EGG RESEARCH AND CONSUMER 

 INFORMATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1993 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Livestock, 

 Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, DC. 



The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:30 p.m., in room 

 1302, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Harold L. Volkmer 

 (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Present: Representatives Condit, Hilliard, Stenholm, Holden, 

 Long, Peterson, Gunderson, Smith of Oregon, Boehner, Goodlatte, 

 and Pombo. 



Staff present: Carl Rose, senior counsel; Julia M. Paradis, assist- 

 ant counsel; John E. Hogan, minority counsel; Glenda L. Temple, 

 clerk; Timothy P. De Coster, Dan McGrath, Perri D'Armond, and 

 John Frank. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. HAROLD L. VOLKMER, A REP- 

 RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI 



Mr. Volkmer. The subcommittee will come to order. 



The Subcommittee on Livestock is meeting today to review H.R. 

 1637, introduced by our colleague from Texas, Mr. Stenholm, the 

 Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Ajnendments of 1993. 

 Similar legislation was offered near the close of the last Congress 

 following a review by the egg industry of its current research and 

 promotion program and the need for changes. 



This bill would make two substantive, straightforward changes to 

 the current program: Increase the exemption ceiling, and allow pro- 

 ducers to vote on increasing the assessment rate. 



We will hear shortly from representatives of the commercial egg 

 production industry as to why they believe these changes are need- 

 ed, but first we will hear from members, including the sponsor of 

 the bill, and then from the administration. 



[H.R. 1637 follows:] 



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