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(6) clarity in contractual agreements;
(7) the use of the latest scientific techniques for
isolation and confinement;
(8) standards for quality management systems
and effective research (including laboratory, green-
house, and field research); and
(9) the design of electronic permits to store docu-
ments and other information relating to the permit
and notification processes.
(c) CONSIDERATION.—In promulgating regulations
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider—
(1) establishing—
(A) a system of risk-based categories to clas-
sify each regulated article;
(B) a means to identify regulated articles
(including the retention of seed samples); and
(C) standards for isolation and containment
distances; and
(2) requiring permit holders—
(A) to maintain a positive chain of custody;
(B) to provide for the maintenance of
records;
(C) to provide for the accounting of mate-
rial;
(D) to conduct periodic audits;
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(E) to establish an appropriate training
program;
(F) to provide contingency and corrective
action plans; and
(G) to submit reports as the Secretary con-
siders to be appropriate.
SEC. 11078. INVASIVE PEST AND DISEASE EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE FUNDING CLARIFICATION.
The Secretary may provide funds on an emergency
basis to States to assist the States in combating invasive
pest and disease outbreaks for any appropriate period of
years after the date of initial detection by a State of an
invasive pest or disease outbreak, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
SEC. 11079. PROTECTION OF PETS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2007’’.
(b) RESEARCH FACILITIES.—Section 7 of the Animal
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2137) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FA-
CILITIES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF PERSON.—In this section, the
term ‘person’ means any individual, partnership, firm,
joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate,
pound, shelter, or other legal entity.
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‘‘(b) USE OF DOGS AND CATS.—No research facility
or Federal research facility may use a dog or cat for re-
search or educational purposes if the dog or cat was ob-
tained from a person other than a person described in sub-
section (d).
‘‘(c) SELLING, DONATING, OR OFFERING DOGS AND
CATS.—No person, other than a person described in sub-
section (d), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to any
research facility or Federal research facility.
‘‘(d) PERMISSIBLE SOURCES.—A person from whom
a research facility or a Federal research facility may obtain
a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under sub-
section (b), and a person who may sell, donate, or offer a
dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facil-
ity under subsection (c), shall be—
‘‘(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 that has
bred and raised the dog or cat;
‘‘(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or
shelter that—
‘‘(A) is registered with the Secretary;
‘‘(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1)
and with the requirements for dealers in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 28; and
‘‘(C) obtained the dog or cat from its legal
owner, other than a pound or shelter;
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‘‘(3) a person that is donating the dog or cat and
that—
‘‘(A) bred and raised the dog or cat; or
‘‘(B) owned the dog or cat for not less than
1 year immediately preceding the donation;
‘‘(4) a research facility licensed by the Secretary;
and
‘‘(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the
Secretary.
‘‘(e) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person that violates this
section shall be fined $1,000 for each violation.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
PENALTY.—A penalty under
this subsection shall be in addition to any other ap-
plicable penalty.
‘‘(f) NO REQUIRED SALE OR DONATION.—Nothing in
this section requires a pound or shelter to sell, donate, or
offer a dog or cat to a research facility or Federal research
facility.
‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall phase out, by
the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this
subsection, the use of random source dogs and cats from
class B dealers in accordance with a schedule established
by the Secretary.’’.
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(c) FEDERAL RESEARCH FACILITIES.—Section 8 of
the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2138) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 8. No department’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘SEC. 8. FEDERAL RESEARCH FACILITIES.
‘‘Except as provided in section 7, no department’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘research or experimentation or’’;
and
(3) by striking ‘‘such purposes’’ and inserting
‘‘that purpose’’.
(d) CERTIFICATION.—Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2158(b)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘individual or entity’’ and inserting ‘‘research facility or
Federal research facility’’.
SEC. 11080. EXEMPTION FROM AQI USER FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (including regulations), the owner or operator
of any commercial truck described in subsection (b) shall
be exempt from the payment of any agricultural quarantine
and inspection user fee.
(b) COMMERCIAL TRUCKS.—A commercial truck re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is a commercial truck that—
(1) originates in the State of Alaska and reenters
the customs territory of the United States directly
from Canada; or