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“ADDITIONAL SPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H6117-H6118 on June 10, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:
H.R. 351: Mr. Moorhead.
H.R. 1010: Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Ford, Mr. Scarborough, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. Ehlers.
H.R. 1733: Mr. Burr.
H.R. 2246: Mr. Wynn and Ms. Jackson-Lee.
H.R. 2391: Mr. Funderburk and Mr. Weldon of Florida.
H.R. 2442: Mr. Hall of Ohio and Mr. Rohrabacher.
H.R. 2587: Mr. Longley.
H.R. 2701: Ms. Velazquez.
H.R. 2867: Mr. Hostettler.
H.R. 2925: Mr. Kingston.
H.R. 2962: Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Gejdenson, and Mr. Vento.
H.R. 3083: Mr. Gallegly.
H.R. 3087: Mr. Norwood
H.R. 3119: Mr. Peterson of Minnesota.
H.R. 3161: Mr. Kolbe and Mr. Gordon.
H.R. 3199: Mr. Shaw, Mr. Weller, Mr. Quillen, and Mr. Combest.
H.R. 3234: Mr. Goodling, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Souder, Mr. Doolittle, and Mr. Weldon of Florida.
H.R. 3244: Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Armey, Mr. Towns, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Frazer, and Mr. Romero-Barcelo.
H.R. 3251: Mr. Hefley.
H.R. 3252: Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Fattah, and Mrs. Clayton.
H.R. 3294: Mr. Spratt and Mr. Dellums.
H.R. 3332: Mr. Rangel, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Scott, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Frazer, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Evans.
H.R. 3354: Mr. Nethercutt.
H.R. 3449: Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Laughlin.
H.R. 3465: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Shays, Mr. Olver, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Rivers, and Mr. Dooley.
H.R. 3525: Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Fattah.
H.R. 3551: Mr. Weldon of Florida and Mr. LoBiondo.
H.R. 3571: Mr. Frisa, Mr. Engel, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Manton, Ms. Molinari, and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts.
H.R. 3577: Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Dornan.
H. Con. Res. 145: Mr. Calvert.
H. Con. Res. 173: Mr. Saxton, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. McNulty, and Mr. Serrano.
H. Res. 30: Mr. Pastor.
H. Res. 439: Mr. Tate.
AMENDMENTS
Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. DeFazio
Amendment. No. 1: At the end of the bill (page 69, after line 5), insert the following new section:
Sec. . (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for predator control efforts under the Animal Damage Control Program in the western region of the United States, except when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the control efforts protect human health or safety or endangered or threatened species.
(b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise provided by this Act for salaries and expenses with respect to the Animal Damage Control Program under the heading
``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' is hereby reduced by $13,400,000.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Goss
Amendment. No. 2: Page 17, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $16,209,000)''.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Goss
Amendment. No. 3: Page 51, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 52, line 24, and insert the following:
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For necessary expenses for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
(7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), $837,000,000, to remain available until expended.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Goss
Amendment No. 4: Page 51, line 23, strike ``1727-1727f,''.
Page 52, line 4, insert ``and'' before ``(3)''.
Page 52, line 7, strike `; `and (4)'' and all that follows through ``Act'' on line 9.
Page 52, line 11, insert ``such'' before ``title''.
Page 52, line 12, insert ``such'' before ``title''.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Hobson
Amendment No. 5: On page 69, after line 5, add the following new section:
Sec. . None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to administer a peanut program that maintains a season average farmers stock price for the 1997 crop of quota peanuts in excess of $625 per ton.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section:
Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for market access activities under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) may be used to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries of employees of the Department of Agriculture who provide assistance under such section to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (page 69, after line 5), insert the following new section:
Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for market access activities under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) may be used to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries of employees of the Department of Agriculture who provide assistance under such section to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
H.R. 3603
Offered By: Mr. Lucas
Amendment No. 8: Strike section 728, page 66, line 15, through page 67, line 3.
