COMMITTEE ON RULES - Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 2997 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Jul 07, 2009
12:11PM

Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 2997 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Listed in Alphabetical Order July 7, 2009 12:11PM
Blackburn (TN)	#7	Would make an across-the-board cut of 5 percent to all discretionary funding accounts in the bill.
Boswell (IA)	#23	Would fund the Methamphetamine Inhibitor Grant Program created in the 2008 Farm Bill at $2,000,000. Offsets the increase in spending by reducing spending on Rural Development Salaries and Expenses.
Brady, Kevin (TX)	#84	Would transfer $50,000 from Chief Economist to the Economic Research Service and direct the ERS and the Foreign Agriculture Service to study the economic impact of pending trade agreements for U.S. agricultural producers.
Brady, Kevin (TX)	#85	Would transfer $50,000 from the Chief Economist to the Economic Research Service.
Broun (GA)	#70	Would prohibit funds from going to USDA personnel who provide more than 30 percent of the total value of benefits under subtitles A through C of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246) to producers on farms with a 2008 gross income of more than $100,000.
Broun (GA)	#71	Would reduce overall spending by 1 percent.
Broun (GA)	#72	Would reduce overall spending by 0.5 percent.
Broun (GA)	#73	Would prohibit funds from being used to enforce Country of Origin Labeling requirements.
Broun (GA)	#74	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to acquire any land or interest in land to be held in Federal ownership.
Broun (GA)	#75	Would prohibit funds to provide or pay salaries and expenses of employees who provide direct payment, counter-cyclical payments, marketing assistance loans, or loan deficiency payments to corn producers who receive the ethanol tax credit for the same crop.
Broun (GA)	#76	Would reduce funding for the CFTC by $14.6 million to equal FY09 levels.
Broun (GA)	#77	Would reduce FDA funding by $373 million to equal the FY09 level.
Broun (GA)	#78	Would remove all $400,000,000 of broadband telecommunications loan funding in the bill.
Broun (GA)	#79	Would reduce funding for Public Law 480 title II grants by $464 million to equal FY09 levels.
Broun (GA)	#80	Would provide no appropriation shall be available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year.
Broun (GA)	#81	Would prohibit use of funds in the bill for the purchase of non-replacement aircraft.
Burton (IN)	#64	Would prohibit use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available in the bill to provide benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the former food stamp program) to an individual who is ineligible to receive such benefits.
Butterfield (NC)	#16	Would make Greenville, NC eligible to receive funding under the USDA Rural Development Office’s Rural Community Facilities Program.
Campbell (CA)	#10	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Center for One Medicine in Illinois and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Center for One Medicine.
Campbell (CA)	#11	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Specialty Crops in Indiana and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Specialty Crops in Indiana.
Campbell (CA)	#12	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Air Quality in Kansas and Texas and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Air Quality in Kansas and Texas.
Campbell (CA)	#13	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Biodesign and Processing Research Center in Virginia and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Biodesign and Processing Research Center in Virginia.
Capito (WV)	#18	Would transfer $10,038,000 in the bill from the USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to the Rural Utilities Service Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program (restoring the latter to FY09 appropriation levels).
Cassidy (LA)	#24	Would prevent the additional costs of complying with the Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from being imposed on applicants of Rural Development grants and loans funds for which are appropriated by this Act.
Cassidy (LA)	#25	Would strike the proviso in the bill that prevents the USDA from carrying out public/private competitions for commercial activities until the Secretary has submitted a certain report to Congress.
Chaffetz (UT)	#56	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to pay the salaries of personnel who provide marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments for mohair.
Conaway (TX)/ Bean (IL)	#6	Would express the sense of the House that any reduction in the amount appropriated by the bill achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House should be dedicated to deficit reduction.
Cuellar (TX)	#17	Would prohibit the use of funds for first class travel for employees of agencies funded by the bill, in contravention of Federal regulations.
DeFazio (OR)/ Campbell (CA)	#28	Would prohibit funds in the bill for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from being used to purchase or make use of sodium fluoroacetate or sodium cyanide (used as predator control poisons).
DeLauro (CT)	#66	Would appropriate tobacco product user fees authorized under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111-31).
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#40	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Dairy Farm Profitability in Pennsylvania and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Dairy Farm Profitability in Pennsylvania.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#41	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Wood Utilization in AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, and WV and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Wood Utilization in those states.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#42	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture project of the Iowa Soybean Association in Iowa and reduces funds under the heading "Natural Resources Conservation Service--Conservation Operations" by the amount that was to have been spent on Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture project of the Iowa Soybean Association in Iowa.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#43	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Agriculture Energy Innovation Center in Georgia and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Agriculture Energy Innovation Center in Georgia.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#44	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Dairy Education Project in Iowa and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture—Extension Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Dairy Education Project in Iowa.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#45	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Asparagus Production Technologies in Washington and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Asparagus Production Technologies in Washington.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#58	Would bar funds for the Wild Rice project in St. Paul, Minnesota, and reduce the amount appropriated by $303,000.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#59	Would bar funds for Hydroponic Production in Ohio and reduce the amount appropriated under the heading by $124,000.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#60	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization project in Beltsville, MD and reduces funds under the heading "Agricultural Research Service—Salaries and Expenses" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization project in Beltsville, MD.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#61	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Center for North American Studies in Texas and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Center for North American Studies in Texas.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#62	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the Urban Horticulture and Marketing Project in IL and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture—Extension Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on the Urban Horticulture and Marketing Project in IL.
Flake, Jeff (AZ)	#63	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Potato Research in Idaho, Oregon and Washington and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Potato Research in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Fortenberry (NE)	#57	Would increase funding for Rural Energy for America by $2 million, offset by a $2 million reduction for the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Garrett (NJ)	#88	Would increase funding for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Operation Account by $5,000,000 and offset the increase by decreasing funding for Farm Service Agency (FSA) Salaries and Expenses by the same amount.
Gingrey (GA)	#9	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to carry out activities of a labor organization pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) of 5 U.S.C. section 7131 (allowing the use of civilian Federal employee paid work time for union collective bargaining negotiations).
Hastings, Alcee (FL)	#46	Would increase funding for the Agricultural Research Service building and facilities account by $2 million to go toward Colony Collapse Disorder and pollinator decline research, offset by a $1 million reduction in the Office of the Chief Information Officer and a $1 million reduction in Departmental Administration.
Hastings, Alcee (FL)	#54	Would increase funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture competitive grants by $3,000,000 to be used for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and pollinator decline research, and offsets the increase by a reduction in funding for the Agriculture Marketing Service.
Hensarling (TX)	#47	Would provide that no funds under National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Extension Activities are available for an income enhancement demonstration in Ohio. It also would reduce funding for Extension Activities and amounts for necessary expenses by $864,000 each.
Hensarling (TX)	#50	Would bar funding for greenhouse research in Ohio and reduce the overall appropriation in the bill by $1.38 million.
Hensarling (TX)	#51	Would prohibit funding for a study of best practices in agricultural waste management in California and reduce the overall appropriation of the bill by $300,000.
Hensarling (TX)	#52	Would bar funding for agricultural diversification research in Hawaii and reduce the appropriation in the bill by $153,000.
Hensarling (TX)	#53	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for Cranberry/Blueberry disease and breeding research in New Jersey and reduces funds under the heading "National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education Activities" by the amount that was to have been spent on Cranberry/Blueberry disease and breeding research in New Jersey.
Hensarling (TX)	#86	Would prohibit certain funds in the bill from being used for the National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy project, Kiski Basin, PA and reduces funds under the heading "Agricultural Research Service—Salaries and Expenses" by the amount that was to have been spent on the National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy project, Kiski Basin, PA.
Hensarling (TX)/ Conaway (TX)/ Gingrey (GA)/ Blackburn (TN)	#87	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to enforce section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (relating to procurement of alternative fuels).
Hodes (NH)/ Bean (IL)	#49	Would require all agencies that receive funds under the act to report on expired, undisbursed grant accounts.
Hodes (NH)	#68	Would prohibit funds from being used for the Market Access Program under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. section 5623).
Holt (NJ)	#55	Would increase funding for the Office of Inspector General at USDA by $500,000 to determine whether the USDA Organic certification program ensures that the most rigorous standards for certification are honored, and to investigate whether non-organic substances inappropriately remain allowed in small amounts in USDA certified products after organic alternatives have been discovered. The increase is offset by a decrease of the same amount in funding for the Agriculture Buildings and Facilities, General Services Administration account.
Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX)	#1	Would increase the appropriation for the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program by $519,000 to a total of $1.5 million. The amount would be offset by decreasing appropriations for “administrative expenses necessary to carry out direct and guaranteed loan programs” within the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account.
Jordan (OH)	#8	Would reduce spending by $4,810,000,000 (in order to reflect FY2008 levels).
Kingston (GA)	#30	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to inspect catfish under the Federal Meat Inspection Act other than the species icataluridae.
Kingston (GA)	#31	Would strike the provision in the bill prohibiting use of funds to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products to be imported into the U.S. from China.
Kingston (GA)	#32	Would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to award quality control bonus payments to certain states that have conferred automatic eligibility for SNAP benefits and relaxed or eliminated the evaluation of participants' resources (AZ, CA, DE, GA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, WA, WV, and WI).
Kingston (GA)	#33	2nd Revised Would prohibit funds from being used to administer or pay the salary of personnel who administer any broadband loans or loan guarantees on or before September 30, 2010.
Kingston (GA)	#67	Would bar funds to entities for contractors that are eligible but do not participate in E-Verify.
Kingston (GA)	#82	Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to provide rental housing assistance, or a direct or guaranteed loan subsidy, to any alien who is illegally residing in the U.S.
Kucinich (OH)	#69	Would dedicate $500,000 of USDA's Economic Research Service appropriation to the Organic Production and Marketing Data Initiative.
Lee, Christopher (NY)	#26	Would increase the percentage used to calculate the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program payments from 45 percent to 79 percent during the period of October 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Offsets increase by a $400 million across-the-board reduction to the bill.
Lee, Christopher (NY)	#27	Would express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should immediately raise the dairy product support price from the equivalent of $9.90 per hundredweight to the equivalent of $12.00 per hundredweight.
Lucas (OK)	#83	Would prohibit the USDA from using funds to conduct data sharing with the IRS pursuant to title I and II of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
Lummis (WY)	#89	Would prohibit FDA funds in the bill from being used to implement mandatory on-farm performance standards.
Mack (FL)	#14	Would remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions from the bill.
McCaul (TX)	#20	Would prohibit any funds in the bill from being spent on programs or projects named after current Members of Congress.
McMorris Rodgers (WA)	#15	Would prohibit the FDA from using funds appropriated in the bill to implement its final rule prohibiting "high-risk cattle material" in feed for all animals (the "enhanced feed ban").
Mica (FL)	#90	Revised Would require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, within 90 days of enactment of the bill, a process to expedite the distribution of assistance under the Supplemental Revenue Crop Assistance Program to eligible entities affected in 2009 so that 60 percent of the assistance is distributed within 60 days following a disaster declaration and the remaining balance is distributed after commodity prices are determined.
Murphy, Patrick (PA)	#19	Would limit funding for the Market Access Program to $100 million for FY10.
Price, Tom (GA)/ Wittman (VA)	#4	Would reduce appropriations in the bill by $229,000,000.
Price, Tom (GA)	#5	Would reduce appropriations for USDA in titles I-V of the bill (agricultural, conservation, rural development, domestic food, foreign assistance and related programs) by $100,000,000.
Putnam (FL)	#22	Would require a GAO study of the activities, effectiveness, and goals of the National Invasive Species Council, including a review of the coordination or lack thereof of the member agencies.
Putnam (FL)	#34	Would increase and decrease funding for the Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention program, with the intent of addressing the special funding considerations section for high-risk sentinel states.
Putnam (FL)	#35	Would require the FDA Commissioner to work cooperatively with state departments of agriculture to undertake food safety activities that minimize the risk of foodborne illness.
Putnam (FL)	#36	Would require a GAO report on pest and disease threats facing the U.S. agriculture industry.
Putnam (FL)	#37	Would require a GAO report on food safety vulnerabilities in the United States.
Putnam (FL)	#39	Would express the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Protection Service should expeditiously provide funding in accordance with the special funding program under section 429(b)(6) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. sec. 7721(b)(6)).
Schock (IL)	#21	Would direct -- by reducing funding for the Risk Management Agency by $500,000 and then increasing such funding by $500,000 -- the Risk Management Agency to report to Congress on ways to expedite the approval of pennycress as an eligible crop under the Federal crop insurance program.
Stearns (FL)	#65	Would reduce the amount appropriated by 1 percent.
Stupak (MI)	#2	Would prohibit the FDA from using funds to conduct any investigation of, or take any employment action against, an officer or employee of the FDA who provided Congress or the public whistleblower information.
Stupak (MI)	#3	Revised Would prohibit FDA from taking any further steps to review or approve the two currently-pending GRAS notifications for the use of carbon monoxide in fresh meat -- GRN 000194 and GRN 000251, and would thereby prohibit the expansion of the use of this color additive in fresh meat.
Tiahrt (KS)	#38	Would prohibit funds from being used for salary or expenses of personnel who obligate funds under Rural Utilities Service - Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program in title I of division A of Public Law 111-5.
Weiner (NY)	#48	Would provide no funds for salary and expenses of Agriculture Department personnel who provide marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments for wool or mohair under section 1201 or 1205 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. section 8731, 8735).
Welch (VT)/ Courtney (CT)/ Tonko (NY)/ Hall, John (NY)/ Shea-Porter (NH)/ Higgins (NY)/ Carney (PA)	#29	Would increase the payment percentage for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program from 45 percent to 79 percent with a deadline of December 31, 2009. Designates the increase as emergency spending.