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1 Union Calendar No. 483 105th Congress, 2d Session ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± House Report 105±842 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES DURING THE 105TH CONGRESS R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 2, 1999.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 52±864 WASHINGTON : 1999 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon, Chairman LARRY COMBEST, Texas, CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas, Vice Chairman Ranking Minority Member BILL BARRETT, Nebraska GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio GARY A. CONDIT, California THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina RICHARD W. POMBO, California DAVID MINGE, Minnesota CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama NICK SMITH, Michigan EARL POMEROY, North Dakota TERRY EVERETT, Alabama TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky RON LEWIS, Kentucky SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana SAM FARR, California ED BRYANT, Tennessee JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine MARK FOLEY, Florida MARION BERRY, Arkansas SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia RAY LAHOOD, Illinois MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan JERRY MORAN, Kansas BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina ROY BLOUNT, Missouri CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana CHARLES W. (CHIP) PICKERING, JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin Mississippi LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana PROFESSIONAL STAFF PAUL UNGER, Majority Staff Director GREG ZERZAN, Chief Counsel STEPHEN HATERIUS, Minority Staff Director VERNIE HUBERT, Minority Counsel (II) LETTER OF SUBMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, DC, January 2, 1999. Mr. JEFF TRANDAHL, Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. TRANDAHL: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1(d), of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I herewith submit to the House a report of the activities of the Committee on Agriculture during the 105th Congress. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Chairman. (III) C O N T E N T S Page I. Summary of organization, jurisdiction, and oversight plan of the Committee on Agriculture ....................................................................................................... 1 A. Organization ......................................................................................... 1 B. Jurisdiction ........................................................................................... 3 C. Oversight Plan ...................................................................................... 7 II. Committee activities during the 105th Congress ............................................. 11 A. Main legislative activites ..................................................................... 11 B. Statistical summary of activites .......................................................... 13 C. Digest of bills within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Agri- culture on which some action has been taken ..................................... 14 D. Oversight ............................................................................................... 42 E. Printed Hearings .................................................................................. 61 F. Hearings not printed ............................................................................ 69 G. Committee prints .................................................................................. 70 III. Appendix ............................................................................................................ 71 A. Executive messages .............................................................................. 71 B. Presidential Messages .......................................................................... 172 C. Presidential Proclamations and other documents of interest ........... 172 D. Statutory reports .................................................................................. 173 E. Memorials .............................................................................................. 205 F. Petitions ................................................................................................. 207 (V) Union Calendar No. 483 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±842 "! REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON ACTIVITIES DURING THE 105TH CONGRESS JANUARY 2, 1999.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Oregon, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT I. SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION, JURISDICTION, AND OVERSIGHT PLAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE A. ORGANIZATION With the passage of H. Res. 12 and H. Res. 13 on January 7, 1997, and H. Res. 36 on February 5, 1997, the House of Represent- atives established the total authorized membership of the Commit- tee on Agriculture for the 105th Congress at 50, with a party divi- sion of 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats. Among the Committee members were 16 Representatives who were serving their first terms (Emerson, Moran of KS, Blunt, Pickering, Bob Schaffer of CO, Thune, Jenkins, Cooksey, Berry, Goode, McIntyre, Stabenow, Etheridge, John, Johnson, and Boswell). The Committee was organized on January 8, 1997, into 5 sub- committees, 3 of which were assigned jurisdiction over major agri- cultural commodities and 2 of which dealt with various related ag- ricultural operations. The 5 subcommittees were constituted as fol- lows: 2 SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (Ratio includes ex officio Members. Robert F. (Bob) Smith, Chairman, and Charles W. Stenholm, were ex officio members of all Subcommittees) COMMODITY SUBCOMMITTEES GENERAL FARM COMMODITIES (RATIO 10±8) BILL BARRETT, Nebraska, Chairman LARRY COMBEST, Texas, Vice Chairman DAVID MINGE, Minnesota, JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio Ranking Minority Member FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan JERRY MORAN, Kansas BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin LIVESTOCK, DAIRY, AND POULTRY (RATIO 11±9) RICHARD W. POMBO, California, Chairman JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio, Vice Chairman COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia Ranking Minority Member NICK SMITH, Michigan EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania RON LEWIS, Kentucky JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana GARY A. CONDIT, California ROY BLUNT, Missouri CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING, SAM FARR, California Mississippi LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee RISK MANAGEMENT AND SPECIALTY CROPS (RATIO 12±10) THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois, Chairman LARRY COMBEST, Texas, Vice Chairman GARY A. CONDIT, California, JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California Ranking Minority Member RICHARD W. POMBO, California SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky NICK SMITH, Michigan SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia TERRY EVERETT, Alabama EARL POMEROY, North Dakota RON LEWIS, Kentucky JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine ED BRYANT, Tennessee VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia MARK FOLEY, Florida MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina JERRY MORAN, Kansas LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa OPERATIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, NUTRITION, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE (RATIO 8±6) BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia, Chairman THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois, Vice Chairman EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina, CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida Ranking Minority Member NICK SMITH, Michigan BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi MARK FOLEY, Florida MARION BERRY, Arkansas RAY LAHOOD, Illinois GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia 3 FORESTRY, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, AND RESEARCH (RATIO 19±16) LARRY COMBEST, Texas, Chairman BILL BARRETT, Nebraska, Vice Chairman CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California, JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California Ranking Minority Member RICHARD W. POMBO, California GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California NICK SMITH, Michigan SAM FARR, California TERRY EVERETT, Alabama DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana RON LEWIS, Kentucky COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana DAVID MINGE, Minnesota SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama RAY LAHOOD, Illinois EARL POMEROY, North Dakota JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania JERRY MORAN, Kansas SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING, JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine Mississippi MARION BERRY, Arkansas BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana B. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION Under Rules adopted by the House of Representatives for the 105th Congress, the Committee on Agriculture's (hereinafter also referred to as Committee) jurisdiction (See Rule X, clause 1 of the Rules of the House of Representatives) extended toÐ (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves. (2) Agriculture generally. (3) Agricultural and industrial