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      "title": "Appropriations for FY2000: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies",
      "summary": "The FY2000 appropriations bill ( P.L. 106-78 ,  H.R. 1906 ) for the U.S. Department of\nAgriculture (USDA) and related agencies was signed into law on October 22, 1999.  P.L. 106-78 \ncontains regular (non-emergency) appropriations of $60.559 billion, which is $2 billion below the\nAdministration request, but nearly $6 billion above the FY1999 level. Just over three-fourths ($46.57\nbillion) of the total amount in the act is classified as mandatory spending (primarily food stamps and\nfarm programs funded through USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation), which in essence is\ngoverned by authorizing statutes and is out of the direct control of appropriators. The remaining\nspending of $13.988 billion is for discretionary programs, which require an annual appropriation. \n  In addition to the regular appropriations,  P.L. 106-78  provides $8.7 billion in emergency\nspending for farm income and disaster assistance, including $5.5 billion in direct payments to grain\nand cotton farmers and $1.2 billion in natural disaster assistance. An additional $576 million in farm\ndisaster assistance, primarily in response to damage caused by Hurricane Floyd, is included in the\nFY2000 consolidated appropriations act ( P.L. 106-113 ,  H.R. 3194 ) signed into law on\nNovember 29, 1999. Controversial dairy policy provisions that were considered but not included in\n P.L. 106-78  are part of  P.L. 106-113 , including a 2-year extension of the Northeast dairy compact\nand a mandate that USDA adopt a milk pricing scheme for fluid farm milk that is close to current\nprice levels.  P.L. 106-113  also includes a 0.38% across-the-board cut in total discretionary budget\nauthority for FY2000, which will require a $49 million cut within USDA and a $4 million cut in FDA\nprograms, with specific cuts to be determined by the Administration.\n  Exclusive of the FY2000 emergency spending provisions, most of the difference between the\nFY1999 and FY2000 enacted levels in  P.L. 106-78  is explained by a $5.9 billion increase in the\nrequested appropriation for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The CCC is the funding\nmechanism for the commodity support programs and farm disaster assistance. It borrows directly\nfrom the Treasury and subsequently requests an appropriation for a reimbursement of its net losses. \nCCC spending was at a 12-year high in FY1999, because of a weak farm economy and regional\nnatural disasters, and some $6 billion in supplemental spending approved by the Congress in FY1999\nfor emergency assistance to farmers. \n  To stay within the measure's allocation for discretionary spending,  P.L. 106-78  contains\nspending restrictions for several mandatory programs, including a new research program, certain\nconservation programs, and the Fund for Rural America. Separately, conferees deleted a provision\nin the House bill that would have prevented FDA from using any FY2000 funds for the approval of \nRU-486, or any other drug to induce abortion.  P.L. 106-78  also does not include a Senate-passed\nprovision that would have exempted the export of agricultural and medical products from current and\nfuture unilateral trade sanctions on Cuba and other countries.",
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