+ − Summaries (3)
+ − Actions (149)
- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 102-142.
- Presented to President.
- Measure Signed in Senate.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Cleared for White House.
- Senate agreed to the House amendment to Senate amendments 25, 27, 34, 35, 36, 48, 49, 50, 52, 63, 64, 70, 83, 88, 103, 107, 108, 156, 176, 177, 184, 205, and 241 by Voice Vote.
- Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 88-10.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 49.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 35 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 36.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 48.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 48 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 52.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 49 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 50.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 50 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 34 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 63.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 35.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 27 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendments Nos. 28, 31, 61, 68, 75, 94, 111, 116, 125, 127, 138, 162, 178, 202, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, and 240 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 34.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendments en bloc.
- Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent to consider enbloc the Senate amendments Nos. 28, 31, 61, 68, 75, 94, 111, 116, 125, 127, 138, 162, 178, 202, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239 and 240. Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 63 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 25 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 27.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 25.
- On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
- Mr. Whitten brought up conference report H. Rept. 102-239 for consideration as a privileged matter.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 52 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 36 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 64.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 156 Agreed to without objection.
- Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 64 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 241 Agreed to without objection.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 241.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 205 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 184 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 205.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 184.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 177 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 177.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 176 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 176.
- Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 156.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 103.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 70 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 83.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 83 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 88.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 88 Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 103 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 70.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 107.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 107 Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 108.
- On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 108 Agreed to without objection.
- Conference report H. Rept. 102-239 filed with 56 amendments in disagreement. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Mr. Traxler asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Oct. 3 to file a conference report on H.R. 2698 . Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
- The chair appointed conferees: Whitten, Traxler, McHugh, Natcher, Durbin, Kaptur, Price, Smith , Obey, Skeen, Myers, Weber, Vucanovich, and McDade.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- S.AMDT.921 Amendment SP 921 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.923 Proposed by Senator Wirth. To provide funds for the Center for Russian Wheat Aphid Research at Colorado State University.
- Amendment SP 923 proposed by Senator Wirth.
- S.AMDT.922 Amendment SP 922 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Amendment SP 922 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.922 Proposed by Senator Wirth. To provide funds for global change research for the monitoring of ultraviolet radiation on crops.
- Amendment SP 922 proposed by Senator Wirth.
- Amendment SP 921 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.920 Amendment SP 920 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.921 Proposed by Senator Burdick. To reduce direct operating loans and increase subsidized guaranteed loans of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.
- Amendment SP 921 proposed by Senator Burdick.
- Amendment SP 920 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.920 Proposed by Senator Hatch. To restore funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
- Amendment SP 920 proposed by Senator Hatch.
- S.AMDT.917 Proposed by Senator Leahy. Concerning the duration of wetlands easements for landowners.
- Amendment SP 917 proposed by Senator Leahy.
- Considered by Senate.
- S.AMDT.923 Amendment SP 923 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Amendment SP 923 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.917 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76-22.
- Amendment SP 924 proposed by Senator Burdick for Senator Harkin.
- Proposed amendment SP 927 withdrawn in Senate.
- Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Burdick; Bumpers; Harkin; Adams; Fowler; Kerrey; Byrd; Cochran; Kasten; Specter; Nickles; Bond; Hatfield.
- Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-7.
- S.AMDT.928 Proposed amendment SP 928 withdrawn in Senate.
- Proposed amendment SP 928 withdrawn in Senate.
- S.AMDT.928 Proposed by Senator Simpson. To restore the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 funding recommendations and authorize the Rural Electrification Administration to develop and implement eligibility criteria for loan applications.
- S.AMDT.924 Proposed by Senator Burdick for Senator Harkin. To increase funding for the water quality incentives program.
- S.AMDT.927 Proposed amendment SP 927 withdrawn in Senate.
- Amendment SP 928 proposed by Senator Simpson.
- Amendment SP 917 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76-22.
- Amendment SP 925 proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Helms.
- S.AMDT.927 Proposed by Senator Sanford. To provide funding for the Bowman Gray Nutrition Center at Wake Forest University.
- S.AMDT.924 Amendment SP 924 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Amendment SP 924 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.925 Proposed by Senator Cochran for Senator Helms. To provide that none of the funds made available by the Act may be used to issue certain final regulations.
- Amendment SP 925 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.925 Amendment SP 925 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Amendment SP 927 proposed by Senator Sanford.
- S.AMDT.916 Amendment SP 916 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Amendment SP 916 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- S.AMDT.916 Proposed by Senator Burdick. To make a technical correction.
- Amendment SP 916 proposed by Senator Burdick.
- Measure laid before Senate.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.
- Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Burdick with amendments. With written report No. 102-116.
- Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.AMDT.232 Amendment offered by Mr. Jontz. Amendment reduces the appropriation for the Agricultural Conservation Program by $3.5 million.
- Considered as privileged matter.
- Mr. Whitten moved to resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- Pending the foregoing motion, Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that the time for general debate on the bill be limited to not to exceed one hour. Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union Agreed to by voice vote.
- The Speaker designated the Honorable William J. Hughes to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- GENERAL DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
- H.AMDT.230 Amendment offered by Mr. Nagle. Amendment sought to delete language which prohibits the Department of Agriculture from using funds to establish or implement a wetlands reserve program.
- H.AMDT.230 Mr. Whitten raised a point of order against the Nagle amendment . Mr. Whitten stated that the thrust of the amendment is to strike a limitation and as such, violates the Budget Act. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- H.AMDT.231 Amendment offered by Mr. Jontz. See Jontz amendment for description.
- H.AMDT.231 By unanimous consent, the Jontz amendment was withdrawn.
- H.AMDT.232 On agreeing to the Jontz amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 368 - 48 .
- H.AMDT.233 Amendment offered by Mr. Jontz. Amendment appropriates $3.5 million for the Agricultural Water Quality Incentive Program, and is identical to the Jontz amendment which had been withdrawn.
- H.AMDT.233 On agreeing to the Jontz amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.234 Amendment offered by Mr. de la Garza. Amendment deletes language which prohibits the use of funds to establish a new Rural Development Administration within the Department of Agriculture to administer rural development programs previously administered by the Farmers Home Administration.
- H.AMDT.234 On agreeing to the de la Garza amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.235 Amendment offered by Mr. Grandy. Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds for the Federal Crop Insurance program to deny an agricultural producer from obtaining the transfer of insurance from a primary to a secondary crop when the primary crop had been damaged by severe weather; and to deny crop insurance for 1991 soybean crops planted by a land-based air seeding method.
- H.AMDT.235 By unanimous consent, the Grandy amendment was withdrawn.
- Mr. Whitten moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
- On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2698 .
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
- The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 102-119, by Mr. Whitten.
+ − Amendments (16)
H.AMDT.230
Amendment sought to delete language which prohibits the Department of Agriculture from using funds to establish or implement a wetlands reserve program.
H.AMDT.231
See Jontz amendment (A004) for description.
H.AMDT.232
Amendment reduces the appropriation for the Agricultural Conservation Program by $3.5 million.
H.AMDT.233
Amendment appropriates $3.5 million for the Agricultural Water Quality Incentive Program, and is identical to the Jontz amendment (A002) which had been withdrawn.
H.AMDT.234
Amendment deletes language which prohibits the use of funds to establish a new Rural Development Administration (RDA) within the Department of Agriculture to administer rural development programs previously administered by the Farmers Home Administration.
H.AMDT.235
Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds for the Federal Crop Insurance program to deny an agricultural producer from obtaining the transfer of insurance from a primary to a secondary crop when the primary crop had been damaged by severe weather; and to deny crop insurance for 1991 soybean crops planted by a land-based air seeding method.
S.AMDT.916
To make a technical correction.
S.AMDT.917
Concerning the duration of wetlands easements for landowners.
S.AMDT.920
To restore funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
S.AMDT.921
To reduce direct operating loans and increase subsidized guaranteed loans of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.
S.AMDT.922
To provide funds for global change research for the monitoring of ultraviolet radiation on crops.
S.AMDT.923
To provide funds for the Center for Russian Wheat Aphid Research at Colorado State University.
S.AMDT.924
To increase funding for the water quality incentives program.
S.AMDT.925
To provide that none of the funds made available by the Act may be used to issue certain final regulations.
S.AMDT.927
To provide funding for the Bowman Gray Nutrition Center at Wake Forest University.
S.AMDT.928
To restore the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 funding recommendations and authorize the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to develop and implement eligibility criteria for loan applications.