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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–641

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4461, AGRICULTURE,

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and

ordered to be printed

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules,

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 513]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 513, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4461, the

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, under an open

rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate divided equally

between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the

bill. The rule provides that the amendments printed in this report

shall be considered as adopted. The rule also waives points of order

against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of

rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a

general appropriations bill), except as specified in the rule. The

rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord

priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted their

amendments in the Congressional Record. Further, the rule allows

the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone a request

for a recorded vote on any amendment and reduce voting time to

five minutes on a postponed question, provided that the minimum

time for electronic voting on the first in any series of questions

shall be fifteen minutes. Finally the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

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COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with

the name of those voting for and against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 104

Date: May 24, 2000.

Measure: H.R. 4461, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2001.

Motion by: Mr. Moakley.

Summary of motion: To protect Title VIII of the bill, relating to

trade sanctions reform and export enhancement, from points of

order.

Results: Defeated 2 to 7.

Vote by Members: Goss—Nay; Linder—Nay; Pryce—Nay; DiazBalart—Nay; Hastings—Yea; Sessions—Nay; Reynolds—Nay;

Moakley—Yea; Dreier—Nay.

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED UPON

ADOPTION OF THE RULE

Reductions from Committee-reported bill to offset section 751 relating to apples/

potatoes

Budget authority

Common Computing Environment ....................................................... $1,000,000

Agricultural Research Service: Buildings and Facilities Unspecified

Locations/General Reduction ............................................................. 8,000,000

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:

Animal welfare ................................................................................ 2,000,000

Agricultural quarantine inspection—user fees ............................ 5,000,000

Wildlife services—rabies control ................................................... 1,000,000

Farm Service Agency: Salaries and expenses ..................................... 2,000,000

Risk Management Agency ..................................................................... 2,000,000

Natural Resources Conservation Service:

Conservation operations ................................................................. 1,000,000

Resource conservation and development ...................................... 1,000,000

Rural Development:

Salaries and expenses .................................................................... 6,000,000

Rural community advancement program ..................................... 24,000,000

Rural housing service—section 502 ...................................................... 6,000,000

Food and Drug Administration: Salaries and expenses ..................... 14,000,000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ........................................... 1,000,000

Wetlands Reserve Program—limit to 15k acres ................................. 41,000,000

Total ............................................................................................. 115,000,000

Summary provided by the Committee on Appropriations.

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED UPON ADOPTION OF

THE RULE

On page 4, line 16, strike ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$24,000,000’’.

On page 13, line 6, strike ‘‘$39,300,000’’ and insert ‘‘$31,300,000’’.

On page 19, line 4, strike ‘‘$470,000,000’’ and insert

‘‘$462,000,000’’.

On page 21, line 2, strike ‘‘$87,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$82,000,000’’.

On page 26, line 6, strike ‘‘$828,385,000’’ and insert

‘‘$826,385,000’’.

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On page 29, line 18, strike ‘‘$67,700,000’’ and insert ‘‘$65,700,000’’.

On page 32, line 8, strike ‘‘$676,812,000’’ and insert ‘‘$675,812,000’’.

On page 36, line 13, strike ‘‘$41,015,000’’ and insert ‘‘$40,015,000’’.

On page 37, line 10, strike ‘‘$775,837,000’’ and insert ‘‘$751,837,000’’.

On page 37, line 11, strike ‘‘$33,150,000’’ and insert ‘‘$32,150,000’’.

On page 37, line 13, strike ‘‘$668,988,000’’ and insert ‘‘$649,988,000’’.

On page 37, line 16, strike ‘‘$73,699,000’’ and insert ‘‘$69,699,000’’.

On page 40, line 13, strike ‘‘$4,800,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,760,000,000’’.

On page 41, line 1, strike ‘‘$184,160,000’’ and insert ‘‘$178,160,000’’.

On page 43, line 1, strike ‘‘$39,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$37,000,000’’.

On page 44, line 4, strike ‘‘$120,270,000’’ and insert ‘‘$114,270,000’’.

On page 50, line 11, strike ‘‘$4,067,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$4,057,000,000’’.

On page 57, line 24, strike ‘‘$1,267,178,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,253,178,000’’.

On page 59, line 3, strike ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$68,000,000’’.

On page 84, strike line 21 through page 85, line 5.

On page 85, following line 15, insert the following:

‘‘SEC. 753. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses

of personnel to enroll in excess of 15,000 acres in the fiscal year

2001 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.’’

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