Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]

An amendment stating as the sense of Congress that a sound system of crop insurance is desirable in the promoting of the national welfare by improving the economic stability of American agriculture and that funding of the Crop Insurance Program should be continued.

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Amendments en bloc to reduce salaries and expenses in the office of the Secretary of Treasury by $2 million from $56,474,000 to $54,474,000; to reduce funding for international affairs expenses in the Office of the Secretary by $2 million, from $22,768,000 to $20,768,000; and to increase by $4 million the outlay for U.S. Customs Service operation and maintenance air interdiction program, from $32,070,000 to $36,070,000.

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An amendment to permit the Secretary of Air Force to acquire one tethered aerostat radar set for deployment at Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida. The Secretary shall provide for necessary improvements to this radar set and one like it at Cudjoe Key, Florida. The improvements in maintenance of these radar sets are to be paid for with funds provided in this bill.

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A substitute to the Bennett amendment to require a study of drug interdiction assistance to civilian law enforcement personnel by DOD personnel. The study is to compare the potential effectiveness of assigning members of the armed forces under the Secretary's jurisdiction with the potential effectiveness of increasing the number of tactical law enforcement teams on naval vessels in assisting civilian law enforcement personnel in interdiction of illegal importation of narcotics into the U.S.

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An amendment to add that construction shall not be initiated on any element of such project involving the Arkansas River Basin until such element has been approved by the Secretary of the Army. The chloride control projects for the Red River Basin and the Arkansas River Basin shall be considered to be authorized as separate projects with separate authority under Section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966, as amended.

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An amendment which changes restrictions in law applying to the Arkansas-Red River Basin to read: "Construction shall not be initiated on any element of such project involving the Arkansas River (Basin) until such element has been approved by the Secretary of the Army. The chloride control projects for the Red River Basin and the Arkansas River Basin shall be considered as separate projects, with separate authority under Sec. 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966, as amended".

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An amendment to improve rural drug enforcement and international supply interdiction efforts. The amendment would establish a Rural Drug Policy Coordinator within the drug czar's office and authorize $20 million in funding over three years for rural drug enforcement assistanc. The interdiction provisions of the bill would be amended by establishing an International Drug Interdiction Training Simulator Center at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center facility at Marana, Arizona. Any additional budget outlays would be offset by reductions in government travel.

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An amendment to specify conditions for the wheat set aside program. For a set aside program to be established the crop in the previous year must exceed world usage by 6 percent. The amendment also sets loan rates as a function of the amount of land set aside.

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An amendment dealing with a safety net for farmers. The amendment provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may in times of economic distress in the agricultural sector defer payments of principal and interest and forego foreclosures on loans with respect to farm real estate, farm operating, emergency loans, and loans under the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978. Economic distress is defined as forced liquidations and/or foreclosures of outstanding loans exceeding 2 percent of all outstanding loans made, insured or held by the Secretary.

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A substitue amendment to the Smith (NE) amendment. The amendment keeps the language of the Smith (NE) amendment but adds that cargo preference requirments may be retained to meet requirements of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

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An amendment to increase the additional authorization for the DEA in FY 1987 from $60 million to $114 million, and to require the use of the extra funds for cooperative narcotics interdiction in the Bahamas.

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An amendment to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project in which households that include one or more recipients of aid to families with dependent children, of supplemental security income, or medical assistance, and whose income does not exceed the applicable income standard shall be deemed to satisfy the application requirements for food stamps. Such a pilot project may be carried out in a state or part of a state that requests such a program. The Secretary of Agriculture with the Secretary of Health and Human Services are to devise ways to eliminate the paper processing involved in these programs. The amendment also specifies requirements regarding level of assistance.

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A substitute amendment to the Daschle amendment. The English amendment provides that all imported meat and meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines be subject to inspection, sanitary, species verification, and residue standards applied to such things produced in the U.S. Also meat or meat food products cannot be imported which have been produced using agricultural chemicals or animal drugs that are prohibited in the U.S. or which render the product adulterated. The President may rescind the restriction relating to prohibited drugs and chemicals if he finds the restriction damages exportation of agricultural products from the U.S. He must report this ten days before the effective date of the rescission.

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An amendment to require that Presidential appointees to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have a demonstrated knowledge of futures trading, regulation of futures trading or production, merchandising, processing, or distribution of commodities.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriation for diplomatic and consular programs of the State Department by $1,000,000 from $1,612,206,000 to $1,512,206,000.

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An amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, to provide that the Director of the DOD Task Force on Drug Enforcement, if serving in grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, be in addition to the number authorized for his armed service in that grade.

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An amendment to include Indians from federally recognized tribes who are not on reservations in the list of those eligible to receive food stamps.

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An amendment to permit the release of bee germ plasm to the public.

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Propane Education and Research Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993

Propane Education and Research Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to conduct a referendum among producers and retail marketers to authorize the creation of the Propane Education and Research Council and the levying of an assessment on odorized propane. Makes it the Council's mission to develop programs and enter into contracts for: (1) propane research and development; (2) consumer education; (3) propane market development; and (4) payment for program costs with funds collected under this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which the Council shall set annual assessments to cover program costs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to coordinate Council operations with any State propane education and research council. Proscribes the use of Council funds for lobbying activities. Directs the Secretary to issue implementation regulations.

Omnibus Agricultural Research and Promotion Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Egg Research and Consumer Protection Title II: Watermelon Research and Promotion Title III: Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Title IV: Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Omnibus Agricultural Research and Promotion Improvement Act - Title I: Egg Research and Consumer Information - Egg Research and Consumer Information Improvement Act - Amends the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act to increase the maximum limit on assessment payments by egg producers to egg handlers. Permits an amendment to increase the assessment only if such increase is recommended by the Egg Board and approved by egg producers in a referendum. Increases the number of hens a producer may have to remain exempt from the assessment. Title II: Watermelon Research and Promotion - Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act - Amends the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act to: (1) change from two-thirds approval to a majority needed in a referendum to approve a plan; (2) revise the definitions of producers and handlers; (3) revise rulemaking procedures for changing the assessment rate; (4) to include imported watermelons within the definition of watermelon and make importers applicable to orders of the Secretary; and (5) provide for the separate consideration in a referendum of specified amendments made under this title. Title III: Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Consideration - Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act - Declares it to be policy to establish, pursuant to this title, procedures to develop and finance (through assessments) an effective and coordinated program of generic promotion, consumer information, and related research designed to strengthen the cut flowers and greens industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand markets for cut flowers and greens. Sets forth provisions designed to implement such policy. Title IV: Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information - Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Improvement Act - Amends the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act of 1990 to: (1) cover seedless and not seeded limes; (2) alter the composition of the Lime Board; (3) increase the de minimis exemption from the assessment; and (4) delay the initial referendum date.

To recognize the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat.

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1993

Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Government should take action, using existing Federal trade laws, to address the problem of Canadian wheat imports if the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that wheat is being imported into the United States from Canada under such conditions and in such quantities as to tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, any loan, purchase, or other program or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. Government should seek an immediate understanding with the Mexican Government to define certain Canadian wheat practices as unfair; (2) the United States, Canada, and Mexico should begin immediate consultations with a goal of ensuring free and fair trade in wheat throughout North America; and (3) transportation subsidies and secretive monopolistic pricing should be considered unfair trading practices.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation should cooperate with the United States Postal Service and the Polly Klaas Search Center to disseminate information regarding the kidnapping of Polly Klaas.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993

Urges the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to cooperate with the U.S. Postal Service and the Polly Klaas Search Center to use nationwide mailings to disseminate information concerning the kidnapping of Polly Klaas. Commends the community of Petaluma, California, the Petaluma Police Department, and the FBI for their hard work on this case.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve in certain positions in the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving in the U.S. Government in the following positions, either individually or cumulatively, for more than 12 years: (1) President of the United States; (2) Vice-President of the United States; (3) member of the President's Cabinet; (4) Member of Congress; (5) a position within the District of Columbia or a contiguous area for which appointment by the President is required, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and (6) Justice of the Supreme Court.

To provide that the provisions of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Amends Federal law with respect to the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems to provide that certain requirements relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, as rural postmasters or rural letter carriers.