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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S12458 on Dec. 5, 2001.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 2240. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Helms) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and fiber, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following sections:
SEC. . COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2002.
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SA 2241. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and fiber, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . COMMERCIAL FISHERIES FAILURE.
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, there are appropriated to the Department of Agriculture $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, which shall be transferred to the Department of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance for the commercial fishery failure under section 308(b)(1) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)(1)) with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries. Amounts made available under this section shall be used to support a voluntary fishing capacity reduction program in the Northeast multispecies fishery that permanently revokes multispecies, limited access fishing permits so as to obtain the maximum sustained reduction in fishing capacity at the least cost and in the minimum period of time and to prevent the replacement of fishing capacity removed by the program.
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SA 2242. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Craig) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1731, to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant food and fiber, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 132 and insert the following:
SEC. 132. STUDY OF NATIONAL DAIRY POLICY.
(a) Study Required.--Not later than April 30, 2002, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a comprehensive economic evaluation of the potential direct and indirect effects of the various elements of the national dairy policy, including an examination of the effect of the national dairy policy on--
(1) farm price stability, farm profitability and viability, and local rural economies in the United States;
(2) child, senior, and low-income nutrition programs, including impacts on schools and institutions participating in the programs, on program recipients, and other factors; and
(3) the wholesale and retail cost of fluid milk, dairy farms, and milk utilization.
(b) National Dairy Policy Defined.--In this section, the term ``national dairy policy'' means the dairy policy of the United States as evidenced by the following policies and programs:
(1) Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
(2) Interstate dairy compacts (including proposed compacts described in H.R. 1827 and S. 1157, as introduced in the 107th Congress).
(3) Over-order premiums and State pricing programs.
(4) Direct payments to milk producers.
(5) Federal milk price support program.
(6) Export programs regarding milk and dairy products, such as the Dairy Export Incentive Program.
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