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SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS.—Section
8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608e–
1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘containers,’’
after ‘‘size,’’ each place it appears; and
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
(b) IMPOSITION OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—
For purposes of applying section 8e of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act, imports of tomatoes from Mexico shall
be prohibited that do not meet the specific requirements
with respect to grade, size, and containers set forth in sec-
tion 960.323 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, for
such period as such requirements, and any modifications
thereto, are in effect.
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Intelligence Estimate on Global Water Security, 
which found that— 
(A) over the next decade, countries of stra-
tegic importance to the United States will expe-
rience water shortages, poor water quality, or 
floods, that will risk instability or state failure 
and increase regional tensions; 
(B) water problems may pose a risk to 
global food markets and economic growth, and 
may harm the economic performance of impor-
tant trading partners; 
(C) water stresses compound existing prob-
lems, such as poverty, social tension, and ill- 
health and without good management of water 
food supplies will be reduced and water borne 
diseases will increase; and 
(D) pressure will arise for a more engaged 
United States to make water a global priority 
and to support major development projects. 
(4) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed House 
Concurrent Resolution 318, which— 
(A) supports the goals and ideals of the 
International Year of Sanitation; and 
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production of such data, the Administrator may
proceed 
in 
accordance 
with 
section
3(c)(2)(B)(iv) regarding the continued registra-
tion of the affected products with the minor
and other uses and shall inform the public of
such action in accordance with section 6(f)(2).
Notwithstanding this subparagraph, the Admin-
istrator may deny, modify, or revoke the tem-
porary extension under this subparagraph if the
Administrator determines that the continuation
of the minor use may cause an unreasonable
adverse effect on the environment. In the event
of modification or revocation, the Administrator
shall provide, in writing, to the registrant a no-
tice revoking the temporary extension and es-
tablish a new effective date by which the minor
use shall be deleted from the registration.’’.
(2) 
DATA.—Section 
3(c)(2)(B) 
(7 
U.S.C.
136a(c)(2)(B)), as amended by subsection (c)(1), is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(vii) If the registrant does not commit to
support a specific minor use of the pesticide,
but is supporting and providing data in a timely
and adequate fashion to support uses of the
pesticide on a food, or if all uses of the pes-
ticide are nonfood uses and the registrant does
not commit to support a specific minor use of
the pesticide but is supporting and providing
data in a timely and adequate fashion to sup-
port other nonfood uses of the pesticide, the
Administrator, at the written request of the
registrant, shall not take any action pursuant
to this clause in regard to such unsupported
minor use until the final deadline established as
of the date of enactment of the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996, for the submission of
data under section 4 for the supported uses
identified pursuant to this clause unless the Ad-
ministrator determines that the absence of the
data is significant enough to cause human
health or environmental concerns. On the basis
of such determination, the Administrator may
refuse the request for extension by the reg-
istrant. Upon receipt of the request from the
registrant, the Administrator shall publish in
the Federal Register a notice of the receipt of
the request and the effective date upon which
the uses not being supported will be voluntarily
deleted from the registration pursuant to sec-
tion 6(f)(1). If the Administrator grants an ex-
tension under this clause, the Administrator
shall monitor the development of the data for
the uses being supported and shall ensure that
the registrant is meeting the schedule for the
production of such data. If the Administrator
determines that the registrant is not meeting or
has not met the schedule for the production of
such data, the Administrator may proceed in
accordance with clause (iv) of this subpara-
graph regarding the continued registration of
the affected products with the minor and other
uses and shall inform the public of such action
in accordance with section 6(f)(2). Notwith-
standing the provisions of this clause, the Ad-
ministrator may deny, modify, or revoke the
temporary extension under this subparagraph if
the Administrator determines that the continu-
ation of the minor use may cause an unreason-
able adverse effect on the environment. In the
event of modification or revocation, the Admin-
istrator shall provide, in writing, to the reg-
istrant a notice revoking the temporary exten-
sion and establish a new effective date by which
the minor use shall be deleted from the reg-
istration.’’.
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‘‘(iv) coordinate with the Department 
of State and USAID staff in each high pri-
ority country designated pursuant to sub-
section (h) to ensure that USAID activities 
and projects, USAID program planning 
and budgeting documents, and USAID 
country development strategies reflect and 
seek to implement— 
‘‘(I) the safe water, sanitation, 
and hygiene objectives established in 
the strategy required under subsection 
(j), including objectives relating to the 
management of water resources; and 
‘‘(II) international best practices 
relating to— 
‘‘(aa) increasing access to 
safe water and sanitation; 
‘‘(bb) conducting hygiene-re-
lated activities; and 
‘‘(cc) ensuring appropriate 
management of water resources; 
and 
‘‘(v) develop appropriate benchmarks, 
measurable goals, performance metrics, 
and monitoring and evaluation plans for 
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(g) Section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii) by striking ‘‘90-
day’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘180-day’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ‘‘90-day’’
and inserting ‘‘180-day’’.
(h) UTILIZATION OF DATA FOR VOLUNTARILY CAN-
CELED CHEMICALS.—Section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) UTILIZATION OF DATA FOR VOLUNTARILY
CANCELED PESTICIDE.—When an application is filed
with the Administrator for the registration of a pes-
ticide for a minor use and another registrant subse-
quently voluntarily cancels its registration for an
identical or substantially similar pesticide for an
identical or substantially similar use, the Adminis-
trator shall process, review, and evaluate the pend-
ing application as if the voluntary cancellation had
not yet taken place except that the Administrator
shall not take such action if the Administrator deter-
mines that such minor use may cause an unreason-
able adverse effect on the environment. In order to
rely on this subsection, the applicant must certify
that it agrees to satisfy any outstanding data re-
quirements necessary to support the reregistration of
toring and evaluation so that the United States Gov-
ernment and other stakeholders can ascertain the 
long-term return on investment of United States as-
sistance funds and to enable learning about the sus-
tainability of assistance programs and projects that 
shall inform future projects and programs. 
‘‘(3) WHEN TO CONDUCT EVALUATIONS.—The 
evaluation of water, sanitation, and hygiene projects 
should include measurable goals and performance 
metrics, to be tracked against an established base-
line at the outset. Such evaluations should occur im-
mediately following the completion of a project, and 
no fewer than half of all water, sanitation, and hy-
giene projects shall be reevaluated 5 years after the 
completion of the project, all in accordance with the 
requirements and metrics enumerated in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
MONITORING.—The 
term 
‘moni-
toring’ means, with respect to a United States 
water, sanitation, or hygiene foreign assistance 
program, a continuing function that uses sys-
tematic collection of data on specified indicators 
to provide management and the main stake-
holders of an ongoing development intervention 
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with indications of the extent of progress and 
achievement of objectives and progress in the 
use of allocated funds. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—The term ‘evaluation’ 
means, with respect to a United States water, 
sanitation, or hygiene foreign assistance pro-
gram, the systematic collection and analysis of 
information about the characteristics and out-
comes of the program and projects under the 
program as a basis for judgments, to improve 
effectiveness, and to inform decisions about cur-
rent and future programming, including an ex-
planation of the reasons for or causes of the ob-
served results.’’. 
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the pesticide in accordance with the data submission
schedule established by the Administrator.’’.
(i) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MINOR
USE PROGRAM.—The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.), as amended by
section 121, is amended by adding after section 30 the
following:
‘‘SEC. 31. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MINOR
USE PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) The Administrator shall assure coordination of
minor use issues through the establishment of a minor use
program within the Office of Pesticide Programs. Such of-
fice shall be responsible for coordinating the development
of minor use programs and policies and consulting with
growers regarding minor use issues and registrations and
amendments which are submitted to the Environmental
Protection Agency.
‘‘(b) The Office of Pesticide Programs shall prepare
a public report concerning the progress made on the reg-
istration of minor uses, including implementation of the
exclusive use as an incentive for registering new minor
uses, within 3 years of the passage of the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996.’’.
(j) DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE MINOR USE
PROGRAM.—The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2904 
To provide for payment to the survivor or surviving family members of 
compensation otherwise payable to a contractor employee of the Depart-
ment of Energy who dies after application for compensation under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
2000, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. COFFMAN, and Mr. 
HONDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for payment to the survivor or surviving family 
members of compensation otherwise payable to a con-
tractor employee of the Department of Energy who dies 
after application for compensation under the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
of 2000, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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ticide chemical with respect to which the peti-
tion is filed.
ø‘‘(B) MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION.—
The Administrator may by regulation establish
the requirements for information and data to
support a petition to modify or revoke a toler-
ance or to revoke an exemption from the re-
quirement for a tolerance.
ø‘‘(3) NOTICE.—A notice of the filing of a peti-
tion that the Administrator determines has met the
requirements of paragraph (2) shall be published by
the Administrator within 30 days after such deter-
mination. The notice shall announce the availability
of a description of the analytical methods available
to the Administrator for the detection and measure-
ment of the pesticide chemical residue with respect
to which the petition is filed or shall set forth the
petitioner’s statement of why such a method is not
needed. The notice shall include the summary re-
quired by paragraph (2)(A)(i).
ø‘‘(4) ACTIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The
Administrator shall, after giving due consideration
to a petition filed under paragraph (1) and any
other information available to the Administrator—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall ensure that the members and staff of the 
Board, and the contractors performing work in sup-
port of the Board, are afforded the opportunity to 
apply for a security clearance for any matter for 
which such a clearance is appropriate. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of En-
ergy should, not later than 180 days after receiving 
a completed application for a security clearance 
under this subsection, make a determination whether 
or not the individual concerned is eligible for the 
clearance. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—For fiscal year 2015, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall 
include in the budget justification materials sub-
mitted to Congress in support of the Department of 
Energy budget for that fiscal year (as submitted 
with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report 
specifying the number of applications for security 
clearances under this subsection, the number of such 
applications granted, and the number of such appli-
cations denied. 
‘‘(f) INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Energy shall, 
in accordance with law, provide to the Board and the con-
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3515(b) of such title shall include an audit of the
fees collected under subsection (i)(5)(C) and dis-
bursed, of the amount appropriated to match such
fees, and of the Administrator’s attainment of per-
formance measure and goals established under sub-
section (l). Such an audit shall also include a review
of the reasonableness of the overhead allocation and
adequacy of disclosures of direct and indirect costs
associated with carrying out the reregistration and
expedited processing of the applications specified in
paragraph (3), and the basis for and accuracy of all
costs paid with moneys derived from such fees. The
Inspector General shall conduct the annual audit
and report the findings and recommendations of
such audit to the Administrator and to the Commit-
tees on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
and the Senate. The cost of such audit shall be paid
for out of the fees collected under subsection
(i)(5)(C).’’.
(f) GOALS.—Subsections (l) and (m) of section 4 (7
U.S.C. 136a–1), as amended by section 237, are redesig-
nated as subsections (m) and (n) respectively and the fol-
lowing is inserted after subsection (k):
‘‘(l) PERFORMANCE MEASURES
AND GOAL.—The
Administrator shall establish and publish annually in the
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Federal Register performance measures and goals. Such
measures and goals shall include—
‘‘(1) the number of products reregistered, can-
celed, or amended, the status of reregistration, the
number and type of data requests under section
3(c)(2)(B) issued to support product reregistration
by active ingredient, the progress in reducing the
number of unreviewed, required reregistration stud-
ies, the aggregate status of tolerances reassessed,
and the number of applications for registration sub-
mitted under subsection (k)(3) that were approved
or disapproved;
‘‘(2) the future schedule for reregistrations, in-
cluding the projection for such schedules that will be
issued under subsection (g)(2)(A) and (B) in the
current fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year;
and
‘‘(3) the projected year of completion of the re-
registrations under this section.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2906 
To amend MAP–21 to improve contracting opportunities for veteran-owned 
small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend MAP–21 to improve contracting opportunities for 
veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness to Veterans 
for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 
Section 1101(b) of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) VETERAN-OWNED
SMALL
BUSINESS 
CONCERN.—The term ‘veteran-owned small 
business concern’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘small business concern owned and con-
trolled by veterans’ in section 3(q) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and veteran- 
owned small business concerns’’ before the period at 
the end; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) veterans.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2908 
To amend the Small Business Act to allow the use of physical damage 
disaster loans for the construction of safe rooms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to allow the use of phys-
ical damage disaster loans for the construction of safe 
rooms. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Family Safety 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE DISASTER LOANS. 
Section 7(b)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(A)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘the Administration may in-
crease’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administration may, sub-
ject to section 18(a), increase’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and modifying structures’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, and modifying structures (including con-
struction of a safe room or similar storm shelter de-
signed to protect property and occupants from tor-
nadoes or other natural disasters)’’. 
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H. R. 1627
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food Quality Protection Act
of 1996’’.
TITLE I—SUSPENSION-APPLICATORS
SEC. 101. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section
or other provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act.
Subtitle A—Suspension
SEC. 102. SUSPENSION.
(a) SECTION 6(c)(1).—The second sentence of section 6(c)(1) (7
U.S.C. 136d(c)(1)) is amended to read: ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (3), no order of suspension may be issued under this sub-
section unless the Administrator has issued, or at the same time
issues, a notice of intention to cancel the registration or change
the classification of the pesticide under subsection (b).’’.
(b) SECTION 6(c)(3).—Section 6(c)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136d(c)(3)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new
sentence: ‘‘The Administrator may issue an emergency order
under this paragraph before issuing a notice of intention to
cancel the registration or change the classification of the pes-
ticide under subsection (b) and the Administrator shall proceed
to issue the notice under subsection (b) within 90 days of
issuing an emergency order. If the Administrator does not
issue a notice under subsection (b) within 90 days of issuing
an emergency order, the emergency order shall expire.’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘In that case’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case
of an emergency order’’.