The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“House of Representatives” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D891-D893 on July 20, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Thirteen public bills, H.R. 2077-2089; and two resolutions, H. Con. Res. 84-85 were introduced.
Pages H7378-79
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: Reported entitled
``Report on the revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for fiscal year 1996'' (H. Rept. 104-197).
Page H7378
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designates Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H7261
Committees To Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under the 5-minute rule: Committees on Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, Resources, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Select Intelligence.
Page H7265
United States Policy Toward China: By a yea-and-nay vote 416 yeas to 10 nays, with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 536, the House passed H.R. 2058, establishing United States policy toward China.
Pages H7273-H7302
MFN Treatment to Products of the People's Republic of China: By a yea-
and-nay vote of 321 yeas to 120 nays, Roll No. 537, the House laid on the table H.J. Res. 96, disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
Pages H7302-07
H. Res. 193, the rule under which H.R. 2058 and the joint resolution was considered, were agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H7265-73
Agriculture Appropriations: House continued consideration of H.R. 1976, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; but came to no resolution thereon. Proceedings under the 5-minute rule will resume on Friday, July 21.
Pages H7307-67, H7368-77
When the Committee of the Whole rose, votes had been postponed on the following amendments until Friday, July 21:
The Hoke amendment that seeks to reduce use of funds for Agriculture, Trade, and Development program by $113 million;
Pages H7368-71
The Sanford amendment that seeks to prohibit use of funds for the construction of a new office facility campus at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center; and
Pages H7373-74
The Olver amendment that seeks to limit use of funds for payment of salaries of personnel to provide assistance to livestock producers if crop insurance protection or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the loss of feed produced is available and increase by $60 million funds for Rural Development Performance Partnerships.
Pages H7374-76
Agreed To:
The Walsh amendment that strikes language that would have prohibited use of funds to issue, implement, or administer new Federal meat inspection regulations proposed by the Agriculture Department (USDA) unless a committee was formed by the Department and submitted a report to Congress reviewing current rules and proposed changes (agreed to by a recorded vote of 427 ayes, Roll No. 538);
Pages H7311-15, H7328-29
The Camp amendment that increases by $445,000 funding for special agricultural research grants and offsets the increase by cutting the appropriation for competitive research grants by the same amount;
Page H7318
The Condit amendment, as amended by the Skeen substitute, that increases by $200,000 funding for the Office of the Chief Economist; reduce by $200,000 funding for competitive research grants; and reduce by $200,000 funding for necessary expenses of research and education activities;
Pages H7318-19
The de la Garza amendment that reduces funding by $4 million for administrative expenses in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program and restores funding for direct loans from the Rural Development Loan Fund for empowerment zones and enterprise communities by providing approximately $7 million in lending authority;
Pages H7331-32
The Callahan amendment that increases by $50 million funding for gross obligations for loans to section 502 borrowers; increases by
$10,495,000 the cost of direct and guaranteed loans including the cost of modifying loans and offsets that increase by reducing funds for the Rural Housing and Community Development Service;
Pages H7332-33
The Watt of North Carolina amendment that provides for the Secretary of Agriculture to make section 502 loans for properties in the Pine View West Subdivision located in Gibsonville, North Carolina;
Page H7333
The Beureuter amendment that earmarks $1 million in funding for section 515 rental housing to fund loan guarantee programs for multifamily rental housing;
Pages H7333-34
The Goodling perfecting amendment that (agreed to by a recorded vote of 230 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 542);
Pages H7338-40, H7344
The Hall of Ohio amendment that strikes language that places limits on the participation level in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (agreed to by a recorded vote of 278 ayes to 145 noes, Roll No. 543); and
Pages H7337-42, H7344-45
The McIntosh amendment that prohibits use of funds from being used to increase the Food and Drug Administration's administrative office staff over fiscal year 1995 levels.
Pages H7371-73
Rejected:
The Allard amendment that sought to cut approximately $12 million from various USDA offices responsible for carrying out administrative, communications, education, policy, economics, and statistical functions
(rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 539);
Pages H7315-18, H7329
The Castle amendment that sought to reduce by $3 million funds for Consolidated Farm Services Agency salaries and expenses; reduce by $17 million funding for the Natural Resources Conservation Service; reduce by $20 million funding for the ``Food for Peace'' program and transfer this amount to the Rural Housing Insurance Fund account (rejected by a recorded vote of 96 ayes to 332 noes, Roll No. 540);
Pages H7319-22, H7329-30
The Sanders amendment that sought to increase by $1 million funding for the Office of the Chief Economist; reduce by $3 million funding for the Foreign Agricultural Service; and increase by $1 million Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses (rejected by a recorded vote of 70 ayes to 357 noes, Roll No. 541);
Pages H7322-25, H7330-31
The Durbin amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds to carry out any extension service program for tobacco or provide crop insurance for tobacco starting with the 1996 crop (rejected by a recorded vote of 200 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 544);
Pages H7346-54, H7359
The Bunning amendment that strikes funding for the Food and Drug Administration; and
Pages H7354-57, H7359
The Lowey amendment as amended by the Minge amendment, that sought to prohibit use of funds from being used to provide deficiency or land diversion payments to anyone with an annual adjusted gross income of
$100,000 or more from non-farm sources (rejected by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 249 noes, with 8 voting ``present'', Roll No. 545);
Pages H7359-67
The following amendments were offered but subsequently withdrawn:
The Clayton amendment that sought to reduce funding for section 502 nonsubsidized guaranteed housing loans by $119,000 and offset the reduction by increasing funding for section 515 rental housing loans by
$11 million;
Page H7333
The Owens amendment that sought to strike the $4.3 million appropriation for the Rural Telephone Bank Program and strike language preventing any funds from being used to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank.
Pages H7334-36
The Obey amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion program or provide assistance to organizations with gross annual sales of $20 million or more unless that organization is a cooperative; and
Pages H7357-59
The Zimmer amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion program and reduce by $110 million funds for ``Commodity Credit Corporation Fund--
Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses''.
Pages H7358-59, H7367
It was made in order that during further consideration of H.R. 1976 on Friday, July 21, 1995, after disposition of any questions earlier postponed under the authority granted by the order of the House of July 19, 1995, no further amendment shall be in order except the following:
(1) the amendment of Representative Zimmer, to be debatable for 60 minutes; (2) the amendment of Representative Obey, to be debatable for 10 minutes; (3) the amendment of Representative Kennedy of Massachusetts, to be debatable for 20 minutes; and (4) the amendment of Representative Deutsch, to be debatable for 20 minutes; and further that each amendment--(1) may be offered only in the order specified;
(2) may be offered only by the specified proponent or a designee; (3) shall be considered as read; (4) shall be debatable for the time specified, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; (5) shall not be subject to amendment (except as specified); and (6) shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole; and further that when proceedings resume after postponement on the amendment offered by Representative Hoke, that amendment shall again be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.
Pages H7367-68
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on page H7379.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7301-02, H7306-07, H7328-29, H7329, H7329-30, H7330-31, H7344, H7345, H7359, and H7366-67. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:40 a.m. on Friday, July 21.
