AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION:
Amendment sought to reallocate funding in the bill to various conservation programs including farmland protection, environmental quality incentives, wildlife habitat, wetlands and grassland reserves, organic farming, and watershed forestry initiatives.

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new title providing for a shift in funds from the bill's fixed and countercyclical payments to conservation programs.

STATUS:

10/4/2001 1:26pm:

Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Boehlert. (consideration: CR H6294-6325; text: CR H6294-6299)

10/4/2001 5:06pm:

On agreeing to the Boehlert amendment (A022) Failed by recorded vote: 200 - 226 (Roll no. 366).