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“AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5488 on July 17, 1997.
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AMENDMENTS
Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:
H.R. 2159
Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee
Amendment No. 35: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section:
assistance for ethiopia
Sec. 572. The Department of State should closely monitor and take into account human rights progress in Ethiopia as it obligates funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for Ethiopia.
H.R. 2159
Offered By: Mr. Paul
Amendment No. 36: At the end of title I (page 5, after line 14), insert the following new paragraph:
reduction in amounts
Each amount otherwise provided in this title is hereby reduced to $0.
H.R. 2160
Offered By: Mr. Neumann
Amendment No. 17: Insert before the short title the following new section:
Sec. . None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to carry out, or to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture who carry out, a nonrecourse loan program for the 1998 crop of quota peanuts with a national average loan rate in excess of $550 per ton.
H.R. 2160
Offered By: Mr. Sanders
Amendment No. 18: Page 51, line 6, insert after the dollar amount ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 56, line 15, insert after the second dollar amount
``(reduced by $5,470,000)''.
