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inserting ‘‘At the request of the Governor of the State of
Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Vermont, the Sec-
retary’’.
(b) HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER
INFORMATION.—Section 7(e)(2) of the Honey Research,
Promotion, and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C.
4606(e)(2)) (as amended by section 605(f)(3) of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
1998) is amended by striking ‘‘$0.0075’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$0.01’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section take effect on the date of enactment of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
1998.
SEC. 748. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
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ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2000 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 749. PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT HAYING AND
GRAZING ON CONSERVATION RESERVE LAND. (a) DEFINI-
TIONS.—In this section:
(1) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible State’’
means any State that is approved by the Secretary
for inclusion in the pilot program under subsection
(b), except that the term shall not apply to more than
7 States.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) STATE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.—The term
‘‘State technical committee’’ means the State technical
committee for a State established under section 1261
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3861).
(b) 
PILOT
PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding 
section
1232(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3832(a)(7)), during the 4-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act, on application by an owner or
operator of a farm or ranch located in an eligible State
who has entered into a contract with the Secretary under
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subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of that
Act (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.)—
(1) the Secretary shall permit harvesting and
grazing on land on the farm or ranch that the Sec-
retary determines has a sufficiently established cover
to permit harvesting or grazing without undue harm
to the purposes of the contract if—
(A) no land under the contract will be har-
vested or grazed more than once in a 4-year pe-
riod;
(B) the owner or operator agrees to a pay-
ment reduction under that subchapter in an
amount determined by the Secretary; and
(C) the owner or operator agrees to such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary, in
consultation with the State technical committee
for the State, may establish to ensure that the
harvesting or grazing is consistent with the pur-
poses of the program established under that sub-
chapter;
(2) the Secretary may permit grazing on land
under the contract if—
(A) the grazing is incidental to the gleaning
of crop residues;
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(B) the owner or operator agrees to a pay-
ment reduction in annual rental payments that
would otherwise be payable under that sub-
chapter in an amount determined by the Sec-
retary; and
(C) the owner or operator agrees to such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary, in
consultation with the State technical committee
for the State, may establish to ensure that the
grazing is consistent with the purposes of the
program established under that subchapter; and
(3) the Secretary shall permit harvesting on land
on the farm or ranch that the Secretary determines
has a sufficiently established cover to permit harvest-
ing without undue harm to the purposes of the con-
tract if—
(A) land under the contract will be har-
vested not more than once annually for recovery
of biomass used in energy production;
(B) the owner or operator agrees to a pay-
ment reduction under that subchapter in an
amount determined by the Secretary; and
(C) the owner or operator agrees to such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary, in
consultation with the State technical committee
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for the State, may establish to ensure that the
harvesting is consistent with the purposes of the
program established under that subchapter.
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER HAYING AND GRAZING
AUTHORITY.—During the 4-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act, land that is located in an
eligible State shall not be eligible for harvesting or grazing
under section 1232(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)).
(d) CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND TIMING RESTRIC-
TIONS.—Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary,
in consultation with the State technical committee for an
eligible State, shall determine any conservation practices
and timing restrictions that apply to land in the State that
is harvested or grazed under subsection (b).
(e) STUDY.—The Secretary shall make available not
more than $100,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to contract with the game, fish, and parks depart-
ment of an eligible State to conduct an analysis of the pro-
gram conducted under this section (based on information
provided by all eligible States).
(f) REGULATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
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issue such regulations as are necessary to implement
this Act.
(2) PROCEDURE.—The issuance of the regula-
tions shall be made without regard to—
(A) the notice and comment provisions of
section 553 of title 5, United States Code;
(B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary
of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed.
Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rule-
making and public participation in rulemaking;
or
(C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re-
duction Act’’).
SEC. 750. EGG GRADING AND SAFETY. (a) PROHIBI-
TION ON PREVIOUS SHIPMENT OF SHELL EGGS UNDER
VOLUNTARY GRADING PROGRAM.—Section 203(h) of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Shell eggs
packed under the voluntary grading program of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall not have been shipped for sale
previous to being packed under the program, as determined
under a regulation promulgated by the Secretary.’’.
(b) REPORT ON EGG SAFETY AND REPACKAGING.—Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
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the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, shall submit a joint status report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that describes actions taken by
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services—
(1) to enhance the safety of shell eggs and egg
products;
(2) to prohibit the grading, under the voluntary
grading program of the Department of Agriculture, of
shell eggs previously shipped for sale; and
(3) to assess the feasibility and desirability of
applying to all shell eggs the prohibition on repackag-
ing to enhance food safety, consumer information,
and consumer awareness.
SEC. 751. (a) FINDINGS.—
(1) In contrast to our Nation’s generally strong
economy, in a number of States, agricultural produc-
ers and rural communities are experiencing serious
economic hardship.
(2) Increased supplies of agricultural commod-
ities in combination with weakened demand have
caused prices of numerous farm commodities to de-
cline dramatically.
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(3) Demand for imported agricultural commod-
ities has fallen in some regions of the world, due in
part to world economic conditions, and United States
agricultural exports have declined from their record
level of $60,000,000,000 in 1996.
(4) Prolonged periods of weather disasters and
crop disease have devastated agricultural producers in
a number of States.
(5) Certain States experienced declines in per-
sonal farm income between 1996 and 1997.
(6) June estimates by the Department of Agri-
culture indicate that net farm income for 1998 will
fall to $45,500,000,000, down 13 percent from the
$52,200,000,000 for 1996.
(7) Total farm debt for 1998 is expected to reach
$172,000,000,000, the highest level since 1985.
(8) Thousands of farm families are in danger of
losing their livelihoods and life savings.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—Now, therefore, it is the sense
of the Senate that immediate action by the President and
Congress is necessary to respond to the economic hardships
facing agricultural producers and their communities.
SEC. 752. ELIGIBILITY OF STATE AGRICULTURAL EX-
PERIMENT STATIONS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH PROGRAMS. (a) FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA.—Sec-
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tion 793(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 2204f(c)(2)(B)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) a State agricultural experiment
station.’’.
(b) INITIATIVE FOR FUTURE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
SYSTEMS.—Section 401(d) of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
7621(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) a State agricultural experiment station.’’.
SEC. 753. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FROM
UNITED STATES SANCTIONS. (a) FINDINGS.—(1) Prohibit-
ing or otherwise restricting the donations or sales of food,
other agricultural products, medicines or medical equip-
ment in order to sanction a foreign government for actions
or policies that the United States finds objectionable, unnec-
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essarily harms innocent populations in the targeted country
and rarely causes the sanctioned government to alter its ac-
tions or policies.
(2) For the United States as a matter of United States
policy to deny access to United States food, other agricul-
tural products, medicines and medical equipment by inno-
cent men, women and children in other countries weakens
the international leadership and moral authority of the
United States.
(3) Sanctions on the sale or donations of American
food, other agricultural products, medicine or medical
equipment needlessly harm American farmers and workers
employed in these sectors by foreclosing markets for these
United States products.
(b)(1) EXCLUSION FROM SANCTIONS.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the President shall not re-
strict or otherwise prohibit any exports (including financ-
ing) of food, other agricultural products (including fer-
tilizer), medicines or medical equipment as part of any pol-
icy of existing or future unilateral economic sanctions im-
posed against a foreign government.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (b)(1) of this section
shall not apply to any regulations or restrictions with re-
spect to such products for health or safety purposes or dur-
ing periods of domestic shortages of such products.
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(c) IMPOSE SANCTIONS.—The President may retain or
impose sanctions covered under subsection (b)(1) if he deter-
mines that retaining or imposing such sanctions would fur-
ther United States national security interests.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
one day after the date of enactment of this section into law.
(e) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, subsection
(b)(2) shall read as follows:
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (b)(1) of this section
shall not apply to any country that—
‘‘(A) repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism, within the meaning of sec-
tion 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)); or
‘‘(B) systematically denies access to food, medi-
cine, or medical care to persons on the basis of politi-
cal beliefs or as a means of coercion or punishment.’’.
SEC. 754. LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT. (a)
DOMESTIC MARKET REPORTING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(g) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(g)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(g) To’’ and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(g) COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF MARKETING
INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC MARKET REPORTING.—
‘‘(A) MANDATORY REPORTING PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
conduct a 3-year pilot program under
which the Secretary shall require any per-
son or class of persons engaged in the busi-
ness of buying, selling, or marketing live-
stock, livestock products, meat, or meat
products in an unmanufactured form to re-
port to the Secretary in such manner as the
Secretary shall require, such information
relating to prices and the terms of sale for
the procurement of livestock, livestock prod-
ucts, meat, or meat products in an un-
manufactured form as the Secretary deter-
mines is necessary to carry out this sub-
section.
‘‘(ii) NONCOMPLIANCE.—It shall be un-
lawful for a person engaged in the business
of buying, selling, or marketing livestock,
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livestock products, meat, or meat products
in an unmanufactured form to knowingly
fail or refuse to provide to the Secretary in-
formation required to be reported under
subparagraph (A).
‘‘(iii) CEASE AND DESIST AND CIVIL
PENALTY.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—If the Sec-
retary has reason to believe that a per-
son engaged in the business of buying,
selling, or marketing livestock, livestock
products, meat, or meat products in an
unmanufactured form is violating the
provisions of subparagraph (A) (or
regulation promulgated under subpara-
graph (A)), the Secretary after notice
and opportunity for hearing, may
make an order to cease and desist from
continuing the violation and assess a
civil penalty of not more than $10,000
for each violation.
‘‘(II) CONSIDERATIONS.—In de-
termining the amount of a civil pen-
alty to be assessed under clause (i), the
Secretary shall consider the gravity of
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the offense, the size of the business in-
volved, and the effect of the penalty on
the ability of the person to continue in
business.
‘‘(iv) REFERRAL
TO
ATTORNEY
GEN-
ERAL.—If, after expiration of the period for
appeal or after the affirmance of a civil
penalty assessed under clause (iii), the per-
son against whom the civil penalty is as-
sessed fails to pay the civil penalty, the Sec-
retary may refer the matter to the Attorney
General, who may recover the amount of the
civil penalty in a civil action in United
States district court.
‘‘(B) VOLUNTARY
REPORTING.—The Sec-
retary shall encourage voluntary reporting by
persons engaged in the business of buying, sell-
ing, or marketing livestock, livestock products,
meats, or meat products in an unmanufactured
form that are not subjected to a mandatory re-
porting requirement under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The
Secretary shall make information received under
this paragraph available to the public only in a
form that ensures that—
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‘‘(i) the identity of the person submit-
ting a report is not disclosed; and
‘‘(ii) the confidentiality of proprietary
business information is otherwise protected.
‘‘(D) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in
this paragraph restricts or modifies the author-
ity of the Secretary to collect voluntary reports
in accordance with other provisions of law.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 203 of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622)
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary is directed
and authorized:’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of each of sub-
sections (a) through (f) and subsections (h)
through (n), by striking ‘‘To’’ and inserting ‘‘The
Secretary shall’’.
(b) PROHIBITION ON NONCOMPETITIVE PRACTICES.—
Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7
U.S.C. 192), is amended—
(1) in subsection (g), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) Engage in any practice or device that the Sec-
retary by regulation, after consultation with producers of
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cattle, lamb, and hogs, and other persons in the cattle, lamb,
and hog industries, determines is a detrimental non-
competitive practice or device relating to the price or a term
of sale for the procurement of livestock or the sale of meat
or other byproduct of slaughter.’’.
(c) PROTECTION OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS AGAINST
RETALIATION BY PACKERS.—
(1) RETALIATION PROHIBITED.—Section 202(b)
of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C.
192(b)), is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or subject’’ and inserting
‘‘subject’’; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at the
end the following: ‘‘, or retaliate against any
livestock producer on account of any statement
made by the producer (whether made to the Sec-
retary or a law enforcement agency or in a pub-
lic forum) regarding an action of any packer’’.
(2) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ALLE-
GATIONS OF RETALIATION.—Section 203 of the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 193), is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) SPECIAL PROCEDURES REGARDING ALLEGATIONS
OF RETALIATION.—
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‘‘(1) CONSIDERATION BY SPECIAL PANEL.—The
President shall appoint a special panel consisting of
3 members to receive and initially consider a com-
plaint submitted by any person that alleges prohib-
ited packer retaliation under section 202(b) directed
against a livestock producer.
‘‘(2) COMPLAINT; HEARING.—If the panel has
reason to believe from the complaint or resulting in-
vestigation that a packer has violated or is violating
the retaliation prohibition under section 202(b), the
panel shall notify the Secretary who shall cause a
complaint to be issued against the packer, and a
hearing conducted, under subsection (a).
‘‘(3) EVIDENTIARY STANDARD.—In the case of a
complaint regarding retaliation prohibited under sec-
tion 202(b), the Secretary shall find that the packer
involved has violated or is violating section 202(b) if
the finding is supported by a preponderance of the
evidence.’’.
(3) DAMAGES FOR PRODUCERS SUFFERING RE-
TALIATION.—Section 203 of the Packers and Stock-
yards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 193) (as amended by sub-
section (b)), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(f) DAMAGES FOR PRODUCERS SUFFERING RETALIA-
TION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a packer violates the retal-
iation prohibition under section 202(b), the packer
shall be liable to the livestock producer injured by the
retaliation for not more than 3 times the amount of
damages sustained as a result of the violation.
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The liability may be en-
forced either by complaint to the Secretary, as pro-
vided in subsection (e), or by suit in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
‘‘(3) OTHER REMEDIES.—This subsection shall
not abridge or alter a remedy existing at common law
or by statute. The remedy provided by this subsection
shall be in addition to any other remedy.’’.
(d) REVIEW
OF FEDERAL AGRICULTURE CREDIT
POLICIES.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the
Chairman of the Board of the Farm Credit Administration,
shall establish an interagency working group to study—
(1) the extent to which Federal lending practices
and policies have contributed, or are contributing, to
market concentration in the livestock and dairy sec-
tors of the national economy; and
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(2) whether Federal policies regarding the finan-
cial system of the United States adequately take ac-
count of the weather and price volatility risks inher-
ent in livestock and dairy enterprises.
SEC. 755. METERED-DOSE
INHALERS. (a) FIND-
INGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Montreal Protocol on Substances That
Deplete the Ozone Layer (referred to in this section as
the ‘‘Montreal Protocol’’) requires the phaseout of
products containing ozone-depleting substances, in-
cluding chloroflourocarbons;
(2) the primary remaining legal use in the
United States of newly produced chloroflourocarbons
is in metered-dose inhalers;
(3) treatment with metered-dose inhalers is the
preferred treatment for many patients with asthma
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
(4) the incidence of asthma and chronic obstruc-
tive pulmonary disease is increasing in children and
is most prevalent among low-income persons in the
United States;
(5) the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have
called for development of national transition strate-
gies to non-chloroflourocarbon metered-dose inhalers;
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(6) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs pub-
lished an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that
suggested a tentative framework for how to phase out
the use of metered-dose inhalers that contain
chloroflourocarbons in the Federal Register on March
6, 1997, 62 Fed. Reg. 10242 (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘proposal’’); and
(7) the medical and patient communities, while
calling for a formal transition strategy issued by the
Food and Drug Administration by rulemaking, have
expressed serious concerns that the proposal, if imple-
mented without change, could potentially place some
patients at risk by causing the removal of metered-
dose inhalers containing chloroflourocarbons from the
market before adequate non-chlorofluorocarbon re-
placements are available.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the Food and Drug Administration should,
in consultation with the Environmental Protection
Agency, assess the risks and benefits to the environ-
ment and to patient health of the proposal and any
alternatives;
(2) in conducting such assessments, the Food and
Drug Administration should consult with patients,
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physicians, other health care providers, manufacturers
of metered-dose inhalers, and other interested parties;
(3) using the results of these assessments, and the
information contained in the comments the Food and
Drug Administration has received on the proposal,
the Food and Drug Administration should promptly
issue a rule ensuring that a range of non-
chloroflourocarbon metered-dose inhaler alternatives is
available for users, comparable to existing treatments
in terms of safety, efficacy, and other appropriate pa-
rameters necessary to meet patient needs, which rule
should not be based on a therapeutic class phaseout
approach; and
(4) the Food and Drug Administration should
issue a proposed rule described in paragraph (3) not
later than May 1, 1999.
SEC. 756. REPORT ON MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM. (a)
IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in con-
sultation with the Comptroller General of the United States,
shall submit to the committees of Congress specified in sub-
section (c) a report that, as determined by the Secretary—
(1)(A) analyzes the costs and benefits of pro-
grams carried out under that section in compliance
with the cost-benefit analysis guidelines established by
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the Office of Management and Budget in Circular A–
94, dated October 29, 1992; and
(B) in any macroeconomic studies, treats re-
sources in the United States as if the resources were
likely to be fully employed;
(2) considers all potential costs and benefits of
the programs carried out under that section, specifi-
cally noting potential distortions in the economy that
could lower national output of goods and services and
employment;
(3) estimates the impact of programs carried out
under that section on the agricultural sector and on
consumers and other sectors of the economy in the
United States;
(4) considers costs and benefits of operations re-
lating to alternative uses of the budget for the pro-
grams under that section;
(5)(A) analyzes the relation between the prior-
ities and spending levels of programs carried out
under that section and the privately funded market
promotion activities undertaken by participants in
the programs; and
(B) evaluates the spending additionality for par-
ticipants resulting from the program;
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(6) conducts an analysis of the amount of export
additionality for activities financed under programs
carried out under that section in sponsored countries,
controlling for relevant variables, including—
(A) information on the levels of private ex-
penditures for promotion;
(B) government promotion by competitor
nations;
(C) changes in foreign and domestic supply
conditions;
(D) changes in exchange rates; and
(E) the effect of ongoing trade liberaliza-
tion;
(7) provides an evaluation of the sustainability
of promotional effort in sponsored markets for recipi-
ents in the absence of government subsidies.
(b) EVALUATION BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit an
evaluation of the report to the committees specified in sub-
section (c).
(c) COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The committees of
Congress referred to in subsection (a) are—
(1) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate.
SEC. 757. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING AP-
PROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE THE
ECONOMIC EFFECT OF LOW COMMODITY PRICES. It is the
sense of the Senate that—
(1) Congress should pass and the President
should sign S.1269, which would reauthorize fast-
track trading authority for the President;
(2) Congress should pass and the President
should sign S.2078, the Farm and Ranch Risk Man-
agement Act, which would allow farmers and ranch-
ers to better prepare for fluctuations in the agricul-
tural economy;
(3) the House of Representatives should follow
the Senate and provide full funding for the Inter-
national Monetary Fund;
(4) Congress should pass and the President
should sign sanctions reform legislation so that the
agricultural economy of the United States is not
harmed by sanctions on foreign trade;
(5) Congress should uphold the Presidential
waiver of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974
Trade Act providing normal trade relations status for
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China and continue to pursue normal trade relations
with China;
(6) the House and Senate should continue to
pursue a package of capital gains and estate tax re-
forms;
(7) the President should pursue stronger over-
sight on all international trade agreements affecting
agriculture and commerce dispute settlement proce-
dures when countries are found to be violating such
trade agreements;
(8) the President should sign legislation provid-
ing full deductibility of health care insurance for self-
employed individuals;
(9) the Congress and the administration should
pursue efforts to reduce regulations on farmers; and
(10) the President should use the administrative
tools available to him to use Commodity Credit Cor-
poration and unused Export Enhancement Program
funds for humanitarian assistance.
SEC. 758. RESERVE INVENTORIES. Section 813 of the
Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by in-
serting ‘‘of agricultural producers’’ after ‘‘distress’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary
or’’ after ‘‘President or’’; and
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(3) in subsection (h)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(h) There is hereby’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS FOR CASH PAYMENTS.—The
Secretary may use funds made available under this
section to make, in a manner consistent with this sec-
tion, cash payments that don’t go for crop disasters,
but for income loss to carry out the purposes of this
section.’’.
SEC. 759. FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—In addition to the amounts made available under
other provisions of this Act, there are appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
carry out activities described in the Food Safety Initiative
submitted by the President for fiscal year 1999—
(1) $98,000 to the Chief Economist;
(2) $906,000 to the Economic Research Service;
(3) $8,920,000 to the Agricultural Research
Service;
(4) $11,000,000 to the Cooperative State Re-
search, Education, and Extension Service;
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(5) $8,347,000 to the Food Safety and Inspection
Service; and
(6) $37,000,000 to the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration.
(b) AMENDMENT OF THE NO NET COST FUND ASSESS-
MENTS TO PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF ALL ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS NOT PREVIOUSLY COVERED AND ALL CROP IN-
SURANCE COSTS FOR TOBACCO.—Section 106A of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1445–1(c)), is
hereby amended by—in subsection (d)(7) changing ‘‘the
Secretary’’ to ‘‘the Secretary; and’’ and by adding a new
subsection (d)(8) to read as follows:
‘‘(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subsection or other law, that with respect to the 1999
and subsequent crops of tobacco for which price sup-
port is made available and for which a fund is main-
tained under this section, an additional assessment
shall be remitted over and above that otherwise pro-
vided for in this subsection. Such additional assess-
ment shall be equal to—(1) the administrative costs
within the Department of Agriculture that is not oth-
erwise covered under another assessment under this
section or under another provision of law; and (2)
any and all net losses in Federal crop insurance pro-
grams for tobacco, whether those losses be on price-
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supported tobacco or on other tobaccos. The Secretary
shall estimate those administrative and insurance
costs in advance. The Secretary may make such ad-
justments in the assessment under this paragraph for
future crops as are needed to cover shortfalls or over-
collections. The assessment shall be applied so that the
additional amount to be collected under this para-
graph shall be the same for all price support tobaccos
(and imported tobacco of like kind) which are mar-
keted or imported into the United States during the
marketing year for the crops covered by this para-
graph. For each domestically produced pound of to-
bacco the assessment amount to be remitted under this
paragraph shall be paid by the purchaser of the to-
bacco. On imported tobacco, the assessment shall be
paid by the importer. Monies collected pursuant to
this section shall be commingled with other monies in
the No Net Cost Fund maintained under this section.
The administrative and crop insurance costs that are
taken into account in fixing the amount of the assess-
ment shall be a claim on the Fund and shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriate account for the payment of
administrative costs and insurance costs at a time de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary. Collections
under this paragraph shall not affect the amount of
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any other collection established under this section or
under another provision of law but shall be enforce-
able in the same manner as other assessments under
this section and shall be subject to the same sanctions
for nonpayment.’’.
(c) AMENDMENT OF THE NO NET COST ACCOUNT AS-
SESSMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF ALL ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE COST NOT PREVIOUSLY COVERED
AND ALL
CROP INSURANCE COSTS.—Section 106B of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1445–2), is amend-
ed by renumbering subsections ‘‘(i)’’ and ‘‘(j)’’ as ‘‘(j)’’ and
‘‘(k)’’ respectively, and by adding a new subsection ‘‘(i)’’
to read as follows:
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion or other law, the Secretary shall require with respect
to the 1999 and subsequent crops of tobacco for which price
support is made available and for which an account is
maintained under this section, that an additional assess-
ment shall be remitted over and above that otherwise pro-
vided for in this subsection. Such additional assessment
shall be equal to—(1) the administrative costs within the
Department of Agriculture that are not otherwise covered
under another assessment under this section or under an-
other provision of law; and (2) any and all net losses in
Federal crop insurance programs for tobacco, whether those