Amendment strikes the restrictions on enrollments of land in the Conservation Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Program, the $800 million cap on Export Enhancement Program expenditures, and language barring livestock feed assistance disaster payments in cases where crop insurance was available to the producer; reduces the appropriation for Consolidated Farm Service Agency salaries and expenses by $17.5 million; eliminates the Great Plains Conservation Program; reduces the appropriation for low-income rural housing direct loans by $400 million and increases the guaranteed loan program by $200 million; eliminates the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account; and reduces the overall amount appropriated for solid waste management grants and for rural water and waste disposal grants and loans by $127 million.

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Amendment Number
576
Description
Amendment strikes the restrictions on enrollments of land in the Conservation Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Program, the $800 million cap on Export Enhancement Program expenditures, and language barring livestock feed assistance disaster payments in cases where crop insurance was available to the producer; reduces the appropriation for Consolidated Farm Service Agency salaries and expenses by $17.5 million; eliminates the Great Plains Conservation Program; reduces the appropriation for low-income rural housing direct loans by $400 million and increases the guaranteed loan program by $200 million; eliminates the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account; and reduces the overall amount appropriated for solid waste management grants and for rural water and waste disposal grants and loans by $127 million.
Purpose
An amendment, printed in House Rept. 104-185 and considered as pending in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 188, to strike the provisions of the bill that impose spending limitations on mandatory programs. The amendment would cut certain discretionary programs to compensate for the increased spending caused by the removal of the limitations.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 19, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Appropriations amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 173 (Roll no. 535).
Latest Action Time
22:11:16
Submitted Date
Jul 19, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 576 — Informed