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AUTHOR INDEX

ABERCROMBIE, Neil of Hawaii

H.R. 453 To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other purposes.

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

H.R. 919 To establish fair market value pricing of Federal natural assets, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2185 To establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees of the United States Department of Agricul

ture.

ACKERMAN, Gary L. of New York

H.R. 453 * To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other purposes.

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

H.R. 635 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to extend the licensing requirements of the Act to additional dealers in animals and to strengthen the registration, prohibition, and enforcement provisions of the Act.

H.R. 667 To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and Food Stamps for totally and permanently disabled permanent resident aliens.

H.R. 696* To amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal.

H.R. 919 To establish fair market value pricing of Federal natural assets, and for other purposes.

H.R. 971 To implement the recommendations of the Northern Forest Lands Council.

H.R. 1360 To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain permanent resident aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment to naturalize.

H.R. 1376 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal lands, and to designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests, roadless areas, and Special Areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.

H.R. 1416 To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 restricting welfare and public benefits for aliens to provide an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps programs for permanent resident aliens who are applicants for naturalization.

H.R. 1418 To extend the transition period for aliens receiving supplemental security income or food stamp benefits as of August 22, 1996. H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3028 To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to reduce the level of tobacco addiction, to compensate Federal and State Governments for a portion of the health costs of tobacco-related illnesses, to enhance the national investment in biomedical and basic scientific research, and to expand programs to address the needs of children, and for other purposes.

AKAKA, Daniel K. of Hawaii

S. 210 To amend the Organic Act of Guam, the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and the Compact of Free Association Act, and for other purposes.

ALLEN, Thomas H. of Maine

H.R. 971 To implement the recommendations of the Northern Forest Lands Council.

H.R. 2910 To reduce the risk of mercury pollution through use reduction, increased recycling, and reduction of emissions into the environment, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 224 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.

ANDREWS, Robert E. of New Jersey

H.R. 453 To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other purposes.

H.R. 502* To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949, to reduce the amounts available for payments under production flexibility contracts entered into under the Agricultural Market Transition Act, and to shorten the period during which such payments will be made.

H.R. 515 To eliminate corporate welfare.

H.R. 635 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to extend the licensing requirements of the Act to additional dealers in animals and to strengthen the registration, prohibition, and enforcement provisions of the Act. H.R. 919 To establish fair market value pricing of Federal natural assets, and for other purposes. H.R. 971 To implement the recommendations of the Northern Forest Lands Council.

H.R. 972 To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the market access program.

H.R. 1171 To provide for the elimination of 12 Federal subsidy programs and projects. H.R. 1376 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal lands, and to designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests, roadless areas, and Special Areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.

H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes.

ANDREWS, Robert E. of New Jersey-Continued

H.R. 1864 To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to make nonrecourse loans available for peanut producers. H.R. 2876* To promote food safety through continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program operated by the Secretary of Agriculture.

ARCHER, Bill of Texas

H.R. 1709* To permit any State to use nongovernmental personnel in the determination of eligibility under the Medicaid, food stamps, and WIC programs.

ARMEY, Richard K. of Texas

H.R. 1709 To permit any State to use nongovernmental personnel in the determination of eligibility under the Medicaid, food stamps, and WIC programs.

H.R. 2667 To dismantle the Department of Commerce.

BACHUS, Spencer T. III of Alabama

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally. H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes. H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

BAESLER, Scotty of Kentucky

H.R. 725 To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to promote agricultural research projects regarding precision agriculture and to provide for the dissemination of the results of such research projects. H.R. 2609 To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.

BAKER, Richard H. of Louisiana

H.R. 101 * To amend the National Forest Foundation Act to extend and increase the matching funds authorization for the Foundation, to provide additional administrative support to the Foundation, to authorize the use of investment income, and to permit the Foundation to license the use of trademarks, tradenames, and other such devices to advertise that a person is an official sponsor or supporter of the Forest Service or the National Forest System. H.R. 640 To amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range, and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in at least five of preceding ten years.

H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

BALDACCI, John Elias of Maine

H.R. 971 To implement the recommendations of the Northern Forest Lands Council.

H.R. 2366 To transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to conduct the census of agriculture, and for other purposes. H.Res. 224 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.

BALLENGER, Cass of North Carolina

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

H.R. 786 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to restore the effectiveness of certain provisions regulating Federal milk marketing orders.

H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation. H.R. 2565

To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins.

H.R. 2609 To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.

BARCIA, James A. of Michigan

H.R. 394 * To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain property located in the County of Iosco, Michigan.

H.R. 453 To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other purposes.

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

H.R. 635 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to extend the licensing requirements of the Act to additional dealers in animals and to strengthen the registration, prohibition, and enforcement provisions of the Act.

H.R. 2168 To support research efforts to understand and control diseases of wheat and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi in order to ensure sustainable production of wheat and barley in north-central United States and the safety of food products containing wheat and barley.

H.R. 2609 To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.

H.R. 3132 To establish food safety research, education, and extension as a priority of the Department of Agriculture, to require the use of a designated team within the Department of Agriculture to enable the Department and other Federal agencies to rapidly respond to food safety emergencies, and to improve food safety through the development and commercialization of food safety technology.

H.R. 3148 To establish food safety research, education, and extension as a priority of the Department of Agriculture, to require the use of a designated team within the Department of Agriculture to enable the Department and other Federal agencies to rapidly respond to food safety emergencies, and to improve food safety through the development and commercialization of food safety technology.

H.Res. 224 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.

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H.R. 640 To amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range, and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in at least five of preceding ten years. H.R. 725 To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to promote agricultural research projects regarding precision agriculture and to provide for the dissemination of the results of such research projects. H.R. 861 To authorize a farmer or rancher whose bid for reenrollment of land into the conservation reserve is rejected to unilaterally extend the contract for a final year.

H.R. 1342 To provide for a one-year enrollment in the conservation reserve of land covered by expiring conservation reserve program con

tracts.

H.R. 2168 To support research efforts to understand and control diseases of wheat and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi in order to ensure sustainable production of wheat and barley in north-central United States and the safety of food products containing wheat and barley.

H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

H.R. 2493 To establish a mechanism by which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior can provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal lands.

H.R. 2515 To address the declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and their resources, and for other purposes. H.R. 2609 To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.

H.R. 3035 To establish an advisory commission to provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies.

BARRETT, Thomas M. of Wisconsin

H.R. 645 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate certain cash markets, such as the National Cheese Exchange, until the Commission determines that the market does not establish reference points for other transactions.

H.R. 646 To improve price discovery in milk and dairy markets by reducing the effects of the National Cheese Exchange on the basic formula price established under milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.

H.R. 919 To establish fair market value pricing of Federal natural assets, and for other purposes.

H.R. 972 To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the market access program.

H.R. 1340 To reduce corporate welfare and promote corporate responsibility.

H.R. 1376 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal lands, and to designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests, roadless areas, and Special Areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.

H.R. 1387 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans and to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

H.R. 1864 To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to make nonrecourse loans available for peanut producers. H.Res. 224 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.

BARTON, Joe of Texas

H.R. 1709 To permit any State to use nongovernmental personnel in the determination of eligibility under the Medicaid, food stamps, and WIC programs.

BASS, Charles F. of New Hampshire

H.R. 971 * To implement the recommendations of the Northern Forest Lands Council.

H.R. 1387 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans and to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

H.R. 1864 To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to make nonrecourse loans available for peanut producers. H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

H.R. 2667 To dismantle the Department of Commerce.

BATEMAN, Herbert H. of Virginia

H.R. 2565 To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins.

BECERRA, Xavier of California

H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes.

BEREUTER, Doug of Nebraska

H.R. 725 To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to promote agricultural research projects regarding precision agriculture and to provide for the dissemination of the results of such research projects.

H.R. 1507 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify certain eligibility disqualifications, and for other purposes.

BERMAN, Howard L. of California

H.R. 667 To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and Food Stamps for totally and permanently disabled permanent resident aliens.

H.R. 1232 To require country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States and to establish penalties for violations of such labeling requirements.

H.R. 1360 To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain permanent resident aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment to naturalize.

H.R. 1376 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal lands, and to designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests, roadless areas, and Special Areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.

H.R. 1387 To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to convert the price support program for sugarcane and sugar beets into a system of solely recourse loans and to provide for the gradual elimination of the program.

BERRY, Marion of Arkansas

H.R. 1000 To require States to establish a system to prevent prisoners from being considered part of any household for purposes of determining eligibility of the household for food stamp benefits and the amount of food stamp benefits to be provided to the household under the Food Stamp Act of 1977.

H.R. 2366 To transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to conduct the census of agriculture, and for other purposes.

BILIRAKIS, Michael of Florida

H.R. 1232 To require country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States and to establish penalties for violations of such labeling requirements.

BINGAMAN, Jeff of New Mexico

S. 222 To establish an advisory commission to provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies.

BISHOP, Sanford D. Jr. of Georgia

H.R. 725

H.R. 2493 To establish a mechanism by which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior can provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal lands.

H.R. 2515 To address the declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and their resources, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2595 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

H.R. 2609 To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.

BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. of Illinois

H.R. 696 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal.

H.R. 972 To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the market access program.

H.R. 1438 To prohibit the Federal Government from providing insurance, reinsurance, or noninsured crop disaster assistance for tobacco.

BLILEY, Tom J. Jr. of Virginia

H.R. 1709 To permit any State to use nongovernmental personnel in the determination of eligibility under the Medicaid, food stamps, and WIC programs.

H.R. 2565 To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins.

BLUMENAUER, Earl of Oregon

H.R. 453 To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it
unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to trans-
fer or market nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or
goats, and for other purposes.

H.R. 594 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and
cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
H.R. 2377

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

BLUNT, Roy of Missouri

H.R. 640
To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research
Grant Act to provide increased emphasis on competitive grants to
promote agricultural research projects regarding precision agriculture
and to provide for the dissemination of the results of such research
projects.

H.R. 785 To designate the J. Phil Campbell, Senior, Natural Resource
Conservation Center.

H.R. 786 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to restore the ef-
fectiveness of certain provisions regulating Federal milk marketing
orders.

H.R. 1232 To require country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural commodities imported into the United States and to establish penalties for violations of such labeling requirements.

H.R. 2185 To establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees of the United States Department of Agricul

ture.

H.R. 2377 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program permitting certain aliens to be admitted into the United States to provide temporary or seasonal agricultural services pursuant to a labor condition attestation.

To amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range, and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in at least five of preceding ten years. H.R. 1779 *

To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel of land containing improvements. H.R. 2168 To support research efforts to understand and control diseases of wheat and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related fungi in order to ensure sustainable production of wheat and barley in north-central United States and the safety of food products containing wheat and barley.

H.Res. 224 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed milk producers.

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