104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2491
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section
105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 1996.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2491
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seven-Year Balanced
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF TITLES.
This Act is organized into titles as follows:
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Title I—Committee on Agriculture
Title II—Committee on Banking and Financial Services
Title III—Committee on Commerce
Title IV—Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
Title V—Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
Title VI—Committee on International Relations
Title VII—Committee on the Judiciary
Title VIII—Committee on National Security
Title IX—Committee on Resources
Title X—Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Title XI—Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Title XII—Committee on Ways and Means-Trade
Title XIII—Committee on Ways and Means-Revenues
Title XIV—Committee on Ways and Means-Tax Simplification
Title XV—Preserving, Protecting, and Strengthening Medicare
Title XVI—Transformation of the Medicaid Program
Title XVII—Abolishment of Department of Commerce
Title XVIII—Welfare Reform
Title XIX—Contract with America-Tax Relief
Title XX—Budget Enforcement
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this title is as follows:
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Sec. 1001. Short title and table of contents.
Subtitle A—Freedom to Farm
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Seven-year contracts to improve farming certainty and flexibility.
Sec. 1103. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for wheat,
feed grains, cotton, rice, and oilseeds.
Sec. 1104. Reform of payment limitation provisions of Food Security Act of
1985.
Sec. 1105. Suspension of certain provisions regarding program crops.
Subtitle B—Dairy
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORIZATION OF MARKET TRANSITION PAYMENTS IN LIEU
OF MILK PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM
Sec. 1201. Seven-year market transition contracts for milk producers.
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Sec. 1202. Recourse loans for commercial processors of dairy products.
CHAPTER 2—DAIRY EXPORT PROGRAMS
Sec. 1211. Dairy export incentive program.
Sec. 1212. Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of export trad-
ing company.
Sec. 1213. Standby authority to indicate entity best suited to provide inter-
national market development and export services.
Sec. 1214. Study and report regarding potential impact of Uruguay Round on
prices, income and Government purchases.
CHAPTER 3—DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Sec. 1221. Research and promotion activities under Fluid Milk Promotion Act
of 1990.
Sec. 1222. Expansion of dairy promotion program to cover dairy products im-
ported into the United States.
Sec. 1223. Promotion of United States dairy products in international markets
through dairy promotion program.
Sec. 1224. Issuance of amended order under Dairy Production Stabilization Act
of 1983.
CHAPTER 4—VERIFICATION OF MILK RECEIPTS
Sec. 1231. Program to verify receipts of milk.
Sec. 1232. Verification program to supersede multiple existing Federal orders.
CHAPTER 5—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATED TO DAIRY
Sec. 1241. Extension of transfer authority regarding military and veterans hos-
pitals.
Sec. 1242. Extension of dairy indemnity program.
Sec. 1243. Extension of report regarding export sales of dairy products.
Sec. 1244. Status of producer-handlers.
Subtitle C—Other Commodities
Sec. 1301. Extension and modification of price support and quota programs for
peanuts.
Sec. 1302. Availability of loans for processors of sugarcane and sugar beets.
Sec. 1303. Repeal of obsolete authority for price support for cottonseed and
cottonseed products.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Program Changes
Sec. 1401. Limitations on assistance under emergency livestock feed assistance
program.
Sec. 1402. Conservation reserve program.
Sec. 1403. Crop insurance program.
Sec. 1404. Repeal of farmer owned reserve program.
Sec. 1405. Reduction in funding levels for export enhancement program.
Sec. 1406. Business Interruption Insurance Program.
Subtitle E—Commission on 21st Century Production
Agriculture
Sec. 1501. Establishment.
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Sec. 1502. Composition.
Sec. 1503. Comprehensive review of past and future of production agriculture.
Sec. 1504. Reports.
Sec. 1505. Powers.
Sec. 1506. Commission procedures.
Sec. 1507. Personnel matters.
Sec. 1508. Termination of Commission.
Subtitle A—Freedom to Farm
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to Farm
Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 1102. SEVEN-YEAR CONTRACTS TO IMPROVE FARMING
CERTAINTY AND FLEXIBILITY.
(a) CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 102 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1443), which is obso-
lete, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 102. SEVEN-YEAR MARKET TRANSITION CONTRACTS.
‘‘(a) CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) OFFER AND MAIN TERMS.—Beginning as
soon as possible after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Secretary shall offer to enter into
a contract (to be known as a ‘market transition con-
tract’) with eligible owners and operators described
in paragraph (2) on a farm containing eligible farm-
land. Under the terms of a market transition con-
tract, the owner or operator shall agree, in exchange
for annual payments under the contract, to comply
with the conservation compliance plan for the farm
prepared in accordance with section 1212 of the
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Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812) and
wetland protection requirements applicable to the
farm under subtitle C of title XII of such Act (16
U.S.C. 3821 et seq.).
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE OWNERS AND OPERATORS DE-
SCRIBED.—The following persons shall be considered
to be an owner or operator eligible to enter into a
market transition contract:
‘‘(A) An owner of eligible farmland who as-
sumes all of the risk of producing a crop.
‘‘(B) An owner of eligible farmland who
shares in the risk of producing a crop.
‘‘(C) An operator of eligible farmland with
a share-rent lease of the eligible farmland, re-
gardless of the length of the lease, if the owner
enters into the same market transition contract.
‘‘(D) An operator of eligible farmland who
cash rents the eligible farmland under a lease
expiring on or after September 30, 2002, in
which case the consent of the owner is not re-
quired.
‘‘(E) An operator of eligible farmland who
cash rents the eligible farmland under a lease
expiring before September 30, 2002, if the
owner consents to the contract.