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Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] (Introduced 06/17/1999)
Committees: Senate - Appropriations
Committee Reports: S. Rept. 106-80
Latest Action: Senate - 08/04/1999 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)  (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There have been 13 roll call votes
Notes: The Senate subsequently passed H.R. 1906 after incorporating S. 1233 as an amendment. H.R. 1906 became Public Law 106-78.

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Agriculture FY2000 Appropriations bill (Identified by CRS)
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

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An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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08/04/1999Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
06/17/1999Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 106-80.
06/17/1999Introduced in Senate

All Actions (157)

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08/04/1999Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999Senate passed companion measure H.R.1906 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)
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08/04/1999Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1906 as an amendment.
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08/04/1999Senate vitiated previous passage. (consideration: CR S10214)
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08/04/1999Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1561 Amendment SP 1561 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1560 Amendment SP 1560 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1559 Amendment SP 1559 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1558 Amendment SP 1558 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1557 Amendment SP 1557 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1556 Amendment SP 1556 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1555 Amendment SP 1555 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1554 Amendment SP 1534 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1553 Amendment SP 1553 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1552 Amendment SP 1552 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1551 Amendment SP 1551 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1550 Amendment SP 1550 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1549 Amendment SP 1549 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1548 Amendment SP 1548 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1547 Amendment SP 1547 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1546 Amendment SP 1546 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1545 Amendment SP 1545 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1544 Amendment SP 1544 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1543 Amendment SP 1543 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1542 Amendment SP 1542 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1541 Amendment SP 1541 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1540 Amendment SP 1540 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1539 Amendment SP 1539 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1538 Amendment SP 1538 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1537 Amendment SP 1537 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1536 Amendment SP 1536 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1535 Amendment SP 1535 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1534 Amendment SP 1534 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1533 Amendment SP 1533 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1532 Amendment SP 1532 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1531 Amendment SP 1531 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1530 Amendment SP 1530 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1529 Amendment SP 1529 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1528 Amendment SP 1528 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1527 Amendment SP 1527 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1526 Amendment SP 1526 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1525 Amendment SP 1525 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1524 Amendment SP 1524 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1560 Proposed by Senator Kohl. To provide additional funding to existing research programs.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1557 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Hutchison. To ensure timely testing of imports under the President's Food Safety Initiative.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1556 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Edwards. To provide for an increase and a decrease in the amounts of certain appropriated funds.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1546 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Sessions. To fund special research food safety grant in AL.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1544 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Nickles. To modify Section 739 of the bill.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1541 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Lincoln. To rename a USDA facility in Arkansas.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1539 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Kerrey. Earmark for grassroots project.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1538 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Graham. To provide additional funding for fruit fly exclusion and detection, with an offset.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1536 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Durbin. Expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the United States Action Plan on Food Security.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1535 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Durbin. To require the expenditure of appropriated funds for certain enforcement activities.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1534 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Domenici. To amend the National Drought Policy Act of 1998, to make a technical correction.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1533 Proposed by Senator Cochran. To provide at least twenty five percent of the appropriated funds to small minority farmers and cooperatives.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1532 Proposed by Senator Cochran. To increase the fee on guaranteed business and industry loans thereby reducing the subsidy costs.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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".
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1528 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Burns. Sense of the Senate regarding eligibility of dry beans for contract acreage.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1527 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Bond. Regarding Contracts for procurement of food aid commodities.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1526 Proposed by Senator Kohl for Senator Bingaman. Regarding RCAP set-aside for Native Americans.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1525 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Abraham. Regarding FDA offices in Detroit, MI.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1524 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Abraham. Regarding bovine tuberculosis research.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1523 Amendment SP 1523 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1521 Amendment SP 1521 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1522 Motion to table SP 1522 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-44. Record Vote No: 258.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1499 Amendment SP 1499 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-8. Record Vote No: 257.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1516 Amendment SP 1516 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999S.Amdt.1517 Motion to table SP 1517 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-48. Record Vote No: 256.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1517 Proposed by Senator Conrad to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1514 Motion to table SP 1514 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-44. Record Vote No: 255.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1514 Proposed by Senator Dorgan to Amendment SP 1499. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural producers.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1513 Amendment SP 1513 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1513 Proposed by Senator Cochran to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1512 Proposed amendment SP 1512 withdrawn in Senate.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1510 Motion to table SP 1510 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66-33. Record Vote No: 254.
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08/04/1999S.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.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1509 Motion to table SP 1509 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66-33. Record Vote No: 253.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1509 Proposed by Senator Roberts to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1507 Amendment SP 1507 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999Cloture on the Lott motion to recommit not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-47. Record Vote No: 252. (consideration: CR S10150)
Action By: Senate
08/04/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S10139-10199, S10201-10214)
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1501 Considered by Senate.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1507 Considered by Senate.
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08/04/1999S.Amdt.1499 Considered by Senate.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1507 Motion to table SP 1507 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 28-70. Record Vote No: 251.
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08/03/1999S.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.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1506 Motion to table SP 1506 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 250.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1506 Proposed by Senator Harkin to Amendment SP 1499. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural producers.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1500 Proposed amendment SP 1500 withdrawn in Senate.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1500 Motion to table SP 1500 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47-51. Record Vote No: 249.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1500 Considered by Senate.
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08/03/1999S.Amdt.1499 Considered by Senate.
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08/03/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S10073-10116)
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08/02/1999S.Amdt.1501 Proposed amendment SP 1501 withdrawn in Senate.
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08/02/1999-10:00pmS.Amdt.1501 Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate Appropriations
08/02/1999Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9979)
Action By: Senate
08/02/1999Cloture motion on the Lott motion to recommit presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S9979)
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08/02/1999-4:50pmS.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.
Action By: Senate Appropriations
08/02/1999Motion by Senator Lott to recommit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SP1501) made in Senate.
Action By: Senate
08/02/1999S.Amdt.1501 Proposed by Senator Lott. To restrict the use of certain funds appropriated to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
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08/02/1999S.Amdt.1500 Proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Cochran to Amendment SP 1499. To make a perfecting amendment.
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08/02/1999S.Amdt.1499 Proposed by Senator Lott for Senator Daschle. To provide emergency and income loss assistance to agricultural procedures.
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08/02/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9978-9982, S9988-0095)
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06/29/1999S.Amdt.737 Proposed amendment SP 737 withdrawn in Senate.
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06/29/1999S.Amdt.1103 Proposed amendment SP 1103 withdrawn in Senate.
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06/29/1999The following amendments were withdrawn by unanimous consentn.
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06/29/1999S.Amdt.1103 Considered by Senate.
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06/29/1999S.Amdt.737 Considered by Senate.
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06/28/1999Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-37. Record Vote No: 184. (consideration: CR S7705)
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06/28/1999S.Amdt.1103 Cloture motion on the amendment (SP1103) presented in Senate.
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06/28/1999Cloture motion on the amendment (SP1103) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7697)
Action By: Senate
06/28/1999S.Amdt.1103 Proposed by Senator Lott to Amendment SP 737. To improve the access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.
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06/28/1999S.Amdt.737 Considered by Senate.
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06/28/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7696-7705)
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06/24/1999Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)
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06/24/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
06/24/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7573-7574)
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06/22/1999S.Amdt.703 SP 703 fell when SP 702 tabled.
Action By: Senate
06/22/1999S.Amdt.702 Motion to table SP 702 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-47. Record Vote No: 182.
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06/22/1999S.Amdt.703 Motion to table SP 703 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45-55. Record Vote No: 181.
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06/22/1999S.Amdt.702 Considered by Senate.
Action By: Senate
06/22/1999S.Amdt.703 Considered by Senate.
Action By: Senate
06/22/1999Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7428-7446)
Action By: Senate
06/21/1999S.Amdt.703 Proposed by Senator Lott to Amendment SP 702. To improve the access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.
Action By: Senate
06/21/1999S.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.
Action By: Senate
06/21/1999Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7295-7310)
Action By: Senate
06/17/1999Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
Action By: Senate
06/17/1999Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Cochran. With written report No. 106-80.
06/17/1999Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
04/27/1999Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-390.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
03/16/1999Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
03/02/1999Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
02/09/1999Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies

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Senate Appropriations06/17/1999 Markup by
06/17/1999 Reported original measure S. Rept. 106-80
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies04/27/1999 Hearings by

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 2000 for the following Department of Agriculture programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) executive operations ; (3) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (4) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (5) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (6) Agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments; (7) hazardous waste management; (8) departmental administration; (9) outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (11) Office of Communications; (12) Office of the Inspector General; (13) Office of the General Counsel; (14) Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; (15) Economic Research Service; (16) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (17) Agricultural Research Service; (18) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; ( Native American Institutions Endowment Fund); (19) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; (20) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (19) Agricultural Marketing Service; (21) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; (22) Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety; (23) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (24) Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; (25) Farm Service Agency; (26) Risk Management Agency; (27) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and (28) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.

Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; and (2) Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development; (2) Rural Housing Service; (3) Rural Business-Cooperative Service; (4) Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation Revolving Fund; and (5) Rural Utilities Service.

Title IV: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; and (2) Food and Nutrition Service.

Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for the Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager.

Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Food and Drug Administration; and (2) Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Title VII: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

(Sec. 712) States that appropriations for the rural housing insurance fund program account for FY 1994 through 1999 guaranteed and direct loans shall remain available until expended.

(Sec. 713) Provides that FY 2000 obligations shall remain available until expended for the following accounts: (1) rural development loan fund program; (2) rural telephone bank program; (3) rural electrification and telecommunications loan program; (4) rural housing insurance fund program; and (5) rural economic development loan program.

(Sec. 727) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used (fund use) to enroll more than 180,000 acres in the FY 2000 wetlands reserve program.

(Sec. 728) Prohibits fund use for the emergency food assistance program if such program exceeds $97 million.

(Sec. 729) Prohibits fund use for the transfer or obligation of FY 2000 initiative for future agriculture and food system program amounts in excess of $50 million.

(Sec. 730) States that as of FY 2000, the definitions of rural areas for certain business programs and community facilities programs shall be those in effect prior to enactment of Public Law 104-127.

(Sec. 731) Prohibits fund use for any commodity purchase program that excludes farmer-owned cooperatives.

(Sec. 732) Prohibits fund use for the conservation farm option program.

(Sec. 733) Prohibits fund use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to: (1) relocate or close the Division of Drug Analysis, St. Louis, Missouri, or the District Office Laboratory, Detroit, Michigan; (2) reduce staffing below a certain level at, or modify the status of, the Detroit, Michigan District Office.

(Sec. 734) Prohibits any fund use for agricultural products inspections unless the Secretary of Agriculture has made certain processing equipment inspections and imposed a related fee.

(Sec. 735) Prohibits any appropriations use for an agricultural submission to Congress that assumes reductions from the previous year's budget due to user fee proposals unless the submission also identifies spending reductions to occur if the user fees are not enacted.

(Sec. 736) Prohibits fund use to establish an Office of Community Food Security or similar office within the Department of Agriculture without prior approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 737) Prohibits any fund use by the Agricultural Research Service to accept and administer the National Swine Research Center in Ames, Iowa.

(Sec. 739) Prohibits fund use to declare excess, or transfer, Department facilities at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, without congressional authorization.

(Sec. 740) Directs the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to redistribute certain funds for a specified watershed project in Mississippi.

(Sec. 741) Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into an agreement (similar to an existing California agreement) with the Governor of Hawaii for a pilot program to inspect the mail for prohibited plants, products, and pests.

(Sec. 742) Directs the Secretary to provide guaranteed credit lines for health care facilities to address Year 2000 computer conversion issues.

(Sec. 743) Directs the Secretary to compensate producers for any losses incurred in the seizure, quarantine, or destruction of karnal bunt-infested wheat.

(Sec. 744) Appropriates specified funds for providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger Center.

(Sec. 745) Appropriates specified funds for the farmland protection program in New Hampshire.

(Sec. 746) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to temporary agricultural (H-2A) worker applications, to: (1) reduce the filing deadline from 60 days to 45 days; and (2) increase the certification issuance deadline from 20 days to 30 days.

(Sec. 747) States that if the Secretary's exercise of authority under this Act causes changes in an existing bargaining unit, the affected parties shall attempt to reach a voluntary agreement on a new bargaining unit and representative. Sets forth related provisions.

(Sec. 748) Directs the Secretary to use specified amounts of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for assistance to: (1) owners and producers eligible for FY 1999 production flexibility payments; (2) producers of fruits and vegetables, including payments to producers of quota and additional peanuts to partially compensate for low prices and increased production costs; (3) producers of crop year 1999 oilseeds eligible for marketing assistance loans; (4) livestock and dairy producers; (5) tobacco growers; and (6) producers for additional crop year 2000 crop insurance.

Limits crop year 1999 marketing loan and loan deficiency payments.

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act with respect to upland cotton marketing loans to: (1) reduce one of the criteria for issuance of cotton user market certificates; (2) eliminate certificate expenditure limitations; and (3) revise special import quota provisions.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should make a formal request for fast-track authority for future U.S. trade negotiations; (2) future World Trade Organization negotiations should strengthen rules for agricultural trade and reduce trade- distorting practices; (3) the President should evaluate existing export and food aid programs; and (4) the Secretary should carry out a FY 1999 and 2000 purchase and donation sales initiative to promote beef, pork, poultry, and soybean exports.

Requires congressional approval of any unilateral agricultural or medical sanction imposed by the President, including existing sanctions, with exceptions for declarations of war, certain controlled articles, and countries supporting terrorism.

(Sec. 749) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) phase out use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) for public health and environmental reasons; (2) promote use of renewable ethanol; and (3) assist State and local governments to treat and protect water sources from MTBE contamination.

(Sec. 750) Prohibits fund use to award certain small business sole source or price preference agricultural procurement contracts if such contract would exceed the business' capacity or require subcontracting.

(Sec. 751) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary shall exercise reasonable treatment of producers to avoid harmful consequences regarding the inadvertent planting of dried beans on contact acres.

(Sec. 752) Redesignates the National School Lunch Act as the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

(Sec. 754) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should include in the FY 2001 budget request funding to implement the United States Plan Action Plan on Food Security.

(Sec. 755) Directs the Farm Service Agency, in light of economic hardships facing apple growers, to review relevant assistance programs, including whether existing operating loan limits are sufficient to cover increasing operating costs.

(Sec. 756) Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to redesignate the Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center (Arkansas) as the Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center.

(Sec. 757) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend within-State lease and transfer of burley tobacco quota authority to Kentucky.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to authorize the Secretary to release tobacco production and marketing information to State trusts or similar organizations engaged in the distribution of national trust funds to tobacco producers and other related persons, to the extent that such release is: (1) in the interest of tobacco producers; and (2) to a State trust or other organization engaged in the distribution of funds to tobacco producers or other parties with an interest in tobacco production or farms under a national or State trust or settlement.

Directs the Secretary, prior to release of such information, to allow at least 15 days for persons whose release consent would otherwise be required to elect to be exempt from such release.

Requires a person obtaining released information to maintain records and not to use such information for other than permitted purposes. Provides penalties for knowing violations of the provisions of this Act.

Exempts from the provisions of this section: (1) cigarette manufacturer production records; (2) tobacco quota purchase intention records; and (3) buyer aggregate purchase records.

(Sec. 758) Makes Berlin, New Hampshire, eligible for a FY 2000 rural utilities loan or grant under the rural community advancement program.

(Sec. 759) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to extend marketing order promotion authority (including paid advertising) to cranberries. Authorizes the Secretary to require cranberry handlers and importers to provide acquisition, inventory, and disposition data.

(Sec. 760) Amends the Food Stamp Act, as of FY 2001, to include Native Alaskan villages within food stamp program administrative cost-sharing authority.

(Sec. 761) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary shall periodically review a specified Food Packages list and consider including additional foods for women, infants, and children.

(Sec. 762) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions for education, applied research, and related community development programs. Authorizes FY 2001 through 2006 appropriations.

(Sec. 763) Provides, as of FY 2001, for an allotment of at least $2 million under each of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 for any State with a congressionally authorized cost of living adjustment for Federal workers.

(Sec. 765) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the FDA, in conducting an Import Food Survey, should ensure timely produce testing by conducting survey tests at Department or FDA laboratories closest to ports of entry if testing results are not provided within 24 hours.

(Sec. 766) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937, to provide that producer milk prices in Clark County, Nevada, shall: (1) not be subject to Federal marketing orders; and (2) be regulated only by Nevada and the Nevada State Dairy Commission.

(Sec. 767) Expresses the sense of the Senate that World Trade Organization members should undertake negotiations to eliminate policies and programs that distort world commodity markets.