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appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the fiscal year 2000 under this Act shall be available
for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of
not to exceed 365 passenger motor vehicles, of which 361 shall be for
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.

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TITLE VII

-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).

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Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work
authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C.
427 and 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and
chapter.

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Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000:
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
approval of the agency administrator.

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appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to
meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated systems
acquisition project, boll weevil program, up to 10 percent of the
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs associated with
colocating regional offices; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field
automation and information management project; funds appropriated for
rental payments; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and
funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county
committees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country
training program.

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remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.

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the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law
94-449.

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negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.

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commodities acquired by the Department in connection with the Commodity
Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used,
as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture.

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restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.

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indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research,
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of
total Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service shall be
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded
under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law
97-219 (15 U.S.C. 638).

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levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not
limitations.

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September 29, 1999, appropriations made available to the Rural Housing
Insurance Fund Program Account for the costs of direct and guaranteed
loans and to the Rural Housing Assistance Grants Account in fiscal
years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall remain available
until expended to cover obligations made in each of those fiscal years
respectively with regard to each account.

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cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 2000
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in
fiscal year 2000 for the following accounts: the rural development loan
fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program account; the
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account; the
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account; and the rural economic
development loans program account.

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raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated by this Act.

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Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing
Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and the food safety
activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service may use
cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between the
Agricultural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a State or
Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, to carry out
programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant resources, or to
carry out educational programs or special studies to improve the safety
of the Nation's food supply.

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provisions of law requiring competition), the Secretary may enter into
cooperative agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of goods
or services, including personal services) with a State, political
subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agency,
organization, or any other person, if the Secretary determines that the
objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the
parties to the agreement in carrying out the Wetlands Reserve Program;
and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of
these objectives: Provided, That Commodity Credit Corporation funds
obligated for such purposes shall not exceed the level obligated by the
Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes in fiscal year 1998.

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than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990.

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$1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought Policy
Commission.

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carry out the provisions of section 918 of Public Law 104-127, the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.

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detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.

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available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.

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Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committee
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

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by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes
offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes
any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities,
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

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available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of
fiscal year 2000 funds under the provisions of section 793 of Public
Law 104-127.

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available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program
authorized by sections 334-341 of Public Law 104-127 in excess of
$174,000,000.

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the Department of Agriculture in fiscal year 2000 or thereafter may be
used to administer the provision of contract payments to a producer
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.)
for contract acreage on which wild rice is planted unless the contract
payment is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted to wild
rice.

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available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to enroll in excess of 150,000 acres in the fiscal year 2000
wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

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available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of
fiscal year 2000 funds under the provisions of section 401 of Public
Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.

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Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009), in fiscal year 2000 and
thereafter, the definitions of rural areas for certain business
programs administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the
community facilities programs administered by the Rural Housing Service
shall be those provided for in statute and regulations prior to the
enactment of Public Law 104-127.

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available by this Act shall be used to carry out any commodity purchase
program that would prohibit eligibility or participation by farmer-
owned cooperatives.

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available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out a conservation farm option program, as
authorized by section 335 of Public Law 104-127.

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Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to
plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Drug Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, or the Food and Drug
Administration Detroit, Michigan, District Office Laboratory; or to
reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District
Office below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of
July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit District Office to a station,
residence post or similarly modified office; or to reassign residence
posts assigned to the Detroit District Office.

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Act for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 302(h) of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) unless the
Secretary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricultural processing
equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and certification, in a
manner that is similar to the inspection and certification of
agricultural products under that section, as determined by the
Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall not affect the authority
of the Secretary to carry out the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451
et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).

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Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 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
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that assumes
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 reductions should occur in the event the users fees
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a
committee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.

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available by this Act shall be used to establish an Office of Community
Food Security or any similar office within the United States Department
of Agriculture without the prior approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

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available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out provision
of section 612 of Public Law 105-185.

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available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out the emergency food assistance program authorized
by section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such
program exceeds $98,000,000.

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to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the
purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation of the
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.

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year 2000 and thereafter, permanent employees of county committees
employed on or after October 1, 1998, pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be
considered as having Federal Civil Service status only for the purpose
of applying for United States Department of Agriculture Civil Service
vacancies.

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available by this Act may be used to declare excess or surplus all or
part of the lands and facilities owned by the Federal Government and
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or
to transfer or convey such lands or facilities, without the specific
authorization of Congress.

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the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide funds, within
discretionary amounts available, for the settlement of claims
associated with the Chuquatonchee Watershed Project in Mississippi to
close out this project.

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enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall offer to
enter into an agreement with the Governor of the State of Hawaii to
conduct a pilot program to inspect mail entering the State of Hawaii
for any plant, plant product, plant pest, or other organism that is
subject to Federal quarantine laws.
(b) The agreement described in subsection (a) shall contain the
same terms and conditions as are contained in the memorandum of
understanding entered into between the Secretary and the State of
California, dated February 1, 1999, unless the Secretary and the
Governor agree to different terms or conditions.
(c) Unless the Secretary and the Governor agree otherwise, the
agreement described in subsection (b) shall terminate on the later of--
(1) the date that is 1 year after the date the agreement
becomes effective; or
(2) the date that the February 1, 1999 memorandum of
understanding terminates.

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is authorized under section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926), to provide guaranteed
lines of credit, including working capital loans, for health care
facilities, to address Year 2000 computer conversion issues.

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quarantine, treatment, destruction, or disposal of wheat infested with
karnal bunt, the Secretary of Agriculture shall compensate the
producers and handlers for economic losses incurred as the result of
the action not later than 45 days after receipt of a claim that
includes all appropriate paperwork.

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available by this Act, $2,000,000 is appropriated for the purpose of
providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the
Congressional Hunger Center, which is an organization described in
subsection (c)(3) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and is exempt from taxation under subsection (a) of such section.

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hereby appropriated $250,000 for the program authorized under section
388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996,
solely for use in the State of New Hampshire.

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seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 218(c)(1) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting
``45 days''; and
(2) in section 218(c)(3)(A) by striking ``20 days'' and
inserting ``30 days''.

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Exclusive Representatives. (a) Voluntary Agreement.--
(1) In general.--If the exercise of the Secretary of
Agriculture's authority under this section results in changes to an
existing bargaining unit that has been certified under chapter 71
of title 5, United States Code, the affected parties shall attempt
to reach a voluntary agreement on a new bargaining unit and an
exclusive representative for such unit.
(2) Criteria.--In carrying out the requirements of this
subsection, the affected parties shall use criteria set forth in--
(A) sections 7103(a)(4), 7111(e), 7111(f)(1), and 7120 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to determining an
exclusive representative; and
(B) section 7112 of title 5, United States Code
(disregarding subsections (b)(5) and (d) thereof), relating to
determining appropriate units.
(b) Effect of an Agreement.--
(1) In general.--If the affected parties reach agreement on the
appropriate unit and the exclusive representative for such unit
under subsection (a), the Federal Labor Relations Authority shall
certify the terms of such agreement, subject to paragraph (2)(A).
Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to require the
holding of any hearing or election as a condition for
certification.
(2) Restrictions.--
(A) Conditions requiring noncertification.--The Federal
Labor Relations Authority may not certify the terms of an
agreement under paragraph (1) if--
(i) it determines that any of the criteria referred to
in subsection (a)(2) (disregarding section 7112(a) of title
5, United States Code) have not been met; or
(ii) after the Secretary's exercise of authority and
before certification under this section, a valid election
under section 7111(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
held covering any employees who would be included in the
unit proposed for certification.
(B) Temporary waiver of provision that would bar an
election after a collective bargaining agreement is reached.--
Nothing in section 7111(f)(3) of title 5, United States Code,
shall prevent the holding of an election under section 7111(b)
of such title that covers employees within a unit certified
under paragraph (1), or giving effect to the results of such an
election (including a decision not to be represented by any
labor organization), if the election is held before the end of
the 12-month period beginning on the date such unit is so
certified.
(C) Clarification.--The certification of a unit under
paragraph (1) shall not, for purposes of the last sentence of
section 7111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or section
7111(f)(4) of such title, be treated as if it had occurred
pursuant to an election.
(3) Delegation.--
(A) In general.--The Federal Labor Relations Authority may
delegate to any regional director (as referred to in section
7105(e) of title 5, United States Code) its authority under the
preceding provisions of this subsection.
(B) Review.--Any action taken by a regional director under
subparagraph (A) shall be subject to review under the
provisions of section 7105(f) of title 5, United States Code,
in the same manner as if such action had been taken under
section 7105(e) of such title, except that in the case of a
decision not to certify, such review shall be required if
application therefore is filed by an affected party within the
time specified in such provisions.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``affected
party'' means--
(1) with respect to an exercise of authority by the Secretary
of Agriculture under this section, any labor organization affected
thereby; and
(2) the Department of Agriculture.

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available by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the
implementation of a Support Services Bureau or similar organization.

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Commodities. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
(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 preference.--The term ``HUBZone
price evaluation preference'' means a price evaluation preference
authorized 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 ``covered procurement''
means a contract for the procurement 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 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:
(1) 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 procurement if performance of the
contract by the business concern would exceed the production
capacity of the business concern 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
procurement; and
(2) in any contract awarded through full and open competition
in any covered procurement--
(A) to fund a price evaluation preference greater than 5
percent if the dollar value of the contract awarded is not
greater than 50 percent of the total dollar value being
procured in a single tender for a commodity; or
(B) to fund any price evaluation preference at all if the
dollar value of the contract awarded is greater than 50 percent
of the total dollar value being procured in a single tender for
a commodity.

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Russell National School Lunch Act. (a) In General.--The first section
of the National 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''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--The following provisions 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 Assistance Act of 1954, and for
other purposes'', approved 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).
(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. Perkins 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 Internal 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 Property 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).
(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).

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3(b)(1)(G) by striking ``persons'' and inserting ``governors, who may
be represented on the Commission by their respective designees,''.

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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 inserting ``Harry K.
Dupree'' before ``Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research
Center'' each place it appears.

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Leasing.--Section 319(l) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1314e(l)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting ``,
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,'' after ``Tennessee''.
(b) Tobacco Production and Marketing Information.--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 INFORMATION.
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may, subject to subsection (b), release marketing information
submitted by persons relating 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
persons with interests associated with the production of tobacco, 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 producers or other parties with an interest in
tobacco production or tobacco farms under a national or State
trust or settlement.
``(2) Exemption from release.--The Secretary 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 otherwise 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 producers 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 Department to carry out paragraph
(1).
``(d) Records.--
``(1) In general.--A person who obtains information described
in subsection (a) shall maintain records that are consistent with
the purposes of the release and shall not use the records for any
purpose not authorized under this section.
``(2) Penalty.--A person who knowingly violates 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 manufacturers with respect
to the production of cigarettes;
``(2) records that were submitted as expected purchase
intentions in connection with the establishment of national tobacco
quotas; or
``(3) records that aggregate the purchases of particular
buyers.''.

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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.

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Cranberries and Cranberry Products.--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--
(1) by striking ``or Florida grown strawberries'' and inserting
``, Florida grown strawberries, or cranberries''; 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 importation of cranberries or cranberry
products (including producer-handlers, second handlers, processors,
brokers, and importers) to provide such information as the
Secretary considers necessary to effectuate the declared policy of
this title, including information on acquisitions, inventories, and
dispositions of cranberries and cranberry products.
``(B) Delegation to committee.--The Secretary may delegate the
authority to carry out subparagraph (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 who violates this paragraph shall
be subject to the penalties provided under section 8c(14).''.

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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
Alaska identified in section 11(b) of Public Law 92-203, as amended.''.

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and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. (a) Education Grants Program
for Alaska Native Serving Institutions.--
(1) Grant authority.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make
competitive grants (or grants without 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 students;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational capacities,
including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific
instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student
recruitment and retention, 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 related to the food, agricultural, and natural
resource systems of the United States, beginning with the
mentoring of students at the high school level including by
village elders and continuing with the provision of financial
support for students through their attainment of a doctoral
degree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or
more Alaska Native serving institutions, or between Alaska
Native 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 in
fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
(b) Education Grants Program for Native Hawaiian Serving
Institutions.--
(1) Grant authority.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make
competitive grants (or grants without regard to any requirement for
competition) to Native Hawaiian serving institutions for the
purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Native
Hawaiian 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 Native
Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance educational equity for
under represented students;
(B) to strengthen institutional educational capacities,
including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific
instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student
recruitment and retention, 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 related to the food, agricultural, and natural
resource systems of the United States, beginning with the
mentoring of students at the high school level and continuing
with the provision of financial support for students through
their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
(D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or
more Native Hawaiian serving institutions, 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.

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(11)), reenacted with
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The price of milk paid by
a handler at a plant operating in Clark County, Nevada shall not be
subject to any order issued under this section.''.

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Olean, New York, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by
the Rural Utilities Service.

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Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico shall be eligible for grants and
loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.

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U.S.C. 3832(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9), by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at
the end;
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``; and'' and inserting
a period; and
(3) by striking paragraph (11).

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shall be used to implement Notice CRP-338, issued by the Farm Service
Agency on March 10, 1999, nor shall funds be used to implement any
related administrative action including implementation of such
procedures published in Farm Service Agency program manuals: Provided,
That rental payments for any lands enrolled in the Conservation Reserve
Program under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Federal cost of any remaining value of a federally cost-shared
conservation practice as determined by the Secretary.

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shall be used to implement Notice CRP-327, issued by the Farm Service
Agency on October 26, 1998, nor shall funds be used to implement any
related administrative action including implementation of such
procedures published in Farm Service Agency program manuals: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to any lands for which there is not
full compliance with the conservation practices required under terms of
the CRP contract.

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and known as the ``U.S. Salinity Laboratory'', shall be known and
designated as the ``George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory'':
Provided, That any reference in any law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to such Federal facility
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``George E. Brown, Jr.,
Salinity Laboratory''.

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States Code, are amended by--
(1) inserting ``or successor agency'' after ``Farmers Home
Administration'' each place it appears; and
(2) inserting ``or successor agency'' after ``Rural Development
Administration'' each place it appears.

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income limits established for single family housing for families and
individuals in the high cost areas of Alaska shall be 150 percent of
the State metropolitan income level for Alaska.

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amended--
(1) by striking ``except that the Secretary may permit
harvesting'' and inserting ``except that the Secretary--
``(A) may permit--
``(i) harvesting'';
(2) by striking ``emergency, and the Secretary may permit
limited'' and inserting ``emergency; and
``(ii) limited'';
(3) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) shall approve not more than six projects, no more
than one of which may be in any State, under which land subject
to the contract may be harvested for recovery of biomass used
in energy production if--
``(i) no acreage subject to the contract is harvested
more than once every other year;
``(ii) not more than 25 percent of the total acreage
enrolled in the program under this subchapter in any crop
reporting district (as designated by the Secretary), is
harvested in any 1 year;
``(iii) no portion of the crop is used for any
commercial purpose other than energy production from
biomass;
``(iv) no wetland, or acreage of any type enrolled in a
partial field conservation practice (including riparian
forest buffers, filter strips, and buffer strips), is
harvested;
``(v) the owner or operator agrees to a payment
reduction under this section in an amount determined by the
Secretary.
``(C) the total acres for all of the projects shall not
exceed 250,000 acres.''.
Subtitle A--Crop and Market Loss Assistance

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(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this
title as the ``Secretary'') shall use $1,200,000,000 of funds of the
Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance
available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 1999
crop due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 1102 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public
Law 105-277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used in
administering that section.
(c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may be made
for losses associated with crops that are, as determined by the
Secretary--
(1) quantity losses;
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related
condition.
(d) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be
applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from
which a crop is harvested, livestock, and fisheries), as determined by
the Secretary, due to disasters.
(e) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a farm that
have purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(f) Rice Loan Deficiency Payments.--In the case of producers of the
1999 crop of rice that harvested such rice on or before August 4, 1999,
the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to--
(1) make loan deficiency payments to producers that received,
or that were eligible to receive, such payments under section 135
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) in a
manner that results in the same total payment that would have been
made if the payment had been requested by the producers on August
5, 1999; and
(2) recalculate any repayment made for a marketing assistance
loan for the 1999 crop of rice on or before August 4, 1999, as if
the repayment had been made on August 5, 1999.
(g) Honey Recourse Loans.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
order to assist producers of honey to market their honey in an
orderly manner during a period of disastrously low prices, the
Secretary may use funds made available under this section to make
available recourse loans to producers of the 1999 crop of honey on
fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the
Secretary.
(2) Loan rate.--The loan rate of the loans shall be 85 percent
of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period
preceding the 1999 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the
average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which
the average price of honey was the lowest in the period.
(h) Recourse Loans for Mohair.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding
any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary
may use funds made available under this section to make recourse
loans available in accordance with section 137(c) of the
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7237(c)) to producers
of mohair produced during or before that fiscal year.
(2) Interest.--Section 137(c)(4) of that Act shall not apply to
a loan made under paragraph (1).

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TITLE VIII

-EMERGENCY AND DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS

(a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary shall use not more than
$5,544,453,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide
assistance to owners and producers on a farm that are eligible for
final payments for fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility
contract for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
(b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to owners and
producers on a farm under this section shall be proportionate to the
amount of the contract payment received by the owners and producers for
fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act.
(c) Protection of Tenants and Sharecroppers; Sharing of Payments.--
Sections 111(c) and 114(g) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7211(c), 7214(g)) shall apply to the payments made under
subsection (a).

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(a) Peanuts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use such amounts as are
necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide
payments to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to
partially compensate the producers for continuing low commodity
prices, and increasing costs of production, for the 1999 crop year.
(2) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to producers on a
farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1)
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
(A) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts
produced or considered produced by the producers; and
(B) an amount equal to 5 percent of the loan rate
established for quota peanuts or additional peanuts,
respectively, under section 155 of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7271).
(b) Condition on Payment of Salaries and Expenses.--None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the
Department of Agriculture to carry out or enforce section 156(f) of the
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal
year 2001.
(c) Tobacco.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $328,000,000 of funds
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to States on
behalf of persons described in paragraph (2) for the reduction in
the quantity of quota allotted to certain farms under part I of
subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
(7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) from the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop
year.
(2) Eligible persons.--To be eligible to receive a payment
under paragraphs (1) through (5), a person must own or operate, or
produce tobacco on, a farm--
(A) for which the quantity of quota allotted to the farm
under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from
the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop year; and
(B) that was used for the production of tobacco during the
1998 or 1999 crop year.
(3) Allocation to states.--The Secretary shall allocate funds
made available under paragraph (1) to States with eligible persons
described in paragraph (2) in proportion to the relative quantity
of quota allotted to farms in the States that was reduced from the
1998 crop year to the 1999 crop year.
(4) Distribution by states.--
(A) In general.--In the case of a State described in
paragraph (3) that is a party to the National Tobacco Grower
Settlement Trust, the State shall distribute funds made
available under paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State
in accordance with the formulas established pursuant to the
Trust.
(B) Other states.--Subject to the approval of the
Secretary, in the case of a State described in paragraph (3)
that is not a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement
Trust, the State shall distribute funds made available under
paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State in a manner
determined by the State.
(5) Alternative distribution.--In lieu of making payments under
this subsection to States, the Secretary may distribute funds
directly to eligible persons using the facilities of private
disbursing agents, facilities of the Farm Service Agency, or other
available facilities.
(6) Flue-cured tobacco.--
(A) Limitation on quantity of allotment leased or sold.--
Section 316(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1316(e)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``farm or, in'' and
all that follows through ``: Provided, That in'' and
inserting ``farm. In'';
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to flue-cured tobacco.''.
(B) Transfers of quota or allotment across county lines in
a state.--Section 316(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(g)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Transfers allowed by referendum.--
``(A) Referendum.--On the request of at least 25 percent of
the active flue-cured tobacco producers within a State, the
Secretary shall conduct a referendum of the active flue-cured
tobacco producers within the State to determine whether the
producers favor or oppose permitting the sale of a flue-cured
tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in a State to any other
farm in the State.
``(B) Approval.--If the Secretary determines that a
majority of the active flue-cured tobacco producers voting in
the referendum approves permitting the sale of a flue-cured
tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the State to any
other farm in the State, the Secretary shall permit the sale of
a flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the
State to any other farm in the State.''.
(C) Same grower in contiguous counties.--Section 379(b) of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1379(b)) is
amended by inserting ``or flue-cured'' after ``Burley''.

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(a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $475,000,000 of funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of the
1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to obtain a marketing
assistance loan under section 131 of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).
(b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under this
section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product obtained by
multiplying--
(1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
(2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the oilseed,
as determined under subsection (c); and
(3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as
determined under subsection (d).
(c) Acreage.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under
subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the greater of--
(A) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the
producers on the farm during the 1997 crop year, as reported by
the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any
acreage reports that are filed late); or
(B) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the
producers on the farm during the 1998 crop year, as reported by
the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any
acreage reports that are filed late).
(2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that
planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the
1997 or 1998 crop year, the acreage of the producers for the
oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of
acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during
the 1999 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the
Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
(d) Yield.--
(1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case
of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under subsection
(b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of--
(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of
the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with
the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the
lowest yield per harvested acre;
(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the
1997 crop year; or
(C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the
1998 crop year.
(2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in
the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the
producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the
greatest of--
(A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each
of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year
with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year
with the lowest yield per harvested acre;
(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the
1997 crop year; or
(C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the
1998 crop year.
(3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that
planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the
1997 or 1998 crop year, the yield of the producers on a farm under
subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of
the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with
the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the
lowest yield per harvested acre; or
(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the
1999 crop.
(4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the
Secretary shall use data provided by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.

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The Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide assistance directly to livestock and
dairy producers, in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary,
to compensate the producers for economic losses incurred during 1999.

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(a) In General.--Section 136(a) of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or cash payments'' and
inserting ``or cash payments, at the option of the recipient,'';
(2) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it appears and
inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by striking
``owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation in such manner, and
at such price levels, as the Secretary determines will best
effectuate the purposes of cotton user marketing certificates''
and inserting ``owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation or
pledged to the Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for a
loan in such manner, and at such price levels, as the Secretary
determines will best effectuate the purposes of cotton user
marketing certificates, including enhancing the competitiveness
and marketability of United States cotton''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the second sentence;
and
(4) by striking paragraph (4).
(b) Ensuring the Availability of Upland Cotton.--Section 136(b) of
the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Establishment.--
``(A) In general.--The President shall carry out an import
quota program during the period ending July 31, 2003, as
provided in this subsection.
``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and
announces that for any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday
through Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-priced
United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch
cotton, delivered C.I.F. Northern Europe, adjusted for the
value of any certificate issued under subsection (a), exceeds
the Northern Europe price by more than 1.25 cents per pound,
there shall immediately be in effect a special import quota.
``(C) Tight domestic supply.--During any month for which
the Secretary estimates the season-ending United States upland
cotton stocks-to-use ratio, as determined under subparagraph
(D), to be below 16 percent, the Secretary, in making the
determination under subparagraph (B), shall not adjust the
Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-
priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1\3/
32\-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F. Northern Europe, for the
value of any certificates issued under subsection (a).
``(D) Season-ending united states stocks-to-use ratio.--For
the purposes of making estimates under subparagraph (C), the
Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, estimate and report the
season-ending United States upland cotton stocks-to-use ratio,
excluding projected raw cotton imports but including the
quantity of raw cotton that has been imported into the United
States during the marketing year.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the
United States during any marketing year under the special import
quota established under this subsection may not exceed the
equivalent of 5 week's consumption of upland cotton by domestic
mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 months
immediately preceding the first special import quota established in
any marketing year.''.

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(a) In General.--Section 141 of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``calendar year 1999''
and inserting ``each of calendar years 1999 and 2000''; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ``1999'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2000''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 142(e) of the Agricultural
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking
``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.
Subtitle B--Other Assistance

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UNDER PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS.
Section 112(d)(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7212(d)(3)) is amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``for fiscal year
1999''; and
(2) by striking ``for fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``for
any of fiscal years 1999 through 2002''.

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Subtitle E of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7281
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 166. COMMODITY CERTIFICATES.
``(a) In General.--In making in-kind payments under subtitle C, the
Commodity Credit Corporation may--
``(1) acquire and use commodities that have been pledged to the
Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for loans made by the
Corporation;
``(2) use other commodities owned by the Commodity Credit
Corporation; and
``(3) redeem negotiable marketing certificates for cash under
terms and conditions established by the Secretary.
``(b) Methods of Payment.--The Commodity Credit Corporation may
make in-kind payments--
``(1) by delivery of the commodity at a warehouse or other
similar facility;
``(2) by the transfer of negotiable warehouse receipts;
``(3) by the issuance of negotiable certificates, which the
Commodity Credit Corporation shall exchange for a commodity owned
or controlled by the Corporation in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Corporation; or
``(4) by such other methods as the Commodity Credit Corporation
determines appropriate to promote the efficient, equitable, and
expeditious receipt of the in-kind payments so that a person
receiving the payments receives the same total return as if the
payments had been made in cash.
``(c) Administration.--
``(1) Form.--At the option of a producer, the Commodity Credit
Corporation shall make negotiable certificates authorized under
subsection (b)(3) available to the producer, in the form of program
payments or by sale, in a manner that the Corporation determines
will encourage the orderly marketing of commodities pledged as
collateral for loans made to producers under subtitle C.
``(2) Transfer.--A negotiable certificate issued in accordance
with this subsection may be transferred to another person in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.''.

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PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of the
payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a person shall
be entitled to receive under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for one or more contract commodities and oilseeds
produced during the 1999 crop year may not exceed $150,000.
(b) 1999 Marketings.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary
shall allow a producer that has marketed a quantity of an eligible 1999
crop for which the producer has not received a loan deficiency payment
or marketing loan gain under section 134 or 135 of the Agricultural
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7234, 7235) to receive such payment or
gain as of the date on which the quantity was marketed or redeemed, as
determined by the Secretary.

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COVERAGE.
The Secretary shall transfer $400,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to be used
to assist agricultural producers in purchasing additional coverage for
the 2000 crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501
et seq.).

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The Secretary shall forgive the principal indebtedness and accrued
interest owed by the City of Stroud, Oklahoma, to the Rural Utilities
Service on water and waste disposal loans numbered 9105 and 9107.

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(a) Definitions.--Section 375(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(5) Intermediary.--The term `intermediary' means a financial
institution receiving Center funds for establishing a revolving
fund and relending to an eligible entity.''.
(b) Revolving Fund.--Section 375(e) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--The Center may use amounts in the Fund
to make direct loans, loan guarantees, cooperative agreements,
equity interests, investments, repayable grants, and grants to
eligible entities, either directly or through an intermediary,
in accordance with a strategic plan submitted under subsection
(d).'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the
following: ``The Fund is intended to furnish the initial
capital for a revolving fund that will eventually be privatized
for the purposes of assisting the United States sheep and goat
industries.'';
(C) by striking subparagraph (D);
(D) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the
following:
``(E) Administration.--The Center may not use more than 3
percent of the amounts in the portfolio of the Center for each
fiscal year for the administration of the Center. The portfolio
shall be calculated at the beginning of each fiscal year and
shall include a total of--
``(i) all outstanding loan balances;
``(ii) the Fund balance;
``(iii) the outstanding balance to intermediaries; and
``(iv) the amount the Center paid for all equity
interests.'';
(E) in subparagraph (H)--
(i) in clause (v), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(ii) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(vii) purchase equity interests.''; and
(F) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (H) as
subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively; and
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (D).
(c) Board of Directors.--Section 375(f) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(B) review any contract, direct loan, loan guarantee,
cooperative agreement, equity interest, investment, repayable
grant, and grant to be made or entered into by the Center and
any financial assistance provided to the Center;'';
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
``(C) Reappointment.--A voting member may be reappointed
for not more than one additional term.''; and
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
``(B) Reappointment.--A voting member appointed to fill a
vacancy for an unexpired term may be reappointed for one full
term.''.
(d) Privatization.--Section 375 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(j) Privatization.--
``(1) In general.--Privatization of a revolving fund for the
purposes of assisting the United States sheep and goat industries
shall occur on the earlier of--
``(A) September 30, 2006; or
``(B) the date as of which a total of $30,000,000 has been
appropriated for the Center under subsection (e)(6)(C).
``(2) Privatization proposal.--On privatization of a revolving
fund in accordance with paragraph (1), the Board shall submit to
the Secretary, for approval, a privatization proposal that--
``(A) delineates a private successor entity to the Center;
and
``(B) establishes a transition plan.
``(3) Private successor entity.--The private successor entity
shall--
``(A) have the purposes described in subsection (c);
``(B) be organized under the laws of one of the States; and
``(C) be able to continue the activities of the Center.
``(4) Transition plan.--The transition plan shall--
``(A) identify any continuing role of the Federal
Government with respect to the Center;
``(B) provide for the transfer of all Center assets and
liabilities to the private successor entity; and
``(C) delineate the status of the Board and employees of
the Center.
``(5) Implementation.--
``(A) In general.--On approval by the Secretary of the
private successor entity and the transition plan, the Center
shall create the private successor entity and implement the
transition plan.
``(B) Authority.--The Secretary shall have all necessary
authority to implement the transition plan.
``(6) Transfer of funds.--On creation of the private successor
entity, all funds held by the Department of the Treasury pursuant
to this section shall be transferred to the private successor
entity.
``(7) Repeal.--On the date the Secretary publishes notice in
the Federal Register that the transition plan is complete, this
section is repealed.''.

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(a) Norton Sound Fisheries Failure.--
(1) Income eligibility.--Section 763(a) of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-36), is amended
by striking ``federal poverty level'' and inserting ``income
eligibility level established for Alaska under the temporary
assistance to needy families (TANF) program funded under part A of
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)''.
(2) Emergency assistance.--Section 1124 of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-45), is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``or a
fisheries failure in the Norton Sound region of Alaska that has
resulted in the closure of commercial and subsistence fisheries to
persons that depend on fish as their primary source of food and
income''.
(3) Appropriation.--
(A) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended, to provide emergency
disaster assistance to persons or entities affected by the 1999
fisheries failure in the Norton Sound region of Alaska.
(B) Transfer.--To carry out this paragraph, the Secretary
shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce for obligation and
expenditure--
(i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for grants under
section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149); and
(ii) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for carrying out
section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a).
(b) Commercial Fisheries Failure.--
(1) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated to the
Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be transferred to the
Department of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance for
the commercial fishery failure under section 308(b)(1) of the
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)(1))
with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries.
(2) Use.--Amounts made available under this subsection shall be
used to support cooperative research and management activities
administered by the National Marine Fisheries Services and based on
recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council.

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FUTURE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONS.
It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the President should make a formal request for appropriate
fast-track authority for future United States trade negotiations;
(2) regarding future World Trade Organization negotiations--
(A) rules for trade in agricultural commodities should be
strengthened and trade-distorting import and export practices
should be eliminated or substantially reduced;
(B) the rules of the World Trade Organization should be
strengthened regarding the practices or policies of a foreign
government that unreasonably--
(i) restrict market access for products of new
technologies, including products of biotechnology; or
(ii) delay or preclude implementation of a report of a
dispute panel of the World Trade Organization; and
(C) negotiations within the World Trade Organization should
be structured so as to provide the maximum leverage possible to
ensure the successful conclusion of negotiations on
agricultural products;
(3) the President should--
(A) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all existing
export and food aid programs, including--
(i) the export credit guarantee program established
under section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7
U.S.C. 5622);
(ii) the market access program established under
section 203 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5623);
(iii) the export enhancement program established under
section 301 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5651);
(iv) the foreign market development cooperator program
established under section 702 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5722);
and
(v) programs established under the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et
seq.); and
(B) transmit to Congress--
(i) the results of the evaluation under subparagraph
(A); and
(ii) recommendations on maximizing the effectiveness of
the programs described in subparagraph (A); and
(4) the Secretary should carry out a purchase and donation or
concessional sales initiative in each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000
to promote the export of additional quantities of soybeans, beef,
pork, poultry, and products of such commodities (including soybean
meal, soybean oil, textured vegetable protein, and soy protein
concentrates and isolates) using programs established under--
(A) the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C.
714 et seq.);
(B) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1431);
(C) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(D) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o).
Subtitle C--Administration

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The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.

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(a) Reservation of Funds.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the
Secretary may reserve up to $56,000,000 of the amounts made available
under subtitle A to cover administrative costs incurred by the Farm
Service Agency directly related to carrying out that subtitle.
(b) Proportional Reservation.--The amount reserved by the Secretary
from the amounts made available under each section of subtitle A (other
than section 802) shall bear the same proportion to the total amount
reserved under subsection (a) as the administrative costs incurred by
the Farm Service Agency to carry out that section (other than section
802) bear to the total administrative costs incurred by the Farm
Service Agency to carry out that subtitle (other than section 802).
(c) Exception for Market Loss Assistance.--The Secretary may not
reserve any portion of the amount made available under section 802 to
pay administrative costs.

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The entire amount necessary to carry out this title and the
amendments made by this title shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for the entire 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 the
Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.

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(a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit
Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are
necessary to implement subtitle A and the amendments made by subtitle
A. The promulgation of the regulations and administration of subtitle A
shall be made without regard to--
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title
5, United States Code;
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices
of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known
as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
(b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

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(a) Livestock Assistance.--Of the funds provided in sections 801
and 805, no less than $200,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance
to livestock producers for losses due to drought or other natural
disasters.
(b) Dairy Assistance.--Of the funds provided in section 805, no
less than $125,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance to dairy
producers.
(c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance for livestock losses shall be
in the form of grants and or other in-kind assistance, but shall not
include loans.

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This title may be cited as the ``Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
of 1999''.
Subtitle A--Livestock Mandatory Reporting

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TITLE IX

-LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING

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Section 202(b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C.
192(b)), is amended by striking ``whatsoever'' each place it appears.

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(a) Section 416 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C.
229a), is repealed.
(b) Section 1127 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7
U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-277), is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Export Market Reporting.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) implement a streamlined electronic system for collecting
export sales and shipments data, in the least intrusive manner
possible, for fresh or frozen muscle cuts of meat food products;
and
``(2) develop a data-reporting program to disseminate summary
information in a timely manner (in the case of beef, consistent
with the reporting under section 602(a) of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a))).''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``this section of the Act''
and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
Subtitle B--Related Beef Reporting Provisions

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Section 602(a)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5712(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, beef,'' after ``cotton''.

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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall fully implement a program, through
the use of a streamlined electronic online system, to issue and report
export certificates for all meat and meat products.

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(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(1) obtain information regarding the import of beef and beef
variety meats (consistent with the information categories reported
for beef exports under section 602(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a))) and cattle using available information
sources; and
(2) publish the information in a timely manner weekly and in a
form that maximizes the utility of the information to beef
producers, packers, and other market participants.
(b) Content.--The published information shall include information
reporting the year-to-date cumulative annual imports of beef, beef
variety meats, and cattle for the current and prior marketing years.

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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out sections 922 and 923.
Subtitle C--Related Swine Reporting Provisions

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(a) In General.--Effective beginning not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall publish on a monthly basis the Hogs and Pigs Inventory Report.
(b) Gestating Sows.--The Secretary shall include in a separate
category of the Report the number of bred female swine that are
assumed, or have been confirmed, to be pregnant during the reporting
period.
(c) Phase-Out.--Effective for a period of eight quarters after the
implementation of the monthly report required under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall continue to maintain and publish on a quarterly basis
the Hogs and Pigs Inventory Report published on or before the date of
the enactment of this Act.

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FY2000 Agriculture Appropriations bill

Other Sections

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TITLE VIII

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