafee to Amendment SP 1521. To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Environment and Public Works should review the findings of the EPA Blue Ribbon Panel on MTBE and other relevant scientific studies, hold comprehensive hearings, and report to the Senate at the earliest possible date any legislation necessary to address the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1521 Proposed by Senator Boxer. Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the continued use of the fuel additive methyl tertiary ether (MTBE) and its impact on drinking water.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1499 Amendment SP 1499 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-8. Record Vote No: 257.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1516 Amendment SP 1516 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1516 Proposed by Senator Ashcroft to Amendment SP 1499. To provide stability in the United States agriculture sector and to promote adequate availability of food and medicine abroad by requiring congressional approval before the imposition of any unilateral agricultural or medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1517 Motion to table SP 1517 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-48. Record Vote No: 256.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1517 Proposed by Senator Conrad to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1514 Motion to table SP 1514 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-44. Record Vote No: 255.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1514 Proposed by Senator Dorgan to Amendment SP 1499. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural producers.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1513 Amendment SP 1513 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1513 Proposed by Senator Cochran to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1512 Proposed amendment SP 1512 withdrawn in Senate.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1512 Proposed by Senator Specter to Amendment SP 1499. To reauthorize, and modify the condition for, the consentof Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, to grant the consent of Congress to the South Dairy Compact, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain methods for pricing milk under consolidated Federal milk marketing orders.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1510 Motion to table SP 1510 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66-33. Record Vote No: 254.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1510 Proposed by Senator McCain to Amendment SP 1499. To prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the sugar program, other than the marketing assessment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1509 Motion to table SP 1509 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66-33. Record Vote No: 253.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1509 Proposed by Senator Roberts to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1507 Amendment SP 1507 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

08/04/1999 Cloture on the Lott motion to recommit not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-47. Record Vote No: 252. (consideration: CR S10150)

08/04/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S10139-10199, S10201-10214)

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1501 Considered by Senate.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1507 Considered by Senate.

08/04/1999 S.Amdt.1499 Considered by Senate.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1507 Motion to table SP 1507 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 28-70. Record Vote No: 251.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1507 Proposed by Senator Ashcroft to Amendment SP 1499. To provide stability in the United States agriculture sector and to promote adequate availability of food and medicine for humanitarian assistance abroad by requiring congressional approval before the imposition of any unilateral agricultural or medical sanctions against a foreign country or foreign entity.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1506 Motion to table SP 1506 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 250.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1506 Proposed by Senator Harkin to Amendment SP 1499. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural producers.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1500 Proposed amendment SP 1500 withdrawn in Senate.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1500 Motion to table SP 1500 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47-51. Record Vote No: 249.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1500 Considered by Senate.

08/03/1999 S.Amdt.1499 Considered by Senate.

08/03/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S10073-10116)

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1501 Proposed amendment SP 1501 withdrawn in Senate.

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1501 Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

08/02/1999 Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9979)

08/02/1999 Cloture motion on the Lott motion to recommit presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S9979)

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1501 Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SP1501) made in Senate.

08/02/1999 Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SP1501) made in Senate.

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1501 Proposed by Senator Lott. To restrict the use of certain funds appropriated to the Agricultural Marketing Service.

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1500 Proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Cochran to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.

08/02/1999 S.Amdt.1499 Proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Daschle. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural procedures.

08/02/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9978-9982, S9988-0095)

06/29/1999 S.Amdt.737 Proposed amendment SP 737 withdrawn in Senate.

06/29/1999 S.Amdt.1103 Proposed amendment SP 1103 withdrawn in Senate.

06/29/1999 The following amendments were withdrawn by unanimous consentn.

06/29/1999 S.Amdt.1103 Considered by Senate.

06/29/1999 S.Amdt.737 Considered by Senate.

06/28/1999 Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-37. Record Vote No: 184. (consideration: CR S7705)

06/28/1999 S.Amdt.1103 Cloture motion on the amendment (SP1103) presented in Senate.

06/28/1999 Cloture motion on the amendment (SP1103) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7697)

06/28/1999 S.Amdt.1103 Proposed by Senator Lott to Amendment SP 737. To improve the access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.

06/28/1999 S.Amdt.737 Considered by Senate.

06/28/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7696-7705)

06/24/1999 Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/24/1999 S.Amdt.737 Proposed by Senator Feinstein. To prohibit arbitrary limitations or conditions for the provision of services and to ensure that medical decisions are not made without the best available evidence or information.

06/24/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7573-7574)

06/22/1999 S.Amdt.703 SP 703 fell when SP 702 tabled.

06/22/1999 S.Amdt.702 Motion to table SP 702 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-47. Record Vote No: 182.

06/22/1999 S.Amdt.703 Motion to table SP 703 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45-55. Record Vote No: 181.

06/22/1999 S.Amdt.702 Considered by Senate.

06/22/1999 S.Amdt.703 Considered by Senate.

06/22/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7428-7446)

06/21/1999 S.Amdt.703 Proposed by Senator Lott to Amendment SP 702. To improve the access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.

06/21/1999 S.Amdt.702 Proposed by Senator Dorgan for Senator Daschle. To amend the Public Health Services Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

06/21/1999 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7295-7310)

06/17/1999 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.

06/17/1999 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 106-80.

06/17/1999 Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.

04/27/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-390.

03/16/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/02/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

02/09/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.