Sorry for the politics, but itsn't it always?
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
COUNTERDRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL- There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Agriculture for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, $23,000,000 to
support the counternarcotics research efforts of the Agricultural Research
Service of the Department of Agriculture. Of that amount, funds are authorized
as follows:
(1) $5,000,000 shall be used for crop eradication technologies.
(2) $2,000,000 shall be used for narcotics plant identification, chemistry,
and biotechnology.
(3) $1,000,000 shall be used for worldwide crop identification, detection
tagging, and production estimation technology.
(4) $5,000,000 shall be used for improving the disease resistance, yield, and
economic competitiveness of commercial crops that can be promoted as
alternatives to the production of narcotics plants.
(5) $10,000,000 to contract with entities meeting the criteria described in
subsection (b) for the product development, environmental testing,
registration, production, aerial distribution system development, product
effectiveness monitoring, and modification of multiple mycoherbicides to
control narcotic crops (including coca, poppy, and cannabis) in the United
States and internationally.
(b) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES- An entity under this subsection is an
entity which possesses--
(1) experience in diseases of narcotic crops;
(2) intellectual property involving seed-borne dispersal formulations;
(3) the availability of state-of-the-art containment or quarantine facilities;
(4) country-specific mycoherbicide formulations;
(5) specialized fungicide resistant formulations; or
(6) special security arrangements.
SEC. 303. MASTER PLAN FOR MYCOHERBICIDES TO CONTROL NARCOTIC CROPS.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
shall develop a 10-year master plan for the use of mycoherbicides to control
narcotic crops (including coca, poppy, and cannabis) in the United States and
internationally.
(b) COORDINATION- The Director shall develop the plan in coordination with--
(1) the Department of Agriculture;
(2) the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of Justice;
(3) the Department of Defense;
(4) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(5) the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities of
the Department of State;
(6) the United States Information Agency; and
(7) other appropriate agencies.
This is the map to the information: go to the www
go to : http://thomas.loc.gov/
under LEGISLATION go to BILL SUMMARY
go to 105th CONGRESS
search bill summaries using " alternative crop"
scroll to 4300 and hit it
3 versions of the bill are found, you want 4300 EH
go to TITLE III
If you want the whole thing, write and I will send it as a file. Its 43KB.
the bill was amended by Hooley and McCollum, who apparently would like to have
the material used on their states. McCollum may be familiar to a few since he
was one of the House managers in the Clinton Senate trial.
AMENDMENTS (House of Representatives - September 15, 1998)
Table of Contents:
Beginning
AMENDMENTS
[Page H7803]
Offered By: Ms. Hooley of Oregon
Offered By: Mr. McCollum
TITLE I--ENHANCED SOURCE AND TRANSIT COUNTRY COVERAGE
TITLE II--ENHANCED ERADICATION AND INTERDICTION STRATEGY IN SOURCE COUNTRIES
TITLE III--ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE CROP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN SOURCE ZONE AND
MYCOHERBICIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
TITLE IV--ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
TITLE V--ENHANCED DRUG TRANSIT AND SOURCE ZONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND
EQUIPMENT
TITLE VI--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS
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On the brighter side, Patsy Mink ( D-Hawaii) introduced this earlier this
year:
Plant Genetic Conservation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Introduced
in the House)
HR 398 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 398
To make appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for a plant genetic conservation
program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 19, 1999
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To make appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for a plant genetic conservation
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Plant Genetic Conservation Appropriations Act
for Fiscal Year 2000'.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION FOR PLANT GENETIC CONSERVATION.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2000:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
PLANT GENETIC CONSERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out a plant genetic conservation program to
store material from rare, endangered, and threatened plants in Hawaii and
other States and areas of the United States, including expenses for
construction and maintenance of a temperature-controlled facility for such
purpose, $1,500,000.
Lets see now, Priorities Reality Check: 1.5 Million to save it, 100 million to
kill it.
Steve Sprinkel
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