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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1804 

To enhance the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, detect, 

and respond to agriculture and food emergencies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 17, 2007 

Mr. BURR (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To enhance the ability of the United States to prevent, 

prepare for, detect, and respond to agriculture and food 

emergencies. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘National Agriculture and Food Defense Act of 2007’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Senses of Congress. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

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TITLE I—NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE 

LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, AND PLANNING 

Sec. 101. Agriculture and food defense leadership, organization, and functions. 

Sec. 102. Leadership of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Sec. 103. Leadership in the Department of Agriculture. 

Sec. 104. Leadership in the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Sec. 105. National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy. 

Sec. 106. National Veterinary Stockpile Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 107. Submission of integrated food defense budget. 

TITLE II—STATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 201. State agriculture and food defense activities. 

Sec. 202. Agricultural Biosecurity Corps. 

TITLE III—PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR 

Sec. 301. Coordinating councils. 

TITLE IV—NATIONAL DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

LABORATORY NETWORKS 

Sec. 401. National detection, response, and recovery laboratory networks. 

Sec. 402. Integration of networks. 

Sec. 403. On-site rapid diagnostic tools. 

TITLE V—DECONTAMINATION AND DISPOSAL 

Sec. 501. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 502. Decontamination and disposal standards and plans. 

Sec. 503. Rural rendering capacity building. 

Sec. 504. Study relating to food irradiation. 

1 SEC. 2. SENSES OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NATIONAL SE3 CURITY.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) the agriculture and food system in the 

5 United States is a fundamental element— 

6 (A) of the national security of the United 

7 States; 

8 (B) of the stability of the national econ9 omy; and 

10 (C) in the production of raw materials and 

11 energy in the United States; and 

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1 (2) to protect the national security of the 

2 United States, the United States should protect and 

3 defend the agriculture and food system in the 

4 United States. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ONE MEDI6 CINE.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) many infectious diseases affect both humans 

8 and animals, and a significant number of those dis9 eases cross over between the 2 different populations; 

10 and 

11 (2) to protect the human and animal health of 

12 the United States, the United States should develop 

13 a unified human and veterinary approach against in14 fectious diseases that— 

15 (A) anticipates disease evolution; and 

16 (B) acts progressively. 

17 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VULNER18 ABILITY.—It is the sense of Congress that the agriculture 

19 and food system in the United States is vulnerable to dis20 eases, pests, and poisonous agents that— 

21 (1) occur naturally; 

22 (2) are unintentionally introduced; or 

23 (3) are intentionally introduced by acts of ter24 rorism. 

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1 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPACT.—It is 

2 the sense of Congress that the agriculture and food system 

3 in the United States is an extensive, open, interconnected, 

4 diverse, and complex structure that provides potential tar5 gets for acts of terrorism that could have catastrophic 

6 human health and economic impacts. 

7 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HUMAN

8 HEALTH.—It is the sense of Congress that the health of 

9 the citizens of the United States is vulnerable to an attack 

10 on the agriculture and food system because— 

11 (1) certain animal diseases can affect humans; 

12 (2) animal populations can— 

13 (A) become reservoirs of disease; and 

14 (B) be used as amplifiers for the pro15 motion of human disease; 

16 (3) food systems can become delivery mecha17 nisms for diseases and poisonous agents; and 

18 (4) a highly contagious animal disease could se19 riously disrupt the food supply of the United States. 

20 (f) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING LAYERED DE21 FENSES.—It is the sense of Congress that Federal, State, 

22 local, and tribal governments and the private sector have 

23 a joint responsibility to collaboratively defend and protect 

24 the agriculture and food system in the United States 

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1 through layered defenses established at the Federal, State, 

2 and local levels. 

3 (g) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING POLICY.—It is 

4 the sense of Congress that the United States should pro5 tect the agriculture and food system from terrorist at6 tacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by— 

7 (1) identifying and prioritizing critical infra8 structure and key resources to establish protection 

9 requirements; 

10 (2) developing awareness and early warning ca11 pabilities to recognize threats to the infrastructure 

12 and resources; 

13 (3) mitigating vulnerabilities of the infrastruc14 ture and resources at critical production and proc15 essing nodes; 

16 (4) enhancing screening procedures for domes17 tic and imported products; 

18 (5) enhancing capabilities to track and trace 

19 domestic and imported products; and 

20 (6) enhancing response and recovery proce21 dures. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

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1 (1) ABCORPS.—The term ‘‘ABCorps’’ means 

2 the Agricultural Biosecurity Corps carried out by 

3 the Secretary of Agriculture under section 202(a). 

4 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis5 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ6 mental Protection Agency. 

7 (3) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi8 sory Committee’’ means the National Veterinary 

9 Stockpile Advisory Committee established under sec10 tion 106(a). 

11 (4) AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE.—The 

12 term ‘‘agriculture and food defense’’ means the pro13 tection against, preparation for, and response to an 

14 intentional attack, adulteration, or contamination of, 

15 an agriculture or food product by a chemical, bio16 logical, or radiological agent, or other manmade inci17 dent or intentional act that affects marketing, proc18 essing, or transportation within the agriculture and 

19 food system. 

20 (5) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist21 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 

22 Health Affairs of the Department. 

23 (6) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘council’’ means a 

24 Regional Agriculture and Food Defense Continuity 

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1 of Business Council established by an appropriate 

2 State authority under section 201(d)(3)(A). 

3 (7) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

4 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given the 

5 term in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act 

6 of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 

7 (8) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

8 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

9 (9) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

10 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg11 et. 

12 (10) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.—The 

13 term ‘‘emergency response providers’’ has the mean14 ing given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Se15 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 

16 (11) FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASE.—The term 

17 ‘‘foreign animal disease’’ means a transmissible live18 stock, poultry, or emerging animal disease that, as 

19 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture— 

20 (A) is not naturally occurring in the 

21 United States (including any territory of the 

22 United States); and 

23 (B) has the potential to significantly im24 pact— 

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1 (i) the health of the citizens of the 

2 United States; or 

3 (ii) the economy of the United States. 

4 (12) HSPD–9.—The term ‘‘HSPD–9’’ means 

5 the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9, 

6 dated January 30, 2004 (relating to the establish7 ment of a national policy to defend the agriculture 

8 and food system against terrorist attacks, major dis9 asters, and other emergencies) or any successor pol10 icy. 

11 (13) KEY RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘key re12 sources’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

13 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

14 101). 

15 (14) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYS16 TEM.—The term ‘‘National Incident Management 

17 System’’ means the system developed pursuant to 

18 section 504(a)(5) the Homeland Security Act of 

19 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)(5)). 

20 (15) NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN.—The term 

21 ‘‘National Response Plan’’ means the plan developed 

22 pursuant to section 504(a)(6) of the Homeland Se23 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)(6)). 

24 (16) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 

25 the Department of Homeland Security Agriculture 

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1 and Food Defense Rotational Expertise Program es2 tablished under section 102(b). 

3 (17) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

4 means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

5 (18) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 

6 ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means a group comprised 

7 of— 

8 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

9 (B) the Secretary; and 

10 (C) the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services. 

12 (19) STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.—The 

13 term ‘‘Strategic National Stockpile’’ means the 

14 stockpile maintained by the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services under section 319F–2(a)(1) of the 

16 Public Service Health Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 

17 6b(a)(1)). 

18 (20) STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘strategy’’ means 

19 the National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy 

20 developed under section 105(a)(1). 

21 (21) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 

22 Secretary’’ means the individual appointed to the po23 sition of Under Secretary for Protection, Prepared24 ness, and Response established by section 103(a). 

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1 TITLE I—NATIONAL AGRI2 CULTURE AND FOOD DE3 FENSE LEADERSHIP, ORGANI4 ZATION, AND PLANNING 

5 SEC. 101. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE LEADERSHIP, 

6 ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONS. 

7 (a) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu8 rity shall lead, coordinate, and integrate, to the maximum 

9 extent practicable, efforts by Federal departments and 

10 agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, and the pri11 vate sector to enhance the protection of critical infrastruc12 ture and key resources of the United States, including the 

13 critical infrastructure and key resources of the agriculture 

14 and food system. 

15 (b) SPECIFIC SECTORS.—In accordance with guid16 ance provided by the Secretary under subsection (a)— 

17 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as 

18 the lead Federal official for efforts described in sub19 section (a) relating to agriculture and meat, poultry, 

20 and egg food products; 

21 (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv22 ices shall serve as the lead Federal official for efforts 

23 described in subsection (a) relating to food products 

24 other than meat, poultry, and egg products; and 

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1 (3) the Administrator of the Environmental 

2 Protection Agency shall serve as the lead Federal of3 ficial for efforts described in subsection (a) relating 

4 to drinking water and waste water treatment sys5 tems. 

6 SEC. 102. LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME7 LAND SECURITY. 

8 (a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AF9 FAIRS.—Section 516 of the Homeland Security Act of 

10 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321e) is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end 

12 ‘‘AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AF13 FAIRS’’; 

14 (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall serve in the 

18 Department a Chief Medical Officer, who shall be 

19 appointed by the President, by and with the advice 

20 and consent of the Senate. 

21 ‘‘(2) STATUS.—The Chief Medical Officer shall 

22 have the rank of, and serve as, Assistant Secretary 

23 for Health Affairs.’’; 

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1 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Chief Medical 

2 Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 

3 Health Affairs’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

6 (1)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘Chief Medical Officer’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 

9 Health Affairs’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, human, and animal 

11 health’’ after ‘‘medical’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (C) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

15 paragraph (9); and 

16 (D) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(7) serving as— 

19 ‘‘(A) the principal advisor to the Secretary 

20 on issues relating to agriculture and food de21 fense; 

22 ‘‘(B) the primary point of contact of the 

23 Department on issues relating to agriculture 

24 and food defense with— 

25 ‘‘(i) the Department of Agriculture; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the Department of Health and 

2 Human Services; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the Environmental Protection 

4 Agency; 

5 ‘‘(iv) other Federal departments and 

6 agencies; 

7 ‘‘(v) State, local, and tribal govern8 ments; and 

9 ‘‘(vi) the private sector; 

10 ‘‘(8) providing leadership and ensuring coordi11 nation of the activities of the Department relating to 

12 agriculture and food defense; and’’; and 

13 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF CURRENT OFFI15 CIAL.—An individual serving as the Assistant Secretary 

16 for Health Affairs as of the date of enactment of the Na17 tional Agriculture and Food Defense Act of 2007, or an 

18 individual who is appointed to the position of acting As19 sistant Secretary for Health Affairs, may continue to serve 

20 until the date on which an Assistant Secretary for Health 

21 Affairs is appointed after the date of enactment of the 

22 National Agriculture and Food Defense Act of 2007.’’. 

23 (b) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGRI24 CULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE ROTATIONAL EXPERTISE

25 PROGRAM.— 

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, in 

4 coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Infra5 structure Protection, shall establish and carry out 

6 the Department of Homeland Security Agriculture 

7 and Food Defense Rotational Expertise Program— 

8 (A) to build partnerships with each entity 

9 described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 

10 paragraph (2); and 

11 (B) to assist in carrying out the agri12 culture and food defense activities of the De13 partment. 

14 (2) DETAILING OF EXPERTS.—In carrying out 

15 the program, the Assistant Secretary, in coordina16 tion with the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure 

17 Protection, shall facilitate, on a rotating basis, the 

18 detailing of experts on issues relating to agriculture 

19 and food defense to the Department, including ex20 perts from— 

21 (A) other Federal agencies, including— 

22 (i) the Department of Health and 

23 Human Services; and 

24 (ii) the Department of Agriculture; 

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1 (B) State and local agriculture and food 

2 agencies; and 

3 (C) the private sector. 

4 (3) ENCOURAGEMENT OF CERTAIN EXPERTS.— 

5 In carrying out the program, the Assistant Secretary 

6 shall encourage experts from each entity described in 

7 subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2) to 

8 participate in the program. 

9 SEC. 103. LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI10 CULTURE. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

12 Department of Agriculture the position of Under Sec13 retary for Protection, Preparedness, and Response to lead, 

14 enhance, and coordinate the activities of the Department 

15 of Agriculture relating to— 

16 (1) homeland security; and 

17 (2) agriculture and food defense. 

18 (b) CONFIRMATION.—The Under Secretary shall be 

19 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

20 consent of the Senate. 

21 (c) DUTIES.—The Under Secretary shall— 

22 (1) serve as— 

23 (A) the principal advisor to the Secretary 

24 of Agriculture on any issue relating to Federal, 

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1 State, or local agriculture or food defense ac2 tivities; and 

3 (B) the primary point of contact of the De4 partment of Agriculture for any issue relating 

5 to homeland security and agriculture and food 

6 defense; 

7 (2) on behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture— 

8 (A) develop and manage the portions of 

9 the budget of the Department of Agriculture re10 lating to— 

11 (i) homeland security; and 

12 (ii) agriculture and food defense; 

13 (B) provide guidance to, and coordinate 

14 the activities of, the Department of Agriculture 

15 on any issue relating to homeland security and 

16 agriculture and food defense; 

17 (C) coordinate integrated Federal, State, 

18 local, and tribal governmental responses to out19 breaks of— 

20 (i) highly contagious or economically 

21 devastating animal diseases; 

22 (ii) highly infective exotic plant dis23 eases; and 

24 (iii) economically devastating plant 

25 pest infestations; and 

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1 (D) coordinate activities of the Department 

2 of Agriculture to ensure the safety and security 

3 of meat, poultry, and egg food products fol4 lowing a potential or actual incident covered by 

5 the National Response Plan (or a successor 

6 plan); 

7 (3) integrate the agriculture and food defense 

8 activities of the Department of Agriculture (includ9 ing surveillance of animal and zoonotic diseases) 

10 with— 

11 (A) the Department; 

12 (B) the Department of Health and Human 

13 Services; 

14 (C) other Federal agencies; 

15 (D) State and local agriculture and food 

16 agencies; and 

17 (E) members of the private sector; and 

18 (4) perform any other duty assigned to the 

19 Under Secretary by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

20 (d) REPORTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary of Agriculture shall submit to the relevant 

24 committees of Congress a report that provides— 

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1 (A) a concept of operations plan that de2 tails the manner by which the Secretary of Ag3 riculture, acting through the Under Secretary, 

4 shall operationally coordinate and manage the 

5 activities of the Department of Agriculture re6 lating to— 

7 (i) homeland security; and 

8 (ii) agriculture and food defense; and 

9 (B) a description of each management 

10 goal, proposed modification of the structure of 

11 the Department of Agriculture, and proposed 

12 action to be taken by the Secretary of Agri13 culture to complete a transition of the Depart14 ment of Agriculture from the traditional focus 

15 of the Department of Agriculture relating to 

16 safety and the safeguarding of agriculture and 

17 food to a focus that enhances the traditional 

18 focus with a new emphasis on— 

19 (i) homeland security; and 

20 (ii) agriculture and food defense. 

21 (2) ONE MEDICINE REPORT.—Not later than 1 

22 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an23 nually thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

24 submit to the relevant committees of Congress a re25 port that describes the status of efforts to integrate 

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1 activities of the Department of Agriculture relating 

2 to animal health, agriculture, and human health 

3 with similar activities of— 

4 (A) the Department; 

5 (B) the Department of Health and Human 

6 Services; and 

7 (C) the Environmental Protection Agency. 

8 (e) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 5314 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘Under Secretary for Protection, Preparedness, 

12 and Response.’’. 

13 SEC. 104. LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

14 AND HUMAN SERVICES. 

15 Section 313 of the Public Health Security and Bioter16 rorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

17 8319) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 313. SURVEILLANCE OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services (acting through the Assistant Secretary 

21 for Preparedness and Response, the Director of the Cen22 ters for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director 

23 of the National Institutes of Health), in collaboration with 

24 the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Under 

25 Secretary for Protection, Preparedness, and Response and 

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1 the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec2 tion Service) shall coordinate the surveillance of zoonotic 

3 diseases that could potentially cause a significant impact 

4 on public health. 

5 ‘‘(b) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services shall integrate, to the maximum extent 

7 practicable, activities of the Department of Health and 

8 Human services relating to animal health, agriculture, and 

9 human health with similar activities of— 

10 ‘‘(1) the Department; and 

11 ‘‘(2) the Department of Agriculture.’’. 

12 SEC. 105. NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE 

13 STRATEGY. 

14 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF STRAT15 EGY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agri19 culture and the Secretary of Health and Human 

20 Services, shall prepare and submit to the relevant 

21 committees of Congress the National Agriculture 

22 and Food Defense Strategy. 

23 (2) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The strategy 

24 shall include an implementation plan for use by the 

25 Secretaries concerned in carrying out the strategy. 

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1 (3) RESEARCH.—The strategy shall include a 

2 coordinated research agenda for use by the Secre3 taries concerned in conducting research to support 

4 the goals and activities described in paragraphs (1) 

5 and (2) of subsection (b). 

6 (4) REVISIONS.—Not later than 4 years after 

7 the date on which the strategy is submitted to the 

8 relevant committees of Congress under paragraph 

9 (1), and not less frequently than every 4 years there10 after, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec11 retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health 

12 and Human Services, shall revise and submit to the 

13 relevant committees of Congress the strategy. 

14 (5) CONSISTENCY WITH EXISTING PLANS.—The 

15 strategy described in paragraph (1) shall be con16 sistent with— 

17 (A) HSPD–9; 

18 (B) the National Incident Management 

19 System; 

20 (C) the National Response Plan; 

21 (D) the National Infrastructure Protection 

22 Plan; 

23 (E) the National Preparedness Goals; and 

24 (F) other relevant national strategies. 

25 (b) COMPONENTS.— 

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1 (1) GOALS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The strategy shall in3 clude a description of the process to be used by 

4 the Department, the Department of Agri5 culture, and the Department of Health and 

6 Human Services— 

7 (i) to achieve each goal described in 

8 subparagraphs (B) through (E); and 

9 (ii) to evaluate the progress made by 

10 Federal, State, local, and tribal govern11 ments towards the achievement of each 

12 goal described in subparagraphs (B) 

13 through (E). 

14 (B) PREPAREDNESS GOAL.—Enhance the 

15 preparedness of the agriculture and food system 

16 by— 

17 (i) conducting vulnerability assess18 ments of the agriculture and food system; 

19 (ii) identifying any unmet agricultural 

20 security need; 

21 (iii) mitigating vulnerabilities of the 

22 system; 

23 (iv) improving communication and 

24 training relating to the system; 

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1 (v) increasing the awareness of, and 

2 the ability to identify, foreign animal dis3 eases; 

4 (vi) developing and conducting exer5 cises to test decontamination and disposal 

6 plans; 

7 (vii) developing modeling tools to im8 prove event consequence assessment and 

9 decision support; and 

10 (viii) preparing risk communication 

11 tools and enhancing public awareness 

12 through outreach. 

13 (C) DETECTION GOAL.—Improve agri14 culture and food system detection capabilities 

15 by— 

16 (i) identifying contamination in food 

17 products; 

18 (ii) conducting surveillance for foreign 

19 animal diseases in livestock, other animal 

20 populations, and foreign plant pathogens 

21 in major crops; and 

22 (iii) working with the private sector to 

23 implement on-farm biosecurity measures to 

24 prevent the spread of diseases. 

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1 (D) EMERGENCY RESPONSE GOAL.—En2 sure an efficient response to agriculture and 

3 food emergencies by— 

4 (i) immediately investigating animal 

5 disease outbreaks and suspected food con6 tamination; 

7 (ii) preventing additional human ill8 nesses; 

9 (iii) organizing, training, and equip10 ping animal, plant, and food emergency re11 sponse teams of— 

12 (I) the Federal Government; and 

13 (II) State, local, and tribal gov14 ernments; 

15 (iv) designing, developing, and evalu16 ating training and exercises carried out 

17 under agriculture and food defense plans; 

18 and 

19 (v) ensuring consistent and organized 

20 risk communication to the public by— 

21 (I) the Federal Government; 

22 (II) State, local, and tribal gov23 ernments; and 

24 (III) the private sector. 

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1 (E) RECOVERY GOAL.—Secure agriculture 

2 and food production after an agriculture or food 

3 emergency by— 

4 (i) working with the private sector to 

5 develop business recovery plans to rapidly 

6 resume agriculture and food production; 

7 (ii) conducting exercises of the plans 

8 described in subparagraph (D) with the 

9 goal of long-term recovery results; 

10 (iii) rapidly removing, and effectively 

11 disposing of— 

12 (I) contaminated agriculture and 

13 food products; and 

14 (II) infected plants and animals; 

15 and 

16 (iv) decontaminating and restoring 

17 areas affected by an agriculture or food 

18 emergency. 

19 (2) HSPD–9 ACTIVITIES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—In preparing and im21 plementing the strategy, the Secretaries con22 cerned shall carry out each of the activities de23 scribed subparagraphs (B) through (D). 

24 (B) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS, MITIGA25 TION, AND RESPONSE.— 

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1 (i) VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.— 

2 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, 

3 in coordination with the Secretary of 

4 Agriculture and the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services, shall ex6 pand and continue to carry out vul7 nerability assessments of the agri8 culture and food system. 

9 (II) UPDATES.—An assessment 

10 under subclause (I) shall be updated 

11 not less frequently than once every 2 

12 years. 

13 (ii) MITIGATION STRATEGIES.— 

14 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

15 and the Attorney General of the 

16 United States, in consultation with 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services, 

19 the Administrator, the Director of Na20 tional Intelligence, and the heads of 

21 other appropriate Federal depart22 ments and agencies, shall prioritize, 

23 develop, and implement, as appro24 priate, mitigation strategies to protect 

25 vulnerable critical nodes of production 

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1 and processing from the introduction 

2 of diseases, pests, and poisonous 

3 agents. 

4 (II) SCREENING.—To maximize 

5 the effectiveness of domestic inspec6 tion activities of food items in the 

7 United States, the Secretary, in col8 laboration with the Secretary of Agri9 culture and the Secretary of Health 

10 and Human Services, shall— 

11 (aa) continue to expand the 

12 development and use of common 

13 screening and inspection proce14 dures for agriculture and food 

15 items entering the United States; 

16 and 

17 (bb) maximize effective do18 mestic inspection activities relat19 ing to food items located in the 

20 United States. 

21 (iii) RESPONSE PLANNING.— 

22 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, 

23 in coordination with the Secretary of 

24 Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 

25 and Human Services, the Attorney 

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1 General of the United States, and the 

2 Administrator, shall ensure that com3 bined Federal, State, and local re4 sponse capabilities are adequate to re5 spond quickly and effectively to— 

6 (aa) a terrorist attack af7 fecting the agriculture and food 

8 system in the United States; 

9 (bb) a major disease out10 break affecting the national agri11 culture and food system in the 

12 United States; and 

13 (cc) any other disaster af14 fecting the national agriculture 

15 and food system in the United 

16 States. 

17 (II) STANDARDIZED RESPONSE

18 PLAN.—The Secretary, in coordina19 tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, 

20 the Secretary of Health and Human 

21 Services, the Attorney General of the 

22 United States, and the Administrator, 

23 shall develop a coordinated agriculture 

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1 sponse plan to be integrated into the 

2 National Response Plan. 

3 (iv) RECOVERY SYSTEMS.—The Sec4 retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 

5 Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services, and the Administrator, 

7 shall enhance recovery systems in the 

8 United States that, as determined by the 

9 Secretary, are able to— 

10 (I) stabilize agricultural produc11 tion, food supply, and the United 

12 States economy; 

13 (II) rapidly remove, and effec14 tively dispose of, contaminated agri15 culture or food products or infected 

16 plants or animals; and 

17 (III) decontaminate affected 

18 premises. 

19 (C) NATIONAL VETERINARY STOCKPILE.— 

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

21 Agriculture, in coordination with the Sec22 retary, and in consultation with the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services, 

24 State, local, and tribal governments, and 

25 the private sector, shall develop a national 

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1 veterinary stockpile that, to the maximum 

2 extent practicable— 

3 (I) is capable of deployment with4 in 24 hours of an outbreak of animal 

5 disease; 

6 (II) is carried out in coordination 

7 with the Strategic National Stockpile, 

8 including by using mechanisms, capa9 bilities, and infrastructure that have 

10 been developed for the management, 

11 storage, and distribution of the Stra12 tegic National Stockpile; and 

13 (III) contains sufficient quan14 tities of animal vaccine, antiviral 

15 treatments, and therapeutic products 

16 to appropriately respond to the most 

17 damaging animal diseases affecting 

18 human health or the economy. 

19 (ii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro21 priated to carry out this subparagraph— 

22 (I) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 

23 2008; and 

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1 (II) such sums as are necessary 

2 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

3 2012. 

4 (D) NATIONAL PLANT DISEASE RECOVERY

5 SYSTEM.— 

6 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

7 Agriculture, in coordination with the Sec8 retary, and in consultation with the Sec9 retary of Health and Human Services, the 

10 Administrator, State, local, and tribal gov11 ernments, and the private sector, shall de12 velop a national plant disease recovery sys13 tem that, to the maximum extent prac14 ticable— 

15 (I) is capable of responding to a 

16 high-consequence plant disease 

17 through— 

18 (aa) pest control measures; 

19 and 

20 (bb) the use of resistant 

21 seed varieties within a single 

22 growing season to sustain at 

23 least a reasonable level of produc24 tion for economically important 

25 crops; 

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1 (II) uses— 

2 (aa) the genetic resources 

3 contained in the national plant 

4 germplasm system; and 

5 (bb) the scientific capabili6 ties of the Federal-State-industry 

7 agricultural research and exten8 sion system; and 

9 (III) includes emergency plan10 ning for the use of resistant seed vari11 eties and other methods and measures 

12 (including pesticide control measures) 

13 to prevent, slow, or stop the spread of 

14 a high-consequence plant disease. 

15 (ii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro17 priated to carry out this subparagraph— 

18 (I) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2008; and 

20 (II) such sums as are necessary 

21 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

22 2012. 

23 (3) EVALUATION OF PROGRESS.—The strategy 

24 prepared by the Secretary, in coordination with the 

25 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health 

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1 and Human Services, under subsection (a)(1) shall 

2 include an evaluation of any progress relating to the 

3 carrying out of the activities described in subpara4 graphs (B) through (D) of paragraph (2). 

5 SEC. 106. NATIONAL VETERINARY STOCKPILE ADVISORY 

6 COMMITTEE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri9 culture, in coordination with the Secretary, and in con10 sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv11 ices, State, local, and tribal governments, and the private 

12 sector, shall establish the National Veterinary Stockpile 

13 Advisory Committee. 

14 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall be 

15 composed of members from— 

16 (1) the Department, including the Assistant 

17 Secretary; 

18 (2) the Department of Health and Human 

19 Services, including— 

20 (A) the Assistant Secretary for Prepared21 ness and Response; 

22 (B) the Director of the Centers for Disease 

23 Control and Prevention; 

24 (C) the Commissioner of the Food and 

25 Drug Administration; and 

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1 (D) the Director of the National Institutes 

2 of Health; 

3 (3) State and local governments; and 

4 (4) the private sector. 

5 (c) CLASSIFICATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

6 shall ensure that each member of the Advisory Committee 

7 obtains the necessary security clearance to provide for full 

8 consideration of available threat and vulnerability infor9 mation. 

10 (d) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet 

11 at the call of the chairperson, but not less often than bian12 nually. 

13 (e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Agriculture (or 

14 a designee) shall serve as the chairperson for the Advisory 

15 Committee. 

16 (f) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 

17 (1) review each current and proposed animal 

18 vaccination policy and therapeutic policy of the De19 partment of Agriculture relating to the National 

20 Veterinary Stockpile; 

21 (2) evaluate threat assessment information with 

22 respect to biological, chemical, and radiological 

23 threats to the agriculture system; 

24 (3) review the contents of the National Veteri25 nary Stockpile and, based on the evaluation of 

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1 threat assessment information conducted by the Ad2 visory Committee under paragraph (2), identify 

3 high-priority gaps in the National Veterinary Stock4 pile; 

5 (4) at least annually, submit to the Secretary of 

6 Agriculture recommendations relating to— 

7 (A) any proposed modification to— 

8 (i) each current and proposed animal 

9 vaccination policy and therapeutic policy of 

10 the Department of Agriculture under para11 graph (1); and 

12 (ii) the contents of the National Vet13 erinary Stockpile; 

14 (B) the development of a coordinated re15 search agenda to address each high-priority gap 

16 identified under paragraph (3); and 

17 (C) the manner by which to strengthen 

18 through partnership, and improve coordination 

19 and minimize duplication of— 

20 (i) the National Veterinary Stockpile; 

21 and 

22 (ii) the Strategic National Stockpile; 

23 and 

24 (5) examine any other relevant issue, as deter25 mined by— 

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1 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

2 (B) the Secretary; or 

3 (C) the Secretary of Health and Human 

4 Services. 

5 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013. 

8 SEC. 107. SUBMISSION OF INTEGRATED FOOD DEFENSE 

9 BUDGET. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with HSPD–9, the 

11 Secretaries concerned shall submit to the Director with 

12 the annual budget submissions of the Secretaries con13 cerned an integrated budget plan for the defense of the 

14 food system of the United States. 

15 (b) INCLUSION OF BUDGET PLAN.—Subject to the 

16 approval of the President, the Director shall include in the 

17 budget of the President the budget plan submitted by the 

18 Secretaries concerned under subsection (a). 

19 TITLE II—STATE AGRICULTURE 

20 AND FOOD DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

21 SEC. 201. STATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE AC22 TIVITIES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—To enhance the agriculture and 

24 food defense capabilities of the States, the Secretary, in 

25 collaboration with the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

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1 Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide 

2 guidance, technical assistance, and support to the States 

3 in— 

4 (1) achieving the goals described in subpara5 graphs (B) through (E) of section 105(b)(1); 

6 (2) developing and implementing demonstration 

7 projects for regional agriculture and food defense-re8 lated continuity of business plans; 

9 (3) training State, local, and tribal agriculture, 

10 public health, and emergency management personnel 

11 in food defense; and 

12 (4) improving communication and coordination 

13 among State departments of agriculture and the 

14 Federal Government through workforce development. 

15 (b) ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—In carrying out sub16 section (a)(1), the Secretary shall provide guidance and 

17 technical assistance to States in planning, training, and 

18 conducting exercises to test State agriculture and food de19 fense capabilities to achieve the goals described in sub20 paragraphs (B) through (E) of section 105(b)(1). 

21 (c) FUNDING.—Section 1014(b) of the USA PA22 TRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 3714(b)) is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘Grants made under subsection (a) may also be used 

2 by a State to carry out an activity under section 201 of 

3 the National Agriculture and Food Defense Act of 2007.’’. 

4 (d) REGIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE

5 CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

7 (a)(2), the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

8 the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Sec9 retary, State departments of agriculture, State 

10 emergency programs, and State departments of 

11 health, shall enter into cooperative agreements with 

12 appropriate State authorities to assist States in 

13 achieving the goals described in subparagraphs (B) 

14 through (E) of section 105(b)(1). 

15 (2) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COOPERA16 TIVE AGREEMENTS.—The cooperative agreements 

17 described in paragraph (1) shall— 

18 (A) represent regions, as determined by 

19 the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 

20 with the Secretary; and 

21 (B) collectively cover each State in the 

22 United States. 

23 (3) DUTIES OF STATE AUTHORITIES.—A State 

24 authority that enters into a cooperative agreement 

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1 with the Secretary of Agriculture under paragraph 

2 (1) shall— 

3 (A) establish and coordinate a Regional 

4 Agriculture and Food Defense Continuity of 

5 Business Council; 

6 (B) develop and implement a regional agri7 culture and food defense continuity of business 

8 plan; 

9 (C) develop and implement a geographic 

10 information system for documenting the entire 

11 agriculture and food infrastructure within the 

12 region and the identification of the most critical 

13 components of such infrastructure; and 

14 (D) not less frequently than once each 

15 year— 

16 (i) submit to the Food and Agri17 culture Government Coordinating Council 

18 and the Food and Agriculture Sector Co19 ordinating Council established under sub20 sections (a)(1) and (b)(1) of section 301 a 

21 report describing the activities carried out 

22 under the plan under subparagraph (B); 

23 (ii) conduct a regional exercise or drill 

24 to test the plan under subparagraph (B); 

25 and 

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1 (iii) make such modifications to the 

2 plan as the State authority determines to 

3 be necessary, taking into consideration the 

4 results of the exercise. 

5 (4) COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL.—A council de6 scribed in paragraph (3)(A) shall be composed of 

7 representatives from— 

8 (A) State and local departments of agri9 culture from each State located in the region, 

10 as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

11 in which the State of the State authority is lo12 cated; 

13 (B) homeland security and emergency 

14 management programs from any State de15 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

16 (C) State and local departments of health 

17 from any State described in subparagraph (A); 

18 and 

19 (D) the private sector from any State de20 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

21 (5) AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE CON22 TINUITY OF BUSINESS PLAN.—Each council de23 scribed in paragraph (3)(A) shall develop a model 

24 plan that— 

25 (A) is consistent with— 

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1 (i) the National Infrastructure Protec2 tion Plan; 

3 (ii) the National Response Plan; 

4 (iii) the National Incident Manage5 ment System; 

6 (iv) the National Preparedness Goals; 

7 and 

8 (v) other relevant national strategies; 

9 (B) identifies— 

10 (i) methods to prevent, or minimize 

11 the spread of, public health consequences 

12 or economic losses associated with— 

13 (I) animal disease outbreaks; 

14 (II) plant disease outbreaks or 

15 pest infestations; and 

16 (III) incidents of food contamina17 tion; 

18 (ii) the specific roles and responsibil19 ities of public and private stakeholders in 

20 planning and preparing for, responding to, 

21 and recovering from, an agriculture or food 

22 emergency; and 

23 (iii) vulnerabilities in the applicable 

24 regional agriculture and food system; 

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1 (C) improves the preparedness of the re2 gion (including the private sector) to address 

3 identified agriculture and food system-related 

4 threats and vulnerabilities; and 

5 (D) ensures effective preparedness, mitiga6 tion, response, and recovery capabilities for any 

7 threat that could have a significant adverse im8 pact on the agriculture and food system. 

9 (6) USE OF FUNDS.—To carry out any activity 

10 described in this subsection, a State may use 

11 amounts made available to the State under a cooper12 ative agreement under paragraph (1) to hire 1 or 

13 more State employees. 

14 (7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this subsection $60,000,000 for the period fiscal 

17 years 2008 through 2013. 

18 (e) STATE TRAINING FOR FOOD DEFENSE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the training 

20 of State, local, and tribal agriculture, public health, 

21 emergency response providers, and emergency man22 agement personnel under subsection (a)(3), the Sec23 retary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, in 

24 coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, act25 ing through the Under Secretary, shall enter into a 

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1 cooperative agreement with a national organization 

2 representing State departments of agriculture— 

3 (A) to educate State agriculture, public 

4 health, and emergency management personnel 

5 on issues relating to food defense; and 

6 (B) to ensure consistent planning and co7 ordination among the Federal Government, 

8 States, and the private sector relating to food 

9 defense. 

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

12 this subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

13 2008 and 2009. 

14 (f) STATE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEFENSE LIAI15 SON OFFICERS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—To improve communication 

17 and coordination among State departments of agri18 culture and the Federal Government under sub19 section (a)(4), the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

20 through the Under Secretary, shall establish a pilot 

21 program to hire and assign State liaison officers to 

22 work in eligible State departments of agriculture, as 

23 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, to serve 

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1 erate, accidental, or natural catastrophic agriculture 

2 and food emergencies) between— 

3 (A) the Department of Agriculture; and 

4 (B) the State department of agriculture to 

5 which a State liaison officer is assigned. 

6 (2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Agri7 culture, acting through the Under Secretary, shall, 

8 to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate the 

9 placement of each epidemiological fellow assigned to 

10 an eligible State department of agriculture under 

11 section 202(b)(1)(C) with a State liaison officer 

12 hired under paragraph (1). 

13 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this subsection— 

16 (A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

17 (B) such sums as are necessary for each of 

18 fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 

19 SEC. 202. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY CORPS. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri22 culture, acting through the Under Secretary for Pro23 tection, Preparedness, and Response, in cooperation 

24 with State departments of agriculture and State 

25 chief veterinary medical officers, shall carry out a 

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1 program, to be known as the ‘‘Agricultural Biosecu2 rity Corps’’, to develop veterinary leaders at the 

3 Federal, State, and local levels with epidemiological 

4 expertise who can recognize and respond to agents 

5 and events that pose significant threats to animal 

6 agriculture. 

7 (2) MODEL.—In establishing the ABCorps 

8 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture 

9 shall use as a model the Epidemic Intelligence Serv10 ice of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven11 tion. 

12 (b) EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the ABCorps 

14 program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agri15 culture, in cooperation with State departments of 

16 agriculture and State chief veterinary medical offi17 cers, may enter into agreements with graduate vet18 erinarians— 

19 (A) to be epidemiology fellows within the 

20 ABCorps; 

21 (B) to be initially trained in veterinary epi22 demiology, animal agriculture disease surveil23 lance, and emergency program management at 

24 a college of veterinary medicine, in coordination 

25 with an Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

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1 Service Regional Office of Veterinary Services; 

2 and 

3 (C) to be assigned to train and work on a 

4 temporary basis at an eligible State department 

5 of agriculture, as determined by the Secretary 

6 of Agriculture. 

7 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to enter into 

8 an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture 

9 under paragraph (1), a graduate veterinarian shall 

10 submit to the Secretary of Agriculture an applica11 tion at such time, and in such manner, as the Sec12 retary may require. 

13 (c) TRAINING OF EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWS.—To 

14 provide for the training of eligible epidemiology fellows 

15 under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

16 enter into a contract with a college of veterinary medicine 

17 that— 

18 (1) is comprised of faculty members who have 

19 expertise relating to veterinary epidemiology in each 

20 major livestock commodity; 

21 (2) is located in a State with diverse livestock 

22 from each commodity; and 

23 (3) will conduct such training in collaboration 

24 with a State department of agriculture that has ex25 pertise relating to— 

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1 (A) emergency program management; and 

2 (B) the use of geographic information sys3 tems for emergency preparedness and response. 

4 (d) ASSIGNMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Epidemiology fellows shall 

6 be assigned to eligible State departments of agri7 culture, as determined by the Secretary of Agri8 culture, in coordination with— 

9 (A) State departments of agriculture; and 

10 (B) State chief veterinary medical officers. 

11 (2) ELIGIBILITY OF STATE DEPARTMENTS.—An 

12 epidemiology fellow may be assigned by the Sec13 retary of Agriculture to a State department of agri14 culture if the State department of agriculture sub15 mits to the Secretary of Agriculture a written com16 mitment to mentor and train the epidemiology fellow 

17 to meet each training benchmark of the ABCorps. 

18 (3) DUTIES OF ASSIGNMENT.—An epidemiology 

19 fellow assigned to a State department of agriculture 

20 under paragraph (1) shall— 

21 (A) in cooperation with State and local vet22 erinarians, assist in the diagnosis and epidemio23 logical investigation of animal diseases; 

24 (B) in cooperation with relevant State and 

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1 sist in the preparation for, response to, and re2 covery from, deliberate, accidental, or natural 

3 catastrophic animal disease outbreaks or other 

4 events that threaten the health and economic 

5 viability of animal agriculture; and 

6 (C) contribute to State efforts to improve 

7 animal agriculture biosecurity. 

8 (4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION.—On 

9 the date on which any epidemiological fellow com10 pletes the assignment of the epidemiological fellow to 

11 a State department of agriculture under paragraph 

12 (1), the Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration 

13 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

14 shall encourage the epidemiological fellow— 

15 (A) to serve as a State Agriculture and 

16 Food Defense Liaison Officer under section 

17 201(f); and 

18 (B) to participate in the National Disaster 

19 Medical System, as operated under section 

20 2812(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 300hh–11(a)(1)). 

22 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

24 submit to Congress a report that contains, at a minimum, 

25 an evaluation of the ABCorps. 

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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

4 2012. 

5 (g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

7 the program under this section shall terminate on a 

8 date that occurs not later than 5 years after the 

9 date on which the Secretary of Agriculture first en10 ters into a contract with the college of veterinary 

11 medicine under subsection (c). 

12 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

13 may continue the ABCorps if the Secretary of Agri14 culture concludes in the report submitted by the 

15 Secretary of Agriculture under subsection (e) that 

16 the ABCorps was successful in training epidemiology 

17 fellows to become veterinary leaders who have the 

18 capacity to recognize and respond to agents and 

19 events that pose significant threats to animal agri20 culture. 

21 TITLE III—PARTNERSHIPS WITH 

22 PRIVATE SECTOR 

23 SEC. 301. COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

24 (a) FOOD AND AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT COORDI25 NATING COUNCIL.— 

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es2 tablish a council to be known as the ‘‘Food and Ag3 riculture Government Coordinating Council’’. 

4 (2) COMPOSITION.—The Food and Agriculture 

5 Government Coordinating Council shall be composed 

6 of appropriate representatives from Federal, State, 

7 local, and tribal governments appointed by the Sec8 retary. 

9 (b) FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR COORDI10 NATING COUNCIL.— 

11 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es12 tablish a council to be known as the ‘‘Food and Ag13 riculture Sector Coordinating Council’’. 

14 (2) COMPOSITION.—The Food and Agriculture 

15 Sector Coordinating Council shall be composed of 

16 representatives from the private sector of the agri17 culture and food system of the United States. 

18 (c) MODEL FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

19 shall ensure communication and coordination between the 

20 public and private sectors with respect to information and 

21 activities of the council and shall use as a model the Over22 seas Security Advisory Council of the Department of 

23 State. 

24 (d) DUTIES.—Each council established under this 

25 section shall— 

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1 (1) through the facilitation of partnerships be2 tween public and private entities, help unify and en3 hance the protection of the agriculture and food sys4 tem of the United States; 

5 (2) provide for the regular and timely inter6 change of information between each council relating 

7 to the security of the agriculture and food system 

8 (including intelligence information); 

9 (3) evaluate Federal, State, local, tribal, and 

10 private sector preparedness and response plans for 

11 agriculture and food defense; 

12 (4) identify best practices standards and meth13 ods for improving the coordination among the plans 

14 described in paragraph (3); 

15 (5)(A) conduct an annual review of each re16 gional demonstration project described in section 

17 201(d); and 

18 (B) based on the results of the review, provide 

19 to the Secretaries concerned recommendations to im20 prove the coordination and integration of Federal as21 sistance to States for agriculture and food defense; 

22 and 

23 (6) recommend methods by which to protect the 

24 economy and the public health of the United States 

25 from the effects of— 

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1 (A) animal or plant disease outbreaks; 

2 (B) food contamination; and 

3 (C) natural disasters affecting agriculture 

4 and food. 

5 TITLE IV—NATIONAL DETEC6 TION, RESPONSE, AND RE7 COVERY LABORATORY NET8 WORKS 

9 SEC. 401. NATIONAL DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND RECOV10 ERY LABORATORY NETWORKS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries concerned 

13 shall establish the networks described in subsections 

14 (b) through (d) to provide for the sharing of infor15 mation to support early detection of, rapid response 

16 to, and management of potentially catastrophic plant 

17 and animal disease outbreaks and food-related emer18 gencies. 

19 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The networks described 

20 in subsections (b) through (d) shall, to the maximum 

21 extent practicable— 

22 (A) identify— 

23 (i) a process for decisionmaking and 

24 management; 

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1 (ii) standardized terminology, and 

2 methods for testing communication and se3 cure electronic reporting; 

4 (iii) a system of standardized labora5 tory methods; 

6 (iv) specific criteria for approval as a 

7 member of the laboratory network; 

8 (v) a process for ongoing laboratory 

9 accreditation, performance measurement, 

10 and accountability; and 

11 (vi) the quantity of laboratory surge 

12 capacity needed to respond to— 

13 (I) a catastrophic plant or animal 

14 disease outbreak; or 

15 (II) a food-related emergency; 

16 and 

17 (B) ensure appropriate geographic dis18 tribution of laboratory network members— 

19 (i) to minimize the time required to 

20 travel to participating laboratories; and 

21 (ii) to enable the rapid reporting of 

22 laboratory results. 

23 (b) NATIONAL PLANT DIAGNOSTIC NETWORK.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri25 culture, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 

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1 and Human Services and the Administrator, and in 

2 coordination with the Secretary, State, local, and 

3 tribal governments, and the private sector, shall de4 velop a national plant diagnostic network that, to 

5 the maximum extent practicable— 

6 (A) provides ongoing surveillance, detec7 tion, and surge capacity for high-consequence 

8 plant diseases and pest infestations; 

9 (B) coordinates the plant diagnostic lab10 oratory capacities of State plant laboratories; 

11 (C) provides accessible, timely, accurate, 

12 and consistent plant disease and pest laboratory 

13 services nationwide; and 

14 (D) responds to high-consequence plant 

15 diseases and pest infestations. 

16 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

18 this subsection— 

19 (A) $5,300,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

20 (B) such sums as are necessary for each of 

21 fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

22 (c) FOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri24 culture, in coordination with the Secretary, the Sec25 retary of Health and Human Services, State, local, 

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1 and tribal governments, and the private sector, shall 

2 develop a national food emergency response network 

3 that, to the maximum extent practicable— 

4 (A) provides ongoing surveillance, detec5 tion, and surge capacity for large-scale food-re6 lated emergencies, including an intentional at7 tack on the food supply; 

8 (B) coordinates the food laboratory capac9 ities of State food laboratories; 

10 (C) provides accessible, timely, accurate, 

11 and consistent food laboratory services through12 out the United States; and 

13 (D) responds to food-related emergencies. 

14 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this subsection— 

17 (A) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

18 (B) such sums as are necessary for each of 

19 fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

20 (d) NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NET21 WORK.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri23 culture, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 

24 and Human Services and in coordination with the 

25 Secretary, State, local, and tribal governments, and 

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1 the private sector, shall develop a national animal 

2 health laboratory network that, to the maximum ex3 tent practicable— 

4 (A) provides ongoing surveillance, detec5 tion, and surge capacity for catastrophic animal 

6 disease outbreaks and other adverse animal 

7 health events, including deliberate attacks; 

8 (B) coordinates the veterinary diagnostic 

9 laboratory capacities of State animal health lab10 oratories; 

11 (C) provides accessible, timely, accurate, 

12 and consistent animal disease laboratory serv13 ices nationwide; and 

14 (D) responds to foreign animal disease 

15 outbreaks, zoonotic diseases, and other adverse 

16 animal health events, including deliberate at17 tacks. 

18 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

20 this subsection— 

21 (A) $17,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

22 (B) such sums as are necessary for each of 

23 fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

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1 SEC. 402. INTEGRATION OF NETWORKS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

3 with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 

4 and Human Services, and the Administrator, shall estab5 lish an agreement through which the laboratory network 

6 members described in subsections (b) through (d) of sec7 tion 401 and any other appropriate network, as deter8 mined by the Secretary, could— 

9 (1) agree on common laboratory methods for 

10 the sharing of knowledge and information relating to 

11 animal health, agriculture, and human health; 

12 (2) identify the means by which each laboratory 

13 network member could work cooperatively— 

14 (A) to optimize national laboratory pre15 paredness; and 

16 (B) to provide surge capacity during emer17 gencies; and 

18 (3) engage in ongoing dialogue and build rela19 tionships that will support a more effective and inte20 grated response during emergencies. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec23 essary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 

24 2008 through 2012. 

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1 SEC. 403. ON-SITE RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. 

2 (a) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture, 

3 in collaboration with the Secretary and the Secretary of 

4 Health and Human Services, shall develop on-site rapid 

5 diagnostic tools to enable rapid diagnosis of an animal or 

6 plant disease outbreak at the site of such an outbreak. 

7 (b) VALIDATION TESTING OF TOOLS.—In developing 

8 on-site rapid diagnostic tools under subsection (a), the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Sec10 retary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

11 shall conduct rigorous validation testing to ensure that 

12 each tool— 

13 (1) properly responds to each disease for which 

14 the tool was developed; and 

15 (2) will work properly when administered in the 

16 field by individuals who possess varying degrees of 

17 expertise. 

18 TITLE V—DECONTAMINATION 

19 AND DISPOSAL 

20 SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 

22 (1) an effective response to and recovery from 

23 an agriculture or food emergency may include— 

24 (A) the disposal of a large quantity of ani25 mals, plants, or contaminated food products; or 

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1 (B) the decontamination of areas impacted 

2 by the emergency; 

3 (2) most decontamination and disposal actions 

4 are handled by State and local governments, rather 

5 than by the Federal Government; 

6 (3) the Federal Government, in collaboration 

7 with State, local, and tribal governments and the 

8 private sector, should conduct detailed decontamina9 tion and disposal planning for specific agriculture 

10 and food emergency scenarios; and 

11 (4) increasing rendering capacity may— 

12 (A) provide needed animal disposal surge 

13 capacity following an outbreak of catastrophic 

14 animal disease; and 

15 (B) be used for the production of energy, 

16 including the production of biofuels. 

17 SEC. 502. DECONTAMINATION AND DISPOSAL STANDARDS 

18 AND PLANS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina20 tion with the Secretaries concerned, shall provide support 

21 for, and technical assistance to, State, local, and tribal 

22 governments in rapidly assessing, decontaminating, and 

23 recovering from an agriculture or food emergency. 

24 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS.—The Adminis25 trator, in coordination with the Secretaries concerned, and 

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1 State, local, and tribal governments, shall develop and dis2 seminate specific standards and protocols— 

3 (1) to address the risk of contamination fol4 lowing a deliberate attack using biological or chem5 ical weapons; and 

6 (2) to undertake clean-up, clearance, and recov7 ery activities following the decontamination and dis8 posal of specific threat agents or foreign animal dis9 eases. 

10 (c) DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL PLANS.—The Admin11 istrator, in coordination with the Secretaries concerned, 

12 and State, local, and tribal governments, shall develop and 

13 disseminate model plans for— 

14 (1) the decontamination of individuals, equip15 ment, and facilities following a deliberate attack in16 volving the use of biological or chemical weapons; 

17 and 

18 (2) the disposal of large quantities of animals, 

19 plants, or food products that have been infected or 

20 contaminated by specific threat agents or foreign 

21 animal diseases. 

22 (d) REQUIREMENTS.—The model plans developed 

23 under subsection (c) shall— 

24 (1) be in accordance with the National Re25 sponse Plan; 

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1 (2) include consideration of variations relating 

2 to the geography, personnel, and resources of States 

3 and local governments; 

4 (3) include a detailed concept of the operations 

5 implementation plan; 

6 (4) include consideration of the environmental 

7 impacts of the plan; and 

8 (5) include consideration of the cost of imple9 mentation of the plan. 

10 (e) EXERCISES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in co12 ordination with the Secretaries concerned and State, 

13 local, and tribal governments, shall conduct exercises 

14 at least annually to evaluate and identify weaknesses 

15 in the decontamination and disposal model plans de16 scribed in subsection (c). 

17 (2) INTEGRATION WITH NATIONAL EXERCISE

18 PROGRAM.—Any exercise conducted by the Adminis19 trator, in coordination with the Secretaries con20 cerned and State, local, and tribal governments, 

21 shall be carried out, to the maximum extent prac22 ticable, as part of the national exercise program 

23 under section 648(b)(1) of the Post-Katrina Emer24 gency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 

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1 (f) MODIFICATIONS.—Based on the exercises de2 scribed in subsection (e), the Administrator, in coordina3 tion with the Secretaries concerned and State, local, and 

4 tribal governments, shall review and modify as necessary 

5 the plans described in subsection (c) not less frequently 

6 than biannually, including— 

7 (1) by taking into consideration any new infor8 mation obtained during the preceding 2-year period; 

9 (2) by identifying any area in which available 

10 information is insufficient; and 

11 (3) by identifying applicable research goals. 

12 (g) PRIORITIZATION.—The Administrator, in coordi13 nation with the Secretaries concerned and State, local, and 

14 tribal governments, shall develop plans and standards 

15 under subsections (b) and (c) in an identified order of pri16 ority that takes into account— 

17 (1) highest-risk biological and chemical threat 

18 agents; 

19 (2) agents that could cause the greatest eco20 nomic devastation to the agriculture and food sys21 tem; and 

22 (3) agents that are most difficult to clean or re23 mediate. 

24 (h) DISSEMINATION.—The Administrator shall, to 

25 the maximum extent practicable, disseminate the model 

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1 plans and standards developed under subsections (b) and 

2 (c) to State, local, and tribal governments and the private 

3 sector through a single internet portal. 

4 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013. 

7 SEC. 503. RURAL RENDERING CAPACITY BUILDING. 

8 (a) OUTCOME GOAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, 

9 in collaboration with the Administrator, the Secretary, and 

10 the private sector, shall identify an increased production 

11 capacity outcome goal for the rendering industry to meet 

12 national animal disposal surge capacity needs following a 

13 catastrophic animal disease outbreak. 

14 (b) LOANS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may pro15 vide to applicants low-interest loans— 

16 (1) to develop and expand— 

17 (A) the production capacity of the ren18 dering industry of the United States; and 

19 (B) the ability of the rendering industry of 

20 the United States to provide routine animal-tis21 sue disposal and emergency surge capacity dur22 ing a catastrophic animal disease outbreak; 

23 (2) to achieve the increased production capacity 

24 outcome goal described in subsection (a); and 

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1 (3) to be used for the production of energy, in2 cluding the production of biofuels. 

3 (c) PREFERENCE FOR APPLICANTS LOCATED IN

4 RURAL AREAS.—In determining whether to provide to ap5 plicants low-interest loans under subsection (b), the Sec6 retary of Agriculture shall give preference to applicants 

7 that are located in a rural area of the United States. 

8 (d) REQUIREMENT.—In providing to an applicant a 

9 low-interest loan under this section, the Secretary of Agri10 culture may require the applicant to enter into a memo11 randum of agreement to allow the Secretary of Agriculture 

12 to utilize any portion of the rendering facility of the appli13 cant that may be needed by the Secretary of Agriculture 

14 to respond to a catastrophic animal disease outbreak, as 

15 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

16 SEC. 504. STUDY RELATING TO FOOD IRRADIATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri19 culture, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services and the Director of National Intelligence, 

21 shall enter into a contract with the National Academy of 

22 Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences 

23 shall conduct a study relating to the use of irradiation 

24 technologies to enhance food defense capabilities. 

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1 (b) SCOPE.—In conducting the study under sub2 section (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall— 

3 (1) evaluate the use of irradiation technologies 

4 to minimize food as a potential target of terrorism 

5 by mitigating bioterrorism agents delivered through 

6 the food supply; 

7 (2) weigh the financial cost to the private sector 

8 of implementing irradiation technologies against the 

9 public health benefit of enhanced food defense capa10 bilities; and 

11 (3) examine— 

12 (A) the public health benefits and risks of 

13 consuming irradiated food products; and 

14 (B) methods by which to conduct public 

15 education activities to increase consumer con16 fidence in irradiated food products. 

17 (c) REPORT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The National Academy of 

19 Sciences shall prepare and submit to the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services a report that includes— 

22 (A) a summary of each issue included in 

23 the study under subsection (b); and 

24 (B) policy recommendations relating to 

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1 menting food irradiation technologies outweigh 

2 the costs of developing and implementing the 

3 technologies. 

4 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 

5 Agriculture shall make the report under paragraph 

6 (1) publicly available. 

7 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

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