[House Report 107-226] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 107th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 107-226 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2646, FARM SECURITY ACT OF 2001 _______ October 2, 2001.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 248] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 248, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. summary of provisions of the resolution The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2646, the Farm Security Act of 2001, under a modified open rule. The rule provides two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committees on Agriculture and International Relations now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text printed in part A of this report, modified by the amendment printed in part B of this report. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule further makes in order only those amendments that have been printed in the Congressional Record before October 3, 2001, and provides that each such amendment may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee and shall be considered as read. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill includes a waiver of clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion in the report of a CBO cost estimate), which is necessary because the Committee on International Relations did not include an adequate cost estimate in its report. The waiver also includes a waiver of section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget authority, changes in revenues, or changes in the public debt for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to), which is necessary because the bill provides for new budget authority that is first provided in fiscal year 2003 and Congress has not yet approved a budget resolution for FY 03. Additionally, the waiver includes a waiver of section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes effective during the current fiscal year), which is necessary because the bill provides for new entitlement for fiscal year 2002. AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE PART A TEXT OF AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO BE CONSIDERED AS ORIGINAL TEXT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHER AMENDMENT (AS MODIFIED BY THE AMENDMENT IN PART B)PART B Summary of Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Printed in Part A, To Be Considered As Adopted Combest--Makes two technical changes to the bill to ensure it is within the budgetary parameters established by the FY 2002 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: (1) reduces the amount of the partial countercyclical payments that producers of peanuts and covered commodities may receive from 50% to 40% of the total projected countercyclical payment; and (2) adds a new subsection (h) at the end of section 105 which directs the Secretary, in calculating the effective price with respect to barley, to use either the all barley loan rate, or the feed barley loan rate, as appropriate. (Summary derived from information provided by sponsor.) text of amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part a, to be considered as adopted In section 105(f)(2) (page 22, beginning line 17), strike ``50 percent'' and insert ``40 percent''. At the end of section 105 (page 23, after line 9), insert the following new subsection: (h) Special Rule for Barley used Only for Feed Purposes.-- For purposes of calculating the effective price for barley under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the loan rate in effect for barley under section 122(b)(3), except, in the case of producers who received the higher loan rate provided under such section for barley used only for feed purposes, the Secretary shall use that higher loan rate. In section 143(a) (page 68, beginning line 7) strike ``Diary'' and insert ``Dairy''. In section 164(f)(2) (page 112, beginning line 21), strike ``50 percent'' and insert ``40 percent''. In section 930, in the paragraph (2) being added by subsection (a) (page 352, beginning line 20), strike ``contact'' and insert ``contract''.