Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2]

An amendment to provide for a two-year extension for certain states to comply with the grant eligibility provisions in the bill.

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An amendment providing for study of the feasibility of providing beef, pork, and lamb produced in the U.S. for sale in American Military Forces commissaries located overseas in volumes equivalent to such meats secured for sale from non U.S. producers. The report is to be submitted to Congress within one year from enactment of the bill. The report is to include views of the Secretary of Agriculture.

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An amendment to the Volkmer amendment striking the text of the amendment and substituting provisions that require a referendum to provide producer approval of the wheat, feed grain, cotton, rice, and soybean program for crop years 1987 - 1990 before the programs may take effect.

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An amendment to require that local land management approved plans will not be affected by the provisions of the bill.

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An amendment to specify that forest road construction authorized under the provisions of the bill would not take place where the construction would be prohibited by and Federal environmental law or the applicable land management plan.

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An amendment to insert the text of H.R. 3853 as substitute language in the bill.

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An amendment to require that one of each Governor's appointments to the commission be a resident of the scenic area.

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An amendment prohibiting assistance to countries which oppose the U.S. position in the U.N. General Assembly more often than the Soviet Union.

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An amendment making technical changes in the bill.

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A Manager's amendment to strike sections of the bill dealing with Resource Advisory Councils and conditions placed on grazing permits regarding access to private property. The amendment also makes a variety of technical and clarifying changes to the bill.

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Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1998

Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to take action to implement certain trade sanctions under the Trade Act of 1974 as if a determination had been made that the practices of the European Union (EU) regarding the importation of bananas, or EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef, violate, or are inconsistent with, or otherwise deny benefits to the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreements. Requires that any sanction to eliminate such practices be devised so as to affect EU goods or services in an amount equivalent in value to the burden or restriction being imposed by the EU on U.S. commerce. Requires the USTR to implement trade sanctions unless it is certified to the Congress that: (1) the Dispute Settlement Body has adopted a report that U.S. rights under the Uruguay Round Agreements are not being denied by EU practices (or such practices are not a violation of, or inconsistent with, such rights) regarding the importation of bananas or the EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef; (2) the EU has agreed to eliminate or phase out such practices; or (3) the taking of action under this Act would cause serious harm to the national security of the United States. Requires the USTR to continue to make efforts to preserve U.S. rights under the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes concerning EU measures on the importation of bananas and EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef.

Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1998

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should: (1) analyze and report to specified congressional committees on trade between the United States and Canada with regard to beef, beef cattle, wheat, barley, dairy, poultry, and eggs; and (2) based on such analyses identify any provisions of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that limit, inhibit, or otherwise restrict the ability of U.S. farmers and ranchers to benefit from or mitigate the economic impact of trade between the United States and Canada.

Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1998

Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the President, if he or she takes action to embargo the export under an export sales contract of an agricultural commodity to a country that is not part of an embargo on all exports to the country, to report to the Congress, not later than five days after imposing the embargo, on the reasons for such embargo and its proposed duration. Sets forth congressional procedures for termination of the embargo. Specifies plant nutrient materials among the agricultural commodities whose export the President may not prohibit or curtail if: (1) the export sales contract for such materials is entered into before he or she announces an action that would otherwise prohibit or curtail their export; and (2) the contract terms require delivery of the materials within 270 days after the date of the suspension of trade is imposed.

Miwaleta Park Expansion Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1998

Milwaleta Park Expansion Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the county of Douglas, Oregon, without consideration, Milwaleta Park and an adjacent parcel of Bureau of Land Management lands for use as a county park.

Agriculture Disaster and Market Loss Assistance Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Assistance for Crop and Livestock Feed Losses Due to Disasters Title II: Market Loss Assistance Title III: Administration Agriculture Disaster and Market Loss Assistance Act of 1998 - Title I: Emergency Assistance for Crop and Livestock Feed Losses Due to Disasters - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to producers with disaster-incurred 1998 or multiyear (1998 and previous) crop year losses. Requires producers without 1998 crop insurance to purchase insurance for the subsequent two years in order to qualify for such assistance. Requires such producers to pay any liquidated damages. (Sec. 103) Caps 1998 livestock feed assistance amounts. Title II: Market Loss Assistance - Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to provide 1998 market loss assistance to certain producers with production flexibility contracts. Title III: Administration - States that funds to carry out this Act shall be available only to the extent that the President submits to the Congress an official emergency designation budget request.

Satellite Access to Local Stations Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1998

Satellite Access to Local Stations Act - Amends Federal copyright law to cite circumstances under which the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of a primary transmission of a television broadcast station into the station's local market shall be subject to statutory licensing. Sets forth reporting requirements for a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to such licensing requirements. Precludes any royalty obligation for such secondary transmissions. States that noncompliance with such reporting requirements by a satellite carrier of a television broadcast station is actionable as an act of infringement and fully subject to copyright remedies. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 regarding the retransmission of broadcasting station signals. Prohibits cable systems and other multichannel video programming distributors from retransmitting a broadcasting station's signal without the station's express consent. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to commence a rulemaking proceeding to revise regulations governing the exercise by television broadcast stations of the right to grant retransmission consent. Prescribes requirements for the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers, including: (1) carriage obligations; (2) carriage of all local television stations on contiguous channels and in a nondiscriminatory manner on any navigational device, on-screen guide, or menu; (3) compensation for carriage; and (4) remedies for failure to meet obligations.

Financial Markets Reassurance Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1998

Financial Markets Reassurance Act of 1998 - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from proposing or issuing any rule or regulation that restricts or regulates activity in a qualifying hybrid instrument or swap agreement during a specified time period.

Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1998

Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating the blended capitation rate for payment of Medicare+Choice organizations.

Biomass Energy Equity Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1998

Biomass Energy Equity Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the definition of "qualified energy resources" (currently, wind and closed-loop biomass) to wind and biomass. Defines terms.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the income averaging rules for farmers.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1998

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend income averaging for farmers.

Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress should follow the examples of self-sacrifice and devotion to character displayed by Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1998

Declares that Members of Congress should: (1) follow the example of Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson of the U.S. Capitol Police by living lives of love, respect, and integrity every day at all times, including on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives; and (2) deserve the title "Honorable" by setting an example so that such individuals did not die in vain.

Endangered Species Consolidation Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1998

Endangered Species Consolidation Act - Transfers all functions performed by the Secretary of Commerce under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (including functions performed by the National Marine Fisheries Service) to the Secretary of the Interior.

Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Rogue River National Forest Transfers Title II: Protection of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Rogue River National Forest Transfers - Provides for the transfer of: (1) specified lands in the Rogue River National Forest System, Oregon, from public domain status to the National Forest; and (2) other lands from the National Forest to public domain status. Restores the status of certain revested Oregon and California railroad grant lands (O&C lands) and revokes the reservation of such lands as part of the National Forest. Adds certain other revested railroad grant lands to such National Forest. Title II: Protection of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out sales, purchases, and exchanges of Bureau of Land Management lands located within six Oregon districts (the geographic area), to ensure that, upon the expiration of a ten-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and each ten-year period thereafter, the total number of acres of O&C lands, Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, and public domain lands in the geographic area that are available for timber harvesting is not less than such number on the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary from selling or exchanging any lands in such area that are located within a congressionally designated wilderness area, the national wild and scenic river system, or an area designated as a critical environmental concern. Requires sales to be for fair market value under competitive bidding procedures. Requires appropriate valuation procedures for exchanged lands. Authorizes the Secretary to make equalization payments for lands received which are of greater value than lands exchanged. (Sec. 205) Treats all lands acquired under this title as O&C lands. Directs the Secretary to designate all public domain lands in the geographic area that are timberlands and to notify the Congress of such designation. Treats such designated lands as O&C lands.

National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1998

National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 1998 - Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit a commercial air tour operator from conducting commercial air tour operations over a national park or tribal lands, except in accordance with this Act, conditions prescribed for that operator by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and with any applicable commercial air tour management plan for the park or tribal lands. (Sec. 3) Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) the granting of authority to commercial air tour operators to conduct air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands, with specified exceptions; (2) establishment of commercial air tour management plans; and (3) determination of whether a flight is a commercial air tour operation. (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of the FAA and the Director of the National Park Service (Director) to establish, jointly, an advisory group to provide continuing advice and counsel with respect to the operation of commercial air tours over and near national parks. (Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator of the FAA to report to the Congress on the effects proposed overflight fees are likely to have on the commercial air tour industry. Directs the Administrator of the FAA and the Director to report jointly to the Congress on the effectiveness of this Act in providing incentives for the development and use of quiet aircraft technology. (Sec. 6) Exempts any unit of the National Park System, or any other land or water, located in Alaska from the requirements of this Act.