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‘‘(j) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—The criminal’’; and 
(11) in subsection (g)(6), by striking ‘‘(6) the 
conduct’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—The 
conduct’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBI-
TIONS.—Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
SEC. 14208. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE 
TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than September 
30 of each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a 
report on conferences sponsored or held by the De-
partment of Agriculture or attended by employees of 
the Department of Agriculture. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall contain— 
(A) for each conference sponsored or held 
by the Department or attended by employees of 
the Department— 
(i) the name of the conference; 
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(ii) the location of the conference; 
(iii) the number of Department of Ag-
riculture employees attending the con-
ference; and 
(iv) the costs (including travel ex-
penses) relating to such conference; and 
(B) for each conference sponsored or held 
by the Department of Agriculture for which the 
Department awarded a procurement contract, a 
description of the contracting procedures re-
lated to such conference. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS.—The requirement in para-
graph (1) shall not apply to any conference— 
(A) for which the cost to the Federal Gov-
ernment was less than $10,000; or 
(B) outside of the United States that is at-
tended by the Secretary or the Secretary’s des-
ignee as an official representative of the United 
States government. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted in accordance with subsection (a) shall be posted 
in a searchable format on a Department of Agriculture 
website that is available to the public. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CONFERENCE.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘conference’’— 
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(1) means a meeting that— 
(A) is held for consultation, education, 
awareness, or discussion; 
(B) includes participants from at least one 
agency of the Department of Agriculture; 
(C) is held in whole or in part at a facility 
outside of an agency of the Department of Ag-
riculture; and 
(D) involves costs associated with travel 
and lodging for some participants; and 
(2) does not include any training program that 
is continuing education or a curriculum-based edu-
cational program, provided that such training pro-
gram is held independent of a conference of a non- 
governmental organization. 
SEC. 
14209. 
FEDERAL 
INSECTICIDE, 
FUNGICIDE, 
AND 
RODENTICIDE ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—Section 17(d) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136o(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF STATE EXPENSES.—Any 
expenses incurred by an employee of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency who participates in any 
international technical, economic, or policy review 
board, committee, or other official body that is meet-
ing in relation to an international treaty shall be 
paid by the Department of State.’’. 
(b) CONTAINER RECYCLING.—Section 19(a) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136q(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CONTAINER
RECYCLING.—The Secretary 
may promulgate a regulation for the return and re-
cycling of disposable pesticide containers used for 
the distribution or sale of registered pesticide prod-
ucts in interstate commerce. Any such regulation re-
quiring recycling of disposable pesticide containers 
shall not apply to antimicrobial pesticides (as de-
fined in section 2) or other pesticide products in-
tended for non-agricultural uses.’’. 
SEC. 14210. IMPORTATION OF LIVE DOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Animal Welfare Act is 
amended by adding after section 17 (7 U.S.C. 2147) the 
following: 
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‘‘SEC. 18. IMPORTATION OF LIVE DOGS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) IMPORTER.—The term ‘importer’ means 
any person who, for purposes of resale, transports 
into the United States puppies from a foreign coun-
try. 
‘‘(2) RESALE.—The term ‘resale’ includes any 
transfer of ownership or control of an imported dog 
of less than 6 months of age to another person, for 
more than de minimis consideration. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no person shall import a dog into the 
United States for purposes of resale unless, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the dog— 
‘‘(A) is in good health; 
‘‘(B) has received all necessary vaccina-
tions; and 
‘‘(C) is at least 6 months of age, if im-
ported for resale. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, by reg-
ulation, shall provide an exception to any re-
quirement under paragraph (1) in any case in 
which a dog is imported for— 
‘‘(i) research purposes; or 
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‘‘(ii) veterinary treatment. 
‘‘(B) LAWFUL
IMPORTATION
INTO
HA-
WAII.—Paragraph (1)(C) shall not apply to the 
lawful importation of a dog into the State of 
Hawaii from the British Isles, Australia, Guam, 
or New Zealand in compliance with the applica-
ble regulations of the State of Hawaii and the 
other requirements of this section, if the dog is 
not transported out of the State of Hawaii for 
purposes of resale at less than 6 months of age. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION
AND REGULATIONS.—The 
Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall promulgate such regulations as the 
Secretaries determine to be necessary to implement and 
enforce this section. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—An importer that fails to com-
ply with this section shall— 
‘‘(1) be subject to penalties under section 19; 
and 
‘‘(2) provide for the care (including appropriate 
veterinary care), forfeiture, and adoption of each ap-
plicable dog, at the expense of the importer.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 14211. PERMANENT DEBARMENT FROM PARTICIPA-
TION IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
PROGRAMS FOR FRAUD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall permanently debar an indi-
vidual, organization, corporation, or other entity convicted 
of a felony for knowingly defrauding the United States 
in connection with any program administered by the De-
partment of Agriculture from any subsequent participa-
tion in Department of Agriculture programs. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) SECRETARY
DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary may reduce a debarment under subsection (a) 
to a period of not less than 10 years if the Secretary 
considers it appropriate. 
(2) FOOD
ASSISTANCE.—A debarment under 
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to partici-
pation in domestic food assistance programs (as de-
fined by the Secretary). 
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SEC. 14212. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OR RELOCATION OF 
COUNTY OFFICES FOR THE FARM SERVICE 
AGENCY. 
(a) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
until the date that is two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may not close or relocate a county or field office of 
the Farm Service Agency. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to— 
(A) an office that is located not more than 
20 miles from another office of the Farm Serv-
ice Agency; or 
(B) the relocation of an office within the 
same county in the course of routine leasing op-
erations. 
(b) LIMITATION ON CLOSURE; NOTICE.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—After the period referred to 
in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall, before clos-
ing any office of the Farm Service Agency that is lo-
cated more than 20 miles from another office of the 
Farm Service Agency, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, first close any offices of the Farm Service 
Agency that— 
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(A) are located less than 20 miles from an-
other office of the Farm Service Agency; and 
(B) have two or fewer permanent full-time 
employees. 
(2) NOTICE.—After the period referred to in 
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
not close a county or field office of the Farm Service 
Agency unless— 
(A) not later than 30 days after the Sec-
retary proposes to close such office, the Sec-
retary holds a public meeting regarding the pro-
posed closure in the county in which such office 
is located; and 
(B) after the public meeting referred to in 
subparagraph (A), but not less than 90 days 
before the date on which the Secretary approves 
the closure of such office, the Secretary notifies 
the Committee on Agriculture and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, each Senator rep-
resenting the State in which the office proposed 
to be closed is located, and the member of the 
House of Representatives who represents the 
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Congressional district in which the office pro-
posed to be closed is located of the proposed 
closure of such office. 
SEC. 14213. USDA GRADUATE SCHOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921 of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
2279b) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 921. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EDUCATIONAL, 
TRAINING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT ACTIVITIES.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) OPERATION AS NONAPPROPRIATED FUND IN-
STRUMENTALITY.— 
‘‘(1) CEASE OPERATIONS.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2009, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
cease to maintain or operate a nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality of the United States to develop, ad-
minister, or provide educational training and profes-
sional development activities, including educational 
activities for Federal agencies, Federal employees, 
non-profit organizations, other entities, and mem-
bers of the general public. 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture is authorized to use funds available to 
the Department of Agriculture and such re-
sources of the Department as the Secretary 
considers appropriate (including the assignment 
of such employees of the Department as the 
Secretary considers appropriate) to assist the 
General Administrative Board of the Graduate 
School in the conversion of the Graduate School 
to an entity that is non-governmental and not 
a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the 
United States, including such privatization ac-
tivities not otherwise inconsistent with law or 
regulation. 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The 
authority under paragraph (1) shall terminate 
on the earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the completion of the transition of 
the Graduate School to an entity that is 
non-governmental 
and 
not 
a 
non-
appropriated fund instrumentality of the 
United States, as determined by the Sec-
retary; or 
‘‘(ii) September 30, 2009.’’. 
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‘‘(3) VIOLATION.—An individual violating this 
subsection shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned 
for not more than 1 year, or both. 
‘‘(b) STATE MEMBER
OR ALTERNATE.—A State 
member or alternate member may not receive any salary, 
or any contribution to, or supplementation of, salary, for 
services on a Commission from a source other than the 
State of the member or alternate. 
‘‘(c) DETAILED EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No person detailed to serve 
a Commission shall receive any salary, or any con-
tribution to, or supplementation of, salary, for serv-
ices provided to the Commission from any source 
other than the State, local, or intergovernmental de-
partment or agency from which the person was de-
tailed to the Commission. 
‘‘(2) VIOLATION.—Any person that violates this 
subsection shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned 
not more than 1 year, or both. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL COCHAIRMAN, ALTERNATE TO FED-
ERAL COCHAIRMAN, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EM-
PLOYEES.—The Federal Cochairman, the alternate to the 
Federal Cochairman, and any Federal officer or employee 
detailed to duty with the Commission are not subject to 
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