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“AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002--Resumed” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S11247-S11248 on Oct. 30, 2001.
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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002--Resumed
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Kohl amendment, which is at the desk, to H.R. 2330, be in order, notwithstanding passage of the bill, and that the amendment be considered and agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 2037) was agreed to, as follows:
amendment no. 2037
(Purpose: to amend H.R. 2330)
H.R. 2330, as passed by the Senate on October 25, 2001, is amended as follows:
On page 13, line 6, strike ``$542,580,000'' and insert
``$542,842,000''.
On page 13, line 15, strike ``$84,040,000'' and insert
``$84,850,000''.
On page 13, line 25, strike ``$134,262,000'' and insert
``$134,452,000''.
On page 15, line 24, strike ``$434,038,000'' and insert
``$433,546,000''.
On page 39, line 23, after ``depression'' insert the following: ``(P.L. 106-387), with five percent for administration and capacity building in the state rural development offices''.
On page 81, line 1, after ``sistance'' insert ``relating''.
On page 88, line 3, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(c)''.
On page 89, strike Section 757 on line 1 through 8 and insert:
``Sec. . In accordance with the Farmland Protection Program, a total of $720,000 shall be made available to purchase conservation easements or other interests in land, not to exceed 235 acres, in Adair, Green, and Taylor counties, Kentucky: Provided, That $490,000 of this amount shall be from funds made available to the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program for the State of Kentucky.''.
On page 89, after line 8, insert the following:
``Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed one year from the date of enactment of this Act.''.
On page 89, after line 8, insert the following:
``Sec. . Section 8c(1) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following provision at the end of the penultimate sentence:
`The Secretary is authorized to implement a producer allotment program and a handler withholding program under the cranberry marketing order in the same crop year through informal rulemaking based on a recommendation and supporting economic analysis submitted by the Cranberry Marketing Committee. Such recommendation and analysis shall be submitted by the Committee no later than March 1 of each year.' ''.
On page 89, after line 8, insert the following:
``Sec. . Section 11(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(f)) is amended by:
(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking `2001' and inserting
`2003'; and
(2) in paragraph (2):
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
`(A) In general.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate--
`(i) not later than January 1, 2003, an interim report on the activities of the State agencies receiving grants under this subsection; and
`(ii) not later than January 1, 2004, a final report on the activities of the State agencies receiving grants under this subsection.'; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking `report' and inserting
`reports'.''.
On page 89, after line 8, insert the following:
``Sec. . From the amount appropriated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall be provided for activities regarding West Nile Virus, in cooperation with the University of Illinois.''.
On page 89, after line 8, insert the following:
``Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Mt. Vernon, Washington, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed one year from the date of enactment of this Act.''.
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