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this Act shall be deemed to be a period of enrollment in
a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title.
(b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is
covered by a health benefits plan administered by the Farm
Credit Administration may enroll in an approved health
benefits plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of title
5, United States Code—
(A) either as an individual or for self and fam-
ily, if such individual is an employee, annuitant, or
former spouse as defined under section 8901 of such
title; and
(B) for coverage effective on and after September
30, 1995.
(2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is enti-
tled to continued coverage under a health benefits plan ad-
ministered by the Farm Credit Administration—
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued
coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States
Code, for the same period that would have been per-
mitted under the plan administered by the Farm
Credit Administration; and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits
plan described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such
title in accordance with section 8905A of such title for
coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.
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(3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is cov-
ered as an unmarried dependent child under a health bene-
fits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration
and who is not a member of family as defined under section
8901(5) of title 5, United States Code—
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued
coverage under section 8905a of such title as though
the individual had, on September 30, 1995, ceased to
meet the requirements for being considered an unmar-
ried dependent child under chapter 89 of such title;
and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits
plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such
title in accordance with section 8905a for continued
coverage on and after September 30, 1995.
(c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund established
under section 8909 of title 5, United States Code, amounts
determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement, after consultation with the Farm Credit Adminis-
tration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost
of providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid
for by the individual’s covered by this section. The amount
so transferred shall be held in the Fund and used by the
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Office in addition to the amounts available under section
8906(g)(1) of such title.
(d) The Office of Personnel Management—
(1) shall administer the provisions of this section
to provide for—
(A) a period of notice and open enrollment
for individuals affected by this section; and
(B) no lapse of health coverage for individ-
uals who enroll in a health benefits plan under
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, in ac-
cordance with this section; and
(2) may prescribe regulations to implement this
section.
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Ω140æPage 64, line 10, after ‘‘project;’’ insert: Consoli-
dated Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds
made available to county committees;
Ω141æPage 66, line 4, strike out ø1994¿ and insert: 1995
Ω142æPage 66, line 18, strike out øNone¿ and insert:
With the exception of grants awarded under the Small Busi-
ness Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 97–
219, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), none
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Ω143æPage 69, line 10, strike out øAgriculture¿ and in-
sert: Agricultural
Ω144æPage 70, strike out lines 4 through 15
Ω145æPage 70, strike out lines 16 through 22
Ω146æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess
of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands reserve
program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
Ω147æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
of personnel who carry out an export enhancement program
(estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the President’s fiscal
year 1996 Budget (H. Doc. 104–4)) if the aggregate amount
of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds
$795,556,000.
Ω148æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel to provide
assistance to livestock producers under provisions of title
VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 if crop insurance protec-
tion or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the loss of
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feed produced on the farm is available to the producer under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.
Ω149æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional
acres in the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by
16 U.S.C. 3831–3845: Provided, That 1,579,000 new acres
shall be enrolled in the program in the year beginning Jan-
uary 1, 1997.
Ω150æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to develop compli-
ance guidelines, implement or enforce a regulation promul-
gated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service on August
25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided, That this regula-
tion shall take effect only if legislation is enacted into law
which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate
such regulation, or the House Committee on Agriculture
and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and
Forestry receive and approve a proposed revised regulation
submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Ω151æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 729. BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS.—None of the
funds appropriated under this Act may be used for the sala-
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ries or expenses of the Board of Tea experts established
under section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent the
importation of impure and unwholesome tea’’, approved
March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C. 42).
Ω152æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made
available to the Federal Drug Administration by this Act
shall be used to operate the Board of Tea Experts and relat-
ed activities.
(b) The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.)
is repealed.
Ω153æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 731. It is the sense of the Senate that the current
statute establishing the Tobacco Marketing Assessment,
which raises revenues used solely for deficit reduction pur-
poses and not in any manner to offset the costs of the to-
bacco program, should be amended to require that the cur-
rent assessment be set at a level sufficient to cover the ad-
ministrative costs of the tobacco program.
Ω154æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 732. None of the funds available in this Act shall
be used for any action, including the development or asser-
tion of any position or recommendation by or on behalf of
the Forest Service, that directly or indirectly results in the
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loss of or restriction on the diversion and use of water from
existing water supply facilities located on National Forest
lands by the owners of such facilities, or result in a material
increase in the cost of such yield to the owners of the water
supply: Provided, That nothing in this section shall pre-
clude a mutual agreement between any agency of the De-
partment of Agriculture and a State or local governmental
entity or private entity or individual.
Ω155æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 733. ENERGY SAVINGS AT FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) REDUCTION IN FACILITIES ENERGY COSTS.—The
head of each agency for which funds are made available
under this Act shall take all actions necessary to achieve
during fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from the av-
erage previous three fiscal year levels, in the energy costs
of the facilities used by the agency.
(b) USE OF COST SAVINGS.—An amount equal to the
amount of cost savings realized by an agency under sub-
section (a) shall remain available for obligation through the
end of fiscal year 1997, without further authorization or
appropriation, as follows:
(1) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—Fifty percent of
the amount shall remain available for the implemen-
tation of additional energy conservation measures
and for water conservation measures at such facilities
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used by the agency as are designated by the head of
the agency.
(2) OTHER
PURPOSES.—Fifty percent of the
amount shall remain available for use by the agency
for such purposes as are designated by the head of the
agency, consistent with applicable law.
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
1996, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a re-
port to Congress specifying the results of the actions
taken under subsection (a) and providing any rec-
ommendations concerning how to further reduce en-
ergy costs and energy consumption in the future.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall—
(A) specify the total energy costs of the fa-
cilities used by the agency;
(B) identify the reductions achieved; and
(C) specify the actions that resulted in the
reductions.
Ω156æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 734. It is the sense of the Senate that the current
nonrefundable marketing assessment for the peanut pro-
gram should be amended to direct that the current assess-
ment is utilized in a manner to help defray the cost of the
peanut program, particularly to cover all administrative
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costs of the peanut program, including the salaries and ex-
penses of Department of Agriculture employees who carry
out the price support or production adjustment program
for peanuts.
Ω157æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 735. MINK INDUSTRY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) since 1989, the Federal government, through
the Department of Agriculture Market Promotion
Program, has provided more than $13,000,000 to the
Mink Export Development Council for the overseas
promotion of mink coats and products; and
(2) the Department of Commerce has estimated
that since 1989 the value of United States exports of
mink products has declined by more than 33 percent
and total United States mink production has been
halved.
(b) FUNDING.—None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used to carry out, or to pay the salaries
of personnel who carry out, the market promotion program
established under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), in a manner that provides assist-
ance to the United States Mink Export Development Coun-
cil or any mink industry trade association.
Ω158æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
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SEC. 736. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON UNITED STATES-
CANADIAN COOPERATION CONCERNING AN OUTLET TO RE-
LIEVE FLOODING AT DEVILS LAKE IN NORTH DAKOTA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) flooding in Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota,
has resulted in water levels in the lake reaching their
highest point in 120 years;
(2)(A) 667,000 trees are inundated and dying;
(B) 2500 homeowners in the county are pumping
water from basements;
(C) the town of Devils Lake is threatened with
lake water nearing the limits of the protective dikes
of the lake;
(D) 17,400 acres of land have been inundated;
(E) roads are under water;
(F) other roads are closed and will be aban-
doned;
(G) homes and businesses have been diked, aban-
doned, or closed; and
(H) if the lake rises another 2 to 3 feet, damages
of approximately $74,000,000 will occur;
(3) the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau
of Reclamation are now studying the feasibility of
constructing an outlet from Devils Lake Basin;
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(4) an outlet from Devils Lake Basin will allow
the transfer of water from Devils Lake Basin to the
Red River of the North watershed that the United
States shares with Canada; and
(5) the Treaty Relating to the Boundary Waters
and Questions Arising Along the Boundary Between
the United States and Canada, signed at Washington
on January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Treaty of
1909’’), provides that ‘‘. . . waters flowing across the
boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the
injury of health or property on the other.’’ (36 Stat.
2450).
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the United States Government should seek to estab-
lish a joint United States-Canadian technical committee to
review the Devils Lake Basin emergency outlet project to
consider options for an outlet that would meet Canadian
concerns in regard to the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.
Ω159æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 737. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY ADVISORY
COMMITTEES.
(a) SWINE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section
11 of the Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3810) is
repealed.
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(b) GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—Section 2404 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6703) is re-
pealed.
Ω160æPage 70, after line 22 insert:
SEC. 738. Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately withdraw Fed-
eral regulation 36 CFR Part 223 promulgated on Septem-
ber 8, 1995, for a period of no less than 120 days: Provided,
That during such time the Secretary shall take notice and
public comment on the regulations and make the necessary
revisions to reflect public comment. Any fines assessed pur-
suant to 36 CFR Part 223, from the effective date of said
regulation to the date of enactment of this Act, shall be null
and void. During the 120 day period, the interim regu-
latory guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR 48572 and
56 CFR 65834 shall remain in effect.
Attest:
Secretary.
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