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‘‘(2) EXEMPTION
FROM
RELEASE.—The Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in
advance of making a release of information under
subsection (a), allow, by announcement, a period of at
least 15 days for persons whose consent would other-
wise be required by law to effectuate the release, to
elect to be exempt from the release.
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making a release under
subsection (a), the Secretary may provide such other
assistance with respect to information released under
subsection (a) as will facilitate the interest of pro-
ducers in receiving the funds that are the subject of
a trust described in subsection (a).
‘‘(2) FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use amounts
made available for salaries and expenses of the De-
partment to carry out paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) RECORDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person that obtains infor-
mation described in subsection (a) shall maintain
records that are consistent with the purposes of the re-
lease and shall not use the records for any purpose
not authorized under this section.
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‘‘(2) PENALTY.—A person that knowingly vio-
lates this subsection shall be fined not more than
$10,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to—
‘‘(1) records submitted by cigarette manufactur-
ers with respect to the production of cigarettes;
‘‘(2) records that were submitted as expected pur-
chase intentions in connection with the establishment
of national tobacco quotas; or
‘‘(3) records that aggregate the purchases of par-
ticular buyers.’’.
SEC. 758. That notwithstanding section 306(a)(7) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1926(a)(7)), the city of Berlin, New Hampshire,
shall be eligible during fiscal year 2000 for a rural utilities
grant or loan under the Rural Community Advancement
Program.
SEC. 759. CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDERS. (a) PAID
ADVERTISING FOR CRANBERRIES AND CRANBERRY PROD-
UCTS.—Section 8c(6)(I) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
(7 U.S.C. 608c(6)(I)), reenacted with amendments by the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended
in the first proviso—
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(1) by striking ‘‘or Florida grown strawberries’’
and inserting ‘‘, Florida grown strawberries, or cran-
berries’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and Florida Indian River
grapefruit’’ and inserting ‘‘Florida Indian River
grapefruit, and cranberries’’.
(b) COLLECTION OF CRANBERRY INVENTORY DATA.—
Section 8d of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C.
608d), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(3) COLLECTION OF CRANBERRY INVENTORY DATA.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an order is in effect with
respect to cranberries, the Secretary of Agriculture
may require persons engaged in the handling or im-
portation of cranberries or cranberry products (in-
cluding producer-handlers, second handlers, proc-
essors, brokers, and importers) to provide such infor-
mation as the Secretary considers necessary to effec-
tuate the declared policy of this title, including infor-
mation on acquisitions, inventories, and dispositions
of cranberries and cranberry products.
‘‘(B) DELEGATION
TO
COMMITTEE.—The Sec-
retary may delegate the authority to carry out sub-
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paragraph (A) to any committee that is responsible
for administering an order covering cranberries.
‘‘(C) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Paragraph (2) shall
apply to information provided under this paragraph.
‘‘(D) VIOLATIONS.—Any person that violates this
paragraph shall be subject to the penalties provided
under section 8c(14).’’.
SEC. 760. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and there-
after, the Food Stamp Act (Public Law 95–113, section
16(a)) is amended by inserting after the phrase ‘‘Indian
reservation under section 11(d) of this Act’’ the following
new phrase: ‘‘or in a Native village within the State of Alas-
ka identified in section 11(b) of Public Law 92–203, as
amended.’’.
SEC. 761. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall periodically review the Food
Packages listed at 7 C.F.R. 246.10(c)(1996) and consider
including additional nutritious foods for women, infants
and children.
SEC. 762. EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE
SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING
INSTITUTIONS. (a) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM
FOR
ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—
(1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make competitive grants (or grants with-
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out regard to any requirement for competition) to
Alaska Native serving institutions for the purpose of
promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska
Native serving institutions to carry out education,
applied research, and related community development
programs.
(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grants made under
this section shall be used—
(A) to support the activities of consortia of
Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance
educational equity for under represented stu-
dents;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational
capacities, including libraries, curriculum, fac-
ulty, scientific instrumentation, instruction de-
livery systems, and student recruitment and re-
tention, in order to respond to identified State,
regional, national, or international educational
needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
(C) to attract and support undergraduate
and graduate students from under represented
groups in order to prepare them for careers re-
lated to the food, agricultural, and natural re-
source systems of the United States, beginning
with the mentoring of students at the high school
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level including by village elders and continuing
with the provision of financial support for stu-
dents through their attainment of a doctoral de-
gree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives be-
tween two or more Alaska Native serving institu-
tions, or between Alaska Native serving institu-
tions and units of State government or the pri-
vate sector, to maximize the development and use
of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and
equipment, to improve food and agricultural
sciences teaching programs.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to make
grants under this subsection $10,000,000 in fiscal
years 2001 through 2006.
(b) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HA-
WAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—
(1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may make competitive grants (or grants with-
out regard to any requirement for competition) to Na-
tive Hawaiian serving institutions for the purpose of
promoting and strengthening the ability of Native
Hawaiian serving institutions to carry out education,
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applied research, and related community development
programs.
(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grants made under
this section shall be used—
(A) to support the activities of consortia of
Native Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance
educational equity for under represented stu-
dents;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational
capacities, including libraries, curriculum, fac-
ulty, scientific instrumentation, instruction de-
livery systems, and student recruitment and re-
tention, in order to respond to identified State,
regional, national, or international educational
needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
(C) to attract and support undergraduate
and graduate students from under represented
groups in order to prepare them for careers re-
lated to the food, agricultural, and natural re-
source systems of the United States, beginning
with the mentoring of students at the high school
level and continuing with the provision of finan-
cial support for students through their attain-
ment of a doctoral degree; and
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(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives be-
tween two or more Native Hawaiian serving in-
stitutions, or between Native Hawaiian serving
institutions and units of State government or the
private sector, to maximize the development and
use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and
equipment, to improve food and agricultural
sciences teaching programs.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to make
grants under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
SEC. 763. SMITH-LEVER ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES
WITH
CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED
COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and there-
after, a State in which Federal employees receive a special
allowance because of the high cost of living or conditions
of environment which differ substantially from conditions
in other parts of the country as provided under section 1
of title IV of Public Law 102–141 (105 Stat. 861) shall
receive an allotment of no less than $2,000,000 under the
Smith-Lever Act of 1914, as amended (7 U.S.C. 343).
SEC. 764. HATCH ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES WITH
CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED COST-OF-LIVING ADJUST-
MENTS. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, a
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State in which Federal employees receive a special allow-
ance because of the high cost of living or conditions of envi-
ronment which differ substantially from conditions in other
parts of the country as provided under section 1 of title
IV of Public Law 102–141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an
allotment of no less than $2,000,000 under 7 U.S.C. 361c(c).
SEC. 765. It is the sense of the Senate that the Food
and Drug Administration, to the maximum extent possible,
when conducting an Import Food Survey under the Presi-
dent’s Food Safety Initiative, ensure timely testing of
produce imports by conducting survey tests at the United
States Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug
Administration laboratory closest to the port of entry if test-
ing results are not provided within twenty-four hours of
collection.
SEC. 766. DEREGULATION
OF
PRODUCER
MILK
PRICES IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. Effective October 1,
1999, section 8c(11) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7
U.S.C. 608c(11)), reenacted with amendments by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) PRODUCER
MILK
PRICES
IN
CLARK
COUNTY, NEVADA.—The price of milk received by
producers located in Clark County, Nevada—
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‘‘(i) shall not be subject to any order
issued under this section or any other regu-
lation by the Secretary; and
‘‘(ii) shall solely be regulated by the
State of Nevada and the Nevada State
Dairy Commission.’’.
SEC. 767. (a) The Senate finds that—
(1) agricultural producers in the United States
compete effectively when world markets are not dis-
torted by government intervention;
(2) the elimination of barriers to competition in
world markets for agricultural commodities is in the
interest of producers and consumers in the United
States;
(3) the United States must provide leadership on
the opening of the agricultural markets in upcoming
multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations;
(4) countries that import agricultural commod-
ities are more likely to liberalize practices if they are
confident that their trading partners will not curtail
the availability of agricultural commodities on world
markets for foreign policy purposes; and
(5) a multilateral commitment to use the open
market, rather than government intervention, to guar-
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antee food security would advance the interests of the
farm community of the United States.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that members of the
World Trade Organization should undertake multilateral
negotiations to eliminate policies and programs that distort
world markets for agricultural commodities.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate August 4, 1999.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.