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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-36 the Commission concerning hybrid instruments was published in the Federal Register; and (B) ending on January 1, 1998. (2) Neither the comment letter of the Commission submitted on February 26, 1998, to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the proposal known as "Broker-Dealer Lite", nor the Concept Release of the Commission regarding over-the-counter derivatives published in the Federal Register on May 12, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 26114), shall alter or affect the legal status of a qualifying hybrid instrument or swap agreement under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as reflecting or implying a determination that a qualifying hybrid instrument or swap agreement, or a transaction involving a qusdifying hybrid instrument or swap agreement, is subject to the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). SEC. 761. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out provision of section 612 of Public Law 105-185. SEC. 762. Section 136 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236) is amended by striking "1.25 cents" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting "3 cents". SEC. 763. In implementing section 1124 of subtitle C of title XI of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall: (a) provide $18,000,000 to the states for distribution of emergency aid to individuals with family incomes below the federal poverty level who have been adversely affected utilizing Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines; (b) transfer to the Secretary of Commerce for obligation and expenditure (1) $15,000,000 for programs pursuant to title DC of Public Law 91-304, as amended, of which six percent may be available for administrative costs; (2) $5,000,000 for the Trade Adjustment Assistance program as provided by the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; and (3) $7,000,000 for disaster reseeirch and prevention pursuant to section 402(d) of Public Law 94-265; and (c) transfer to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration for obligation and expenditure, $5,000,000 for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, as amended, for eligible small businesses. SEC. 764. (a) Section 604 of the Clean Air Act is amended 42 USC 7671c. by inserting at the end the following: "(h) METHYL BROMIDE. —Notwithstanding subsection (d) and section 604(b), the Administrator shall not terminate production of methyl bromide prior to January 1, 2005. The Administrator shall promulgate rules for reductions in, and terminate the production, importation, and consumption of, methyl bromide under a schedule that is in accordance with, but not more stringent than, the phaseout schedule of the Montreal Protocol Treaty as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection.". (b) Section 604(d) of the Clean Air Act is amended by inserting at the end the following: "(5) SANITATION AND FOOD PROTECTION.—TO the extent consistent with the Montreal Protocol's quarantine and preshipment provisions, the Administrator shall exempt the production, importation, and consumption of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities entering or leaving the United States or any State (or political subdivision thereof) for purposes of &»-194O-98 -3:QL.3Part4

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