[House Report 106-641] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106-641 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4461, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 _______ May 25 (legislative day, May 24), 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 513] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 513, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. summary of provisions of resolution The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4461, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendments printed in this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule also waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill), except as specified in the rule. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. Further, the rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone a request for a recorded vote on any amendment and reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes. Finally the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. committee votes Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with the name of those voting for and against, are printed below: Rules Committee record vote No. 104 Date: May 24, 2000. Measure: H.R. 4461, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001. Motion by: Mr. Moakley. Summary of motion: To protect Title VIII of the bill, relating to trade sanctions reform and export enhancement, from points of order. Results: Defeated 2 to 7. Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz- Balart--Nay; Hastings--Yea; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay. Summary of Amendments Considered as Adopted Upon Adoption of the Rule Reductions from Committee-reported bill to offset section 751 relating to apples/potatoes Budget authority Common Computing Environment............................ $1,000,000 Agricultural Research Service: Buildings and Facilities Unspecified Locations/General Reduction............. 8,000,000 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Animal welfare...................................... 2,000,000 Agricultural quarantine inspection--user fees....... 5,000,000 Wildlife services--rabies control................... 1,000,000 Farm Service Agency: Salaries and expenses.............. 2,000,000 Risk Management Agency.................................. 2,000,000 Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation operations............................. 1,000,000 Resource conservation and development............... 1,000,000 Rural Development: Salaries and expenses............................... 6,000,000 Rural community advancement program................. 24,000,000 Rural housing service--section 502...................... 6,000,000 Food and Drug Administration: Salaries and expenses..... 14,000,000 Commodity Futures Trading Commission.................... 1,000,000 Wetlands Reserve Program--limit to 15k acres............ 41,000,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total............................................. 115,000,000 Summary provided by the Committee on Appropriations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- text of amendments considered as adopted upon adoption of the rule On page 4, line 16, strike ``$25,000,000'' and insert ``$24,000,000''. On page 13, line 6, strike ``$39,300,000'' and insert ``$31,300,000''. On page 19, line 4, strike ``$470,000,000'' and insert ``$462,000,000''. On page 21, line 2, strike ``$87,000,000'' and insert ``$82,000,000''. On page 26, line 6, strike ``$828,385,000'' and insert ``$826,385,000''. On page 29, line 18, strike ``$67,700,000'' and insert ``$65,700,000''. On page 32, line 8, strike ``$676,812,000'' and insert ``$675,812,000''. On page 36, line 13, strike ``$41,015,000'' and insert ``$40,015,000''. On page 37, line 10, strike ``$775,837,000'' and insert ``$751,837,000''. On page 37, line 11, strike ``$33,150,000'' and insert ``$32,150,000''. On page 37, line 13, strike ``$668,988,000'' and insert ``$649,988,000''. On page 37, line 16, strike ``$73,699,000'' and insert ``$69,699,000''. On page 40, line 13, strike ``$4,800,000,000'' and insert ``$4,760,000,000''. On page 41, line 1, strike ``$184,160,000'' and insert ``$178,160,000''. On page 43, line 1, strike ``$39,000,000'' and insert ``$37,000,000''. On page 44, line 4, strike ``$120,270,000'' and insert ``$114,270,000''. On page 50, line 11, strike ``$4,067,000,000'' and insert ``$4,057,000,000''. On page 57, line 24, strike ``$1,267,178,000'' and insert ``$1,253,178,000''. On page 59, line 3, strike ``$69,000,000'' and insert ``$68,000,000''. On page 84, strike line 21 through page 85, line 5. On page 85, following line 15, insert the following: ``Sec. 753. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 15,000 acres in the fiscal year 2001 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.''