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SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 101 – Potato producers/diversion funds

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 101

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SJM101..............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
POTATO PRODUCERS - Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting that
the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture provide diversion funds that
have been earmarked by Congress for potato producers to help ease the
economic crisis the producers face in 2001.
                                                                        
01/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/16    Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to House
01/17    House intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
01/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED, voice vote
    Title apvd - to Senate
    To enrol
01/22    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
01/23    Sp signed
01/24    To Secretary of State

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                               SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 101
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
  3        AGRICULTURE,  TO  THE  SENATE  AND  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED
  4        STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL  DELEGATION  REPRE-
  5        SENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  6        We,  your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
  7    State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
  8    Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS, the potato industry in this country is suffering from record pro-
 10    duction along with low prices for the commodity; and
 11        WHEREAS, the potato industry in this country is suffering from the effects
 12    of imports coming into the country; and
 13        WHEREAS, production costs for potato growers are at all time  high  levels
 14    further providing increased economic risk for growers; and
 15        WHEREAS,  the  United  States  Government has a commodity purchase program
 16    identified as the Section 32 Commodity Purchase Program; and
 17        WHEREAS, Congress in 2000 earmarked $200 million dollars  for the purchase
 18    of excess fruits and vegetables under the Agriculture Risk Protection  Act  of
 19    2000 and that legislation specifically mentions purchasing of potatoes; and
 20        WHEREAS,  the  increase in Idaho potato  production has, in part, been the
 21    result of favorable weather and efficient farming  practices  where,  in  some
 22    instances, farmers have experienced a 40% higher yield per acre; and
 23        WHEREAS,  it is unfair to punish farmers for being more efficient in their
 24    farming practices.
 25        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 26    of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of  Representa-
 27    tives concurring therein, that we request that you and your Department provide
 28    diversion  funds  that have been earmarked by Congress for potato producers to
 29    help ease the economic crisis they face in 2001.
 30        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate  be,  and  she  is
 31    hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres-
 32    ident  of  the United States, William Clinton, the Secretary of the Department
 33    of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, the President of the Senate and the  Speaker  of
 34    the  House  of  Representatives  of Congress, and the congressional delegation
 35    representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.