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(B) to the extent that the sanction would
prohibit, restrict, or condition the provision or
use of any agricultural commodity, medicine, or
medical device that is—
(i) controlled on the United States Mu-
nitions List;
(ii) an item for which export controls
are administered by the Department of
Commerce for foreign policy or national se-
curity reasons; or
(iii) used to facilitate the development
or production of a chemical or biological
weapon.
(4) COUNTRIES
SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—This subsection shall not affect the cur-
rent prohibitions on providing, to the government of
any country supporting international terrorism,
United States government assistance, including
United States foreign assistance, United States export
assistance, or any United States credits or credit
guarantees.
(5) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Any unilat-
eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanc-
tion that is imposed pursuant to the procedures de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A) shall terminate not later
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than 2 years after the date on which the sanction be-
came effective unless—
(A) not later than 60 days before the date
of termination of the sanction, the President sub-
mits to Congress a report containing the rec-
ommendation of the President for the continu-
ation of the sanction for an additional period of
not to exceed 2 years and the request of the
President for approval by Congress of the rec-
ommendation; and
(B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stat-
ing the approval of Congress for the report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A).
(6) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—
(A) REFERRAL OF REPORT.—A report de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be
referred to the appropriate committee or commit-
tees of the House of Representatives and to the
appropriate committee or committees of the Sen-
ate.
(B) REFERRAL OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—A joint resolution
shall be referred to the committees in each
House of Congress with jurisdiction.
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(ii) REPORTING DATE.—A joint resolu-
tion referred to in clause (i) may not be re-
ported before the eighth session day of Con-
gress after the introduction of the joint reso-
lution.
(C) DISCHARGE
OF
COMMITTEE.—If the
committee to which is referred a joint resolution
has not reported the joint resolution (or an iden-
tical joint resolution) at the end of 30 session
days of Congress after the date of introduction of
the joint resolution—
(i) the committee shall be discharged
from further consideration of the joint reso-
lution; and
(ii) the joint resolution shall be placed
on the appropriate calendar of the House
concerned.
(D) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—
(i) MOTION TO PROCEED.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—When the com-
mittee to which a joint resolution is re-
ferred has reported, or when a com-
mittee is discharged under subpara-
graph (C) from further consideration
of, a joint resolution—
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(aa) it shall be at any time
thereafter in order (even though a
previous motion to the same effect
has been disagreed to) for any
member of the House concerned to
move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution; and
(bb) all points of order
against the joint resolution (and
against consideration of the joint
resolution) are waived.
(II) PRIVILEGE.—The motion to
proceed to the consideration of the joint
resolution—
(aa) shall be highly privi-
leged in the House of Representa-
tives and privileged in the Senate;
and
(bb) not debatable.
(III) AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS
NOT IN ORDER.—The motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the joint
resolution shall not be subject to—
(aa) amendment;
(bb) a motion to postpone; or
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(cc) a motion to proceed to
the consideration of other busi-
ness.
(IV) MOTION TO RECONSIDER NOT
IN ORDER.—A motion to reconsider the
vote by which the motion is agreed to
or disagreed to shall not be in order.
(V) BUSINESS
UNTIL
DISPOSI-
TION.—If a motion to proceed to the
consideration of the joint resolution is
agreed to, the joint resolution shall re-
main the unfinished business of the
House concerned until disposed of.
(ii) LIMITATIONS ON DEBATE.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—Debate on the
joint resolution, and on all debatable
motions and appeals in connection
with the joint resolution, shall be lim-
ited to not more than 10 hours, which
shall be divided equally between those
favoring and those opposing the joint
resolution.
(II) FURTHER
DEBATE
LIMITA-
TIONS.—A motion to limit debate shall
be in order and shall not be debatable.
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(III) AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS
NOT IN ORDER.—An amendment to, a
motion to postpone, a motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, a motion to recommit the joint
resolution, or a motion to reconsider
the vote by which the joint resolution is
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be
in order.
(iii) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—Imme-
diately following the conclusion of the de-
bate on a joint resolution, and a single
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate
if requested in accordance with the rules of
the House concerned, the vote on final pas-
sage of the joint resolution shall occur.
(iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO-
CEDURE.—An appeal from a decision of the
Chair relating to the application of the
rules of the Senate or House of Representa-
tives, as the case may be, to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution shall be de-
cided without debate.
(E) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by 1 House of a
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joint resolution of that House, that House re-
ceives from the other House a joint resolution,
the following procedures shall apply:
(i) NO
COMMITTEE
REFERRAL.—The
joint resolution of the other House shall not
be referred to a committee.
(ii) FLOOR PROCEDURE.—With respect
to a joint resolution of the House receiving
the joint resolution—
(I) the procedure in that House
shall be the same as if no joint resolu-
tion had been received from the other
House; but
(II) the vote on final passage shall
be on the joint resolution of the other
House.
(iii) DISPOSITION OF JOINT RESOLU-
TIONS OF RECEIVING HOUSE.—On disposi-
tion of the joint resolution received from the
other House, it shall no longer be in order
to consider the joint resolution originated in
the receiving House.
(F) PROCEDURES AFTER ACTION BY BOTH
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.—If a House receives a
joint resolution from the other House after the
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receiving House has disposed of a joint resolu-
tion originated in that House, the action of the
receiving House with regard to the disposition of
the joint resolution originated in that House
shall be deemed to be the action of the receiving
House with regard to the joint resolution origi-
nated in the other House.
(G) RULEMAKING POWER.—This paragraph
is enacted by Congress—
(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking
power of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, respectively, and as such this
paragraph—
(I) is deemed to be a part of the
rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the pro-
cedure to be followed in that House in
the case of a joint resolution; and
(II) supersedes other rules only to
the extent that this paragraph is in-
consistent with those rules; and
(ii) with full recognition of the con-
stitutional right of either House to change
the rules (so far as the rules relate to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in
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the same manner and to the same extent as
in the case of any other rule of that House.
(7) GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO STATE SPON-
SORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—(A) Notwith-
standing any other provision of the Act, the export of
agricultural commodities or medicine or medical de-
vices to the government of a country that has been de-
termined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism
under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) shall only be made—
(i) pursuant to one year licenses issued by
the United States Government for contracts en-
tered into during that one year period and com-
pleted within a twelve month period after the
signing of the contract; and
(ii) without benefit of Federal financing, di-
rect export subsidies, Federal credit guarantees
or other Federal promotion assistance programs.
(B) Quarterly reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees shall be submitted by the applicable
agency charged with issuing licenses in subparagraph
(A)(i).
(8) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection takes ef-
fect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 749. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that:
(1) The Clean Air Act requires that Federal re-
formulated gasoline contain oxygen as a means of
achieving air quality benefits.
(2) While both renewable ethanol and methyl ter-
tiary butyl ether (MTBE) may be used to meet this
Clean Air Act requirement, MTBE is in substantially
greater use than ethanol.
(3) MTBE is classified as a possible human car-
cinogen, and when leaked into water causes water to
take on the taste and smell of turpentine, rendering
it undrinkable.
(4) MTBE leaking from underground fuel stor-
age tanks, recreational watercraft and abandoned
automobiles has led to growing detections of MTBE in
drinking water, and has contaminated groundwater
and drinking water throughout the United States.
(5) Approximately 5 to 10 percent of drinking
water supplies in areas using reformulated gasoline
now show detectable levels of MTBE.
(6) MTBE poses a more pervasive threat to
drinking water than the other harmful constituents of
gasoline because MTBE is more soluble, more mobile
and slower to degrade than those other constituents.
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(7) Renewable ethanol provides air quality and
energy security benefits without raising drinking
water concerns.
(8) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol
production would enhance the energy security of the
United States by reducing dependence upon foreign
oil.
(9) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol
production would help alleviate the financial crisis
facing farmers.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the United States should—
(1) phase out MTBE in order to address the
threats MTBE poses to public health and the environ-
ment;
(2) promote renewable ethanol to replace MTBE
as a means of enhancing energy security and sup-
porting the farm economy;
(3) provide assistance to State and local govern-
ments to treat drinking water supplies contaminated
with MTBE;
(4) provide assistance to State and local govern-
ments to protect lakes and reservoirs from MTBE
contamination.
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SEC. 750. CONTRACTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF FOOD
FOR PEACE COMMODITIES. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this sec-
tion:
(1) HUBZONE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT.—The
term ‘‘HUBZone sole source contract’’ means a sole
source contract authorized by section 31 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).
(2) 
HUBZONE
PRICE
EVALUATION
PREF-
ERENCE.—The term ‘‘HUBZone price evaluation
preference’’ means a price evaluation preference au-
thorized by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657a).
(3) QUALIFIED
HUBZONE
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term ‘‘qualified HUBZone small
business concern’’ has the meaning given the term in
section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(p)).
(4) COVERED PROCUREMENT.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered procurement’’ means a contract for the procure-
ment or processing of a commodity furnished under
title II or III of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.),
section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7
U.S.C. 1736o), or any other commodity procurement
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or acquisition by the Commodity Credit Corporation
under any other law.
(b) PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds made available by this Act may be used to award
a HUBZone sole source contract or a contract awarded
through full and open competition in combination with a
HUBZone price evaluation preference to any qualified
HUBZone small business concern in any covered procure-
ment if performance of the contract by the business concern
would exceed the production capacity of the business con-
cern or would require the business concern to subcontract
to any other company or enterprise for the purchase of the
commodity being procured through the covered procure-
ment.
SEC. 751. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall exercise reasonable treatment of
producers in order to avoid harmful consequences regarding
the inadvertent planting of dry beans on contract acres, up
to and including the 1999 crop year.
SEC. 752. REDESIGNATION
OF NATIONAL SCHOOL
LUNCH ACT AS RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL
LUNCH ACT. (a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘National School Lunch Act’’ and inserting
‘‘Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following provi-
sions of law are amended by striking ‘‘National School
Lunch Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act’’:
(1) Sections 3 and 13(3)(A) of the Commodity
Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of
1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 100–237).
(2) Section 404 of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1424).
(3) Section 201(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
extend the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved September 21, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 1431c(a); 73
Stat. 610).
(4) Section 211(a) of the Agricultural Trade
Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C.
4004(a)).
(5) Section 245A(h)(4)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(A)).
(6) Sections 403(c)(2)(C), 422(b)(3), 423(d)(3),
741(a)(1), and 742 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)(C), 1632(b)(3), 1183a note, 42
U.S.C. 1751 note, 8 U.S.C. 1615; Public Law 104–
193).
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(7) Section 2243(b) of title 10, United States
Code.
(8) Sections 404B(g)(1)(A), 404D(c)(2), and
404F(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1070a–22(g)(1)(A), 1070a–24(c)(2), 1070a–
26(a)(2); Public Law 105–244).
(9) Section 231(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Carl D. Per-
kins 
Vocational 
Education 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C.
2341(d)(3)(A)(i)).
(10) Section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6313(a)(5)).
(11) Section 1397E(d)(4)(A)(iv)(II) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
(12) Sections 254(b)(2)(B) and 263(a)(2)(C) of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1633(b)(2)(B), 1643(a)(2)(C)).
(13) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(xiii) of title 31,
United States Code.
(14) Section 602(d)(9)(A) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 474(d)(9)(A)).
(15) Sections 2(4), 3(1), and 301 of the Healthy
Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
1751 note; Public Law 103–448).
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(16) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16(b), 17, and
19(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1772, 1773, 1776, 1779, 1782, 1785(b), 1786,
1788(d)).
(17) Section 658O(b)(3) of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858m(b)(3)).
(18) Subsection (b) of the first section of Public
Law 87–688 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)).
(19) Section 10405(a)(2)(H) of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–
239; 103 Stat. 2489).
SEC. 753. Public Law 105–199 (112 Stat. 641) is
amended in section 3(b)(1)(G) by striking ‘‘persons’’, and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘governors, who may be represented
on the Commission by their respective designees,’’.
SEC. 754. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING AC-
TION PLAN ON FOOD SECURITY. It is the sense of the Senate
that the President should include in the fiscal year 2001
budget request funding to implement the United States Ac-
tion Plan on Food Security.
SEC. 755. FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FACING APPLE
FARMERS. The Farm Service Agency—
(1) in view of the financial hardship facing United
States apple farmers as a result of a loss of markets and
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excessive imports of apple juice concentrate, shall review all
programs that assist apple growers in time of need;
(2) in view of the increased operating costs asso-
ciated with tree fruit production, shall review the lim-
its currently set on operating loan programs used by
apple growers to determine whether the current limits
are insufficient to cover those costs; and
(3) shall report to Congress its findings not later
than January 1, 2000.
SEC. 756. Section 889 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘HARRY K.
DUPREE’’ before ‘‘STUTTGART’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘HARRY
K. DUPREE’’ before ‘‘STUTTGART’’; and
(B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by in-
serting ‘‘Harry K. Dupree’’ before ‘‘Stuttgart
National Aquaculture Research Center’’ each
place it appears.
SEC. 757. TOBACCO LEASING AND INFORMATION. (a)
CROSS-COUNTY LEASING.—Section 319(l) of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(l)) is amend-
ed in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘, Kentucky,’’ after
‘‘Tennessee’’.
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(b) TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMA-
TION.—Part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 320D. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN-
FORMATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (b),
release marketing information submitted by persons relat-
ing to the production and marketing of tobacco to State
trusts or similar organizations engaged in the distribution
of national trust funds to tobacco producers and other per-
sons with interests associated with the production of to-
bacco, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Information may be released
under subsection (a) only to the extent that—
‘‘(A) the release is in the interest of tobacco
producers, as determined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(B) the information is released to a State
trust or other organization that is created to, or
charged with, distributing funds to tobacco pro-
ducers or other parties with an interest in to-
bacco production or tobacco farms under a na-
tional or State trust or settlement.