113. S. 777, Freedom to E-File Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic filing and retrieval system allowing farmers to complete required paperwork via computer, to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Risk Management Agency and rural development field offices, and allocate $5 million for the project and require its completion within two years. Yes. Passed 397-1, under suspension of rules. 4/10/00.

146. H.Con.Res. 296, to express the sense of Congress that the settlement process and claims of African-American farmers against the Department of Agriculture should be resolved expeditiously. Yes. Failed 216-180, under suspension of rules. 5/8/00. [2/3 vote required for passage.]

359. H.R. 4461, FY 2001 agriculture appropriations. Amendment to increase the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Research Station appropriation by $100,000 and decrease by an equal amount funding for the Agriculture Department’s Inspector General and communications offices. No. Failed 94-326. 6/29/00.

360. H.R. 4461. Amendment to reduce the Agriculture Department’s appropriation for special research and grant programs by $200,000 with the intention to eliminate a grant for “international asparagus competitiveness.” No. Failed 132-287. 6/29/00.

361. H.R. 4461. Amendment to eliminate the Agriculture Department’s agri-tourism program by reducing the entire $2 million appropriation. No. Failed 94-319. 6/29/00.

373. H.R. 4461, FY 2001 agriculture appropriations. Amendment to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from using funds to test, develop or approve any drug for the chemical inducement of abortion. Yes. Failed 182-187. 7/10/00.

374. H.R. 4461. Amendment to enact a 1 percent across-the-board cut in FY 2001 Agriculture Department appropriations. No. Failed 53-316. 7/10/00.

375. H.R. 4461. Amendment to overturn the current Food and Drug Administration prohibition on U.S. citizens traveling to other countries to purchase prescription drugs for individual use. Yes. Passed 363-12. 7/10/00.

376. H.R. 4461. Amendment to prohibit using funds for the Market Access Program, which gives grants to business and trade associations to promote agricultural exports. No. Failed 77-301. 7/10/00.

377. H.R. 4461. Amendment to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from using funds to interfere with the importation of drugs that have been approved for use in the United States and were manufactured in an FDA-approved facility in the U.S., Mexico or Canada. Yes. Passed 370-12. 7/10/00.

378. H.R. 4461. Amendment to prohibit the Agriculture Department from conducting a child nutrition pilot program to study the effects of providing free breakfasts to students without regard to family income. No. Failed 59-323. 7/10/00.

382. H.R. 4461, FY 2001 agriculture appropriations. Amendment to reduce funding for the Agriculture Department’s Wildlife Services program by $7 million and specify that none of the program’s funds could be used to conduct campaigns for the destruction of wild predatory animals, such as mountain lions and bobcats, for the purpose of protecting livestock. No. Failed 190-228. 7/11/00.

383. H.R. 4461. Amendment to prevent the Agriculture Department from making payments to producers of wool and mohair. Yes. Failed 166-255. 7/11/00.

384. H.R. 4461. Amendment to prohibit members of a federal advisory committee on vaccines from being granted a waiver from conflict-of-interest rules. Yes. Failed 168-253. 7/11/00.

385. H.R. 4461. On passage to the bill to provide $75.4 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for agriculture and rural development programs, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. Yes. Passed 339-82. 7/11/00.

502. H.R. 4461, FY 2001 agriculture appropriations. Motion to instruct conferees to hold public meetings and fully debate and resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the FY 2001 Agriculture Department appropriations bills. Yes. Passed 409-0. 9/28/00.

525. H.R. 4461, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $78.5 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for the Agriculture Department and related agencies. Yes. Passed 340-75. 10/11/00.