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 PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-29

(b) OPERATING EXPENSES.—No funds may be appropriated for operating expenses of the Commodity Credit Corporation except as authorized under section 2 of Public Law 87-155 to reimburse the Corporation for net realized losses.

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(c) EFFECTIVE D A T E. — T h i s section and the amendment m a d e by

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this section shall apply beginning with fiscal year 1988.

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SEC. 1507. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE.

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It is the sense of Congress that, in carrying out the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Federal Crop Insurance CorporationCD should not be required to assume 100 percent of all loss adjustments in the Federal crop insurance program; and (2) should assume and perform the loss adjustment obligations of a reinsured company if the Corporation determines that such company's loss adjustment performance and practices are not carried out in accordance with the applicable reinsurance agreement. SEC. 1508. ETHANOL USAGE.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that —

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(1) the United States is dependent for a large and growing share of its energy needs on the Middle East at a time when world petroleum reserves are declining; (2) the burning of gasoline causes pollution; (3) ethanol can be blended with gasoline to produce a cleaner source of fuel; (4) ethanol can be produced from grain, a renewable resource that is in considerable surplus in the United States; (5) the conversion of grain into ethanol would reduce farm program costs and grain surpluses; and (6) increasing the quantity of motor fuels that contain at least 10 percent ethanol from current levels to 50 percent by 1992 would create thousands of new jobs in ethanol production facilities. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should use authority provided under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to require greater use of ethanol as motor fuel. SEC. 1509. DEMONSTRATION OF FAMILY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM.

The Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by adding after section 20 (7 U.S.C. 2029) the following new section: "SEC. 21. DEMONSTRATION OF FAMILY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM.

"(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon written application of the State of Washington (in this section referred to as the 'State') and after the approval of such application by the Secretary, the State may conduct a Family Independence Demonstration Project (in this section referred to as the 'Project') in all or in part of the State in accordance with this section to determine whether the Project, as an alternative to providing benefits under the food stamp program, would more effectively break the cycle of poverty and would provide families with opportunities for economic independence and strengthened family functioning. "(b) NATURE OF PROJECT.—In an application submitted under subsection (a), the State shall provide the following:

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