SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domesticated
Salmonid Broodstock and Seedstock Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The terms ‘‘salmonid’’ means a specie in
the family salmonidae, including each specie of salm-
on and trout.
(2) The term ‘‘domesticated’’, with respect to
salmonids, means salmonids raised on a farm for
profit and held throughout their life-cycle in cap-
tivity.
(3) The term ‘‘broodstock’’ means domesticated
salmonids intended to be used for reproductive pur-
poses.
(4) The term ‘‘seedstock’’ means gametes (egg
and sperm) and fertilized (eyed) eggs produced from
domesticated salmonid broodstock.
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) United States breeders of domesticated
salmonids raise broodstock and produce seedstock
which are essential to the production of domes-
ticated salmonids in the United States and through-
out the world;
(2) the production and dissemination in inter-
state 
commerce 
of 
salmonid 
broodstock 
and
seedstock provides employment and income in eco-
nomically depressed rural areas and contributes to
the expansion of United States exports;
(3) various foreign nations, including the mem-
bers of the European Union, have adopted require-
ments that salmonid seedstock imported from the
United States and other nations be inspected and
certified by a competent authority prior to export;
(4) existing Federal and State programs for the
inspection and certification of the health status of
salmonid broodstock and seedstock are inadequate
and inconsistent;
(5) the efficient and effective inspection and
certification 
of 
salmonid 
breeding 
facilities,
broodstock, and seedstock is essential to the eco-
nomic well-being of the domesticated salmonid
broodstock and seedstock industry in the United
States; and
(6) the Secretary of Agriculture currently pro-
vides inspection and certification services to the live-
stock and live poultry industries and has the tech-
nical expertise and capacity necessary to administer
a program to provide similar services to the United
States 
domesticated 
salmonid 
broodstock 
and
seedstock industry.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act—
(1) to designate the Secretary of Agriculture as
the single competent authority for the health inspec-
tion and certification of salmonid broodstock and
seedstock used to produce domesticated salmonids;
(2) to promote fair trade and interstate com-
merce in salmonid broodstock and seedstock pro-
duced in the United States, which is used to produce
domesticated salmonids; and
(3) to reduce the risk of transmission in inter-
state commerce of diseases, pathogens and pests in
domesticated salmonid broodstock and seedstock to
the extent practicable.
SEC. 4. PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF
CONTAGION.
(a) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—In cooperation with pro-
ducers of domesticated salmonid seedstock, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall establish a comprehensive program
with regard to domesticated salmonid broodstock and
seedstock to—
(1) provide diagnostic and certification services
in a manner which is effective and efficient and
which fosters the participation of State and private
laboratories;
(2) establish health criteria for domesticated
salmonid broodstock and seedstock; and
(3) monitor, evaluate, and facilitate the elimi-
nation of, unreasonable impediments to the inter-
state commerce of broodstock and seedstock that is
certified under the program.
(b) USE OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES.—To prevent
the introduction or dissemination in interstate commerce
and international trade of any contagious, infectious, or
communicable disease associated with domesticated
salmonid broodstock and seedstock and to promote the ex-
portation of domesticated salmonid broodstock and
seedstock, the Secretary may use the authorities provided
in the following provisions of law (relating to livestock and
poultry) to regulate the production, transportation, and
exportation of domesticated salmonid broodstock and
seedstock:
(1) Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act of February
2, 1903 (21 U.S.C. 111, 121, 122).
(2) The Act of May 29, 1884 (21 U.S.C. 112,
113, 113a, 114, 114a, 114a–1, 115–120; commonly
known as the Animal Industry Act).
(3) Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of February 28,
1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b, 114c).
(4) The Act of March 3, 1905 (21 U.S.C. 123–
127).
(5) Sections 1 through 6 and sections 11, 12,
and 13 of Public Law 87–516 (21 U.S.C. 134–
134h).
(6) Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Public Law 91–239
(21 U.S.C. 135–135b).
SEC. 5. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.—Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall establish an advisory committee consisting
of—
(1) five members selected from representatives
of the salmonid broodstock and seedstock industry;
(2) three members selected from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture; and
(3) one member selected from the officers and
employees of the Department of Agriculture who
shall serve as chairman of the Committee.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—It shall be the function of the Com-
mittee to advise the Secretary with respect to the develop-
ment and implementation of the program for domesticated
salmonid broodstock and seedstock industry authorized by
this Act, including diagnostic and certification services, all
rules and related analysis pertaining thereto, and the fa-
cilitation of fair trade and the dissemination of domes-
ticated salmonid seedstock in interstate commerce.
(c) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet at the
call of the Secretary.
(d) EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPENSES.—Committee
members (other than the chairman and other Department
of Agriculture staff) shall not be considered to be employ-
ees of the United States by reason of their membership
and shall not be entitled to compensation for service on
the Committee. However, the Secretary may pay their
travel and subsistence expenses (or a per diem in lieu
thereof) in connection with their attendance at meetings
of the Committee.
SEC. 6. CERTIFICATIONS.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to any per-
son the health status of any domesticated salmonid
seedstock intended for export from the United States.