(1) It is in the national security interest of the 
United States to prevent foreign animal diseases, 
such as the deadly African swine fever, from enter-
ing our borders, devastating the agricultural econ-
omy, and impacting the animal protein and grain 
producers, which may occur through contaminated 
meat products and livestock feeds entering United 
States ports of entry. 
(2) To prevent foreign animal diseases from en-
tering United States borders, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
need to maximize interagency coordination to inspect 
all international shipments and travel via airplane 
and/or ship from countries identified by the World 
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and/or Food 
and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 
(3) Adequate resources should be provided by 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to conduct inspections at the 
ports of entry for incoming raw food products, raw 
processed, and finished meat products, or goods 
used in agriculture, including livestock feeds and 
feed ingredients. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS
SEC. 3. INCREASING SURVEILLANCE OF AND INSPECTIONS 
FOR ANIMAL DISEASE TRANSMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 
TO INCREASE SURVEILLANCE OF AND INSPECTIONS FOR 
ANIMAL DISEASE TRANSMISSION.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, acting through the Under Secretary of Mar-
keting and Regulatory Programs (in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘Under Secretary’’), and the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘Commissioner’’), shall establish an interagency 
task force to provide recommendations— 
(1) for inspection requirements for flights and 
shipments arriving in the United States from af-
fected countries for contaminated processed or raw 
food products, raw processed, and finished meat 
products, or goods used in agriculture, including 
livestock feeds and feed ingredients; 
(2) to enhance detection protocols of African 
swine fever in case of outbreak; and 
(3) to report quarterly on the number of 
stopped shipments, what was contained in the ship-
ment, intended use of products in the shipments, 
and what was the origin and end location of stopped 
shipments. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS
(b) ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-
TECTION PERSONNEL AT PORTS OF ENTRY.— 
(1) AGRICULTURE SPECIALISTS.—The Commis-
sioner shall, each fiscal year, hire, train, and assign 
not fewer than 240 new agriculture specialists above 
the attrition level for the immediately preceding fis-
cal year until the total number of agriculture spe-
cialists equals and sustains the requirements identi-
fied each year in the Agriculture Resource Allocation 
Model. 
(2) MISSION
AND
OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT 
STAFF.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
shall hire, train, and assign support staff to 
support agriculture specialists. 
(B) 
AGRICULTURE
TECHNICIANS.—The 
Commissioner shall, each fiscal year, hire, train, 
and assign not fewer than 200 new agriculture 
technicians until the total number of agriculture 
technicians equals and sustains the require-
ments identified each year in the Mission and 
Operational Support Resource Allocation Model. 
(3) AGRICULTURE CANINE TEAMS.—The Com-
missioner shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS
20 new agriculture canine teams for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2022. 
(4) TRAFFIC
FORECASTS.—In calculating the 
number of agriculture specialists needed at each port 
of entry, the Commissioner shall— 
(A) rely on data collected by U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection personnel at each such 
port of entry with respect to inspections and 
other related activities, including data with re-
spect to African swine fever; 
(B) rely on data collected by U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture office of Smuggling Inter-
diction and Trade Compliance; and 
(C) consider volume from seasonal surges, 
other projected changes in commercial and pas-
senger volumes, the most current commercial 
forecasts, and other relevant information. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
acting through the Under Secretary and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner, 
shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the following: 
(1) The efforts of the interagency task force es-
tablished under subsection (a) to increase detection 
and prevention activities with respect to African 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS
swine fever, including the number of flights and 
shipments inspected. 
(2) The enhancement of detection capabilities 
described under subsection (a)(1). 
(3) The number of new U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection personnel hired pursuant to sub-
section (b). 
(4) Educational plans to inform the public on 
affected countries, current testing protocols, and 
food safety issues of the disease. 
(5) Current regulatory overlaps that help or 
deter detection and prevention of the disease. 
(6) Overview of importing/exporting countries 
sanitary and phytosanitary measures that pose a 
high risk of transmitting this disease. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
AGRICULTURE SPECIALISTS.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) $36,100,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
(B) $40,500,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(2) U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
AGRICULTURE TECHNICIAN.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS
(B) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(3) U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
AGRICULTURE CANINE TEAMS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) $7,400,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
(B) $12,200,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(4) TRAINING.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated for training costs associated with new 
personnel and canine teams hired pursuant to para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) 
$6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021, 2022, 
and 2023. 
(e) AFFECTED COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘affected country’’ means a country identified 
by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and/ 
or Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as having 
an outbreak of African swine fever. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:54 Nov 22, 2019
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H5064.IH
H5064
dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS