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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion Fund’’ to cover 1993 crop losses resulting from damaging
weather or related floods associated with the conditions (as defined
in section 2251 of Public Law 101–624), in 1993, $1,050,000,000,
and in addition $300,000,000, which shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to Congress, the total to remain available until
June 30, 1994: Provided, That from funds previously made available
in Public Law 102–368 by Presidential declaration, $100,000,000
to remain available until June 30, 1994, shall be for 1993 crop
losses only: Provided further, That if prior to April 1, 1994, the
President determines that extraordinary circumstances exist that
warrant further assistance, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use
such funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation as are necessary
to make payments in an amount equal to 100 percent of each
eligible claim as determined under title XXII of Public Law 101–
624: Provided further, That all additional amounts made available
herein are subject to the terms and conditions in Public Law 101–
624: Provided further, That Congress hereby designates the entire
amount provided herein as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any provision of Public Law 103–50, funds provided
by such Act shall not be expended for 1993 crop losses resulting
from 1993 natural disasters, and claims for assistance from funds
provided by that Act by producers with 1990, 1991, and 1992
crop losses shall be paid only to the extent such claims are filed
by September 17, 1993.
SENSE OF THE SENATE ON BOSNIA
(a) The Senate finds that:
(1) Numerous atrocities have been reported on the conflict
in the former Yugoslavia;
(2) Such atrocities against innocent civilians and prisoners
would violate universally accepted law as embodied in the
Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949 for the Protection
of War Victims; the Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the
Laws and Customs of War on Land and the Regulations
annexed thereto of October 18, 1907; the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of Decem-
ber 9, 1948; and the Charter of the International Military
Tribunal of August 8, 1945;
(3) In October 1992 the United Nations Security Council
adopted Resolution 780 establishing a Commission of Experts
to gather and evaluate evidence of such war crimes;
(4) The Commission of Experts submitted an interim report
dated January 26, 1993 which concluded that grave breaches
and other violations of international humanitarian law had
been committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia,
including willful killing, ‘‘ethnic cleansing’’, mass killings, tor-
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ture, rape, pillage, and destruction of civilian property, destruc-
tion of cultural and religious property and arbitrary arrests;
(5) The Commission of Experts has been hindered in carry-
ing out fully its legal charge because of insufficient resources;
(6) On February 22, 1993, the United Nations Security
Council adopted Resolution 808 establishing an international
tribunal to try individuals accused of the commission of war
crimes in the former Yugoslavia;
(7) On May 3, 1993, the Secretary General of the United
Nations issued his report which established the procedures
for an international war crimes tribunal;
(8) The United Nations is presently in the process of select-
ing judges and prosecutors for the international war crimes
tribunal;
(9) According to reports, the atrocities in the former Yugo-
slavia continue unabated; and
(10) There is a dire need to establish promptly the tribunal
and commence prosecution of alleged war criminals: Now, there-
fore.
(b) The Senate hereby commends the United Nations for its
recognition of the importance and necessity of the rule of law
as evidenced by its establishment of an international tribunal for
the prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.
(c) It is the sense of the Senate that the United Nations
should—
(1) expedite the selection of judges and prosecutors for
the tribunal in order to begin prosecutions of alleged war crimi-
nals; and
(2) provide all assistance necessary to continue gathering
evidence for such prosecutions.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount to repair damages to the waterways
and watersheds resulting from the Midwest floods and other natural
disasters of 1993, $60,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1994 to carry out the Emergency Watershed Protection Program
of the Soil Conservation Service, of which $25,000,000, shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted
by the President to Congress: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
if the Secretary determines that the cost of land and levee restora-
tion exceeds the fair market value of an affected cropland, the
Secretary may use sufficient amounts from funds provided under
this head to accept bids from willing sellers to enroll such cropland
inundated by the Midwest floods of 1993 in any of the affected
States in the Wetlands Reserve Program as authorized by sub-
chapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837).
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AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, $12,000,000,
to remain available until June 30, 1994, to meet the needs arising
from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting
from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters of 1993,
$30,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1994: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount to assist in the recovery from the
Midwest floods and other natural disasters of 1993 for the cost
of direct section 504 housing repair loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $5,985,000, to remain available through June
30, 1994: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
additional gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
not to exceed $15,000,000: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount to assist in the recovery from the
Midwest floods and other natural disasters of 1993 for the cost
of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $21,788,000,
to remain available until June 30, 1994, of which $20,504,000
shall be for emergency insured loans and $1,284,000 shall be for
water development, use, and conservation loans: Provided, That
these funds are available to subsidize additional gross obligation
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $87,000,000,
of which $80,000,000 shall be for emergency insured loans: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed industrial
development loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to assist
in the recovery from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters
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