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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2764 

To support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meat and meat 

food products from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, reform certain 

livestock programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. WALSH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh 

meat and meat food products from countries with footand-mouth disease, reform certain livestock programs, 

and for other purposes. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Livestock 

5 Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COUNTRY OF OR7 IGIN LABELING. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) the overwhelming majority of consumers in 

2 the United States want to know where animals used 

3 to produce the meat eaten by the consumers is born, 

4 raised, and slaughtered; 

5 (2) country-of-origin labeling provides informa6 tion that consumers in the United States have a 

7 right to know; and 

8 (3) country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply 

9 chain information critical for food safety. 

10 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF FRESH MEAT 

11 AND MEAT PRODUCTS FROM COUNTRIES 

12 WITH FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 

13 Section 10404 of the Animal Health Protection Act 

14 (7 U.S.C. 8303) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF FRESH

17 MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS FROM COUNTRIES WITH

18 FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.—Notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, until the date on which the Secretary of 

20 Agriculture certifies to Congress that a country is free of 

21 foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, the Secretary 

22 may not— 

23 ‘‘(1) allow the importation of fresh meat or 

24 meat products from that country; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) initiate, administer, finalize, or enforce any 

2 rulemaking allowing for the new importation of any 

3 fresh meat or meat product from that country.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. BRUCELLOSIS RESEARCH AND COMPENSATION. 

5 (a) LIVESTOCK DISEASE INITIATIVE.—Title IV of 

6 the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re7 form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624 et seq.) is amended by 

8 inserting after the title heading the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 401. LIVESTOCK DISEASE INITIATIVE. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the De11 partment a livestock disease initiative under which the 

12 Secretary shall provide to eligible entities competitive 

13 grants for research and development described in sub14 section (d). 

15 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

16 a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

17 ‘‘(1) a Federal agency; 

18 ‘‘(2) a National Laboratory; 

19 ‘‘(3) an institution of higher education; 

20 ‘‘(4) a research institution; or 

21 ‘‘(5) a State agricultural experiment station. 

22 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec23 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to research and de24 velopment relating to bovine brucellosis, bovine tuber25 culosis, and other zoonotic diseases in livestock that are 


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1 covered by a high-priority research and extension initiative 

2 authorized under section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, 

3 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925). 

4 ‘‘(d) USE OF GRANTS.—An entity that receives a 

5 grant under this section shall use the grant to conduct 

6 research and development relating to surveillance meth7 ods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic 

8 tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a po9 tential concern to public health and safety, as determined 

10 by the Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 

13 this section, the Secretary may give priority to pro14 posals from eligible entities that provide matching 

15 funds for the grants in a manner as determined by 

16 the Secretary, but shall not require eligible entities 

17 to have matching funds as a requirement of being 

18 awarded a grant. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—The matching funds re20 quirement under section 1492 of the National Agri21 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

22 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) shall not apply in the 

23 case of a grant awarded under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018.’’. 

4 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO BRUCEL5 LOSIS.—Section 1501(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 

6 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or bru8 cellosis’’ after ‘‘fire condition’’ both places it ap9 pears; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

14 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(C) brucellosis, as described in paragraph 

17 (6).’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(6) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO BRUCEL20 LOSIS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible livestock 

22 producer may receive assistance under this 

23 paragraph only if the grazing losses occur due 

24 to quarantine of livestock under section 10407 

25 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 


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1 of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8306) due to brucellosis in2 fection in the Greater Yellowstone Designated 

3 Surveillance Area, as determined by the Sec4 retary. 

5 ‘‘(B) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate 

6 for assistance under this paragraph shall be 

7 equal to 60 percent of the monthly feed cost (as 

8 determined under paragraph (3)(C)) for the 

9 total number of livestock of the eligible livestock 

10 producer subject to quarantine.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS. 

12 Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

13 U.S.C. 9081(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 

16 an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) 

17 shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the higher 

18 of, as determined by the Secretary— 

19 ‘‘(A) the market value of the applicable 

20 livestock on the earliest day that information is 

21 available to the Secretary; or 

22 ‘‘(B) the applicable nationwide price of the 

23 applicable livestock for the previous calendar 

24 year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM. 

2 Section 1501(c)(3)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 

3 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) HIGH-VALUE FORAGE.—The 

6 Secretary may provide for a price adjust7 ment in the monthly feed cost in the case 

8 of high-value forage, as determined by the 

9 Secretary.’’. 

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