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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND 
              CONTROL ACT OF 1990.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act 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 Nonindigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

    Subtitle C (16 U.S.C. 4721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 1210. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Public Information and Education.--The Secretary shall 
coordinate with the States to provide the public with information and 
education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance 
species and how to prevent their westward advance.
    ``(b) Source States Action Plan.--The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Task Force, shall work with States that contain aquatic 
nuisance species, including zebra mussels, that threaten western States 
to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes 
inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere.
    ``(c) Movement Across the 100th Meridian.--
            ``(1) Early detection and rapid response.--The Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Task Force, shall seek to prevent 
        westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and 
        preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic 
        nuisance species across and beyond the 100th meridian, 
        monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters 
        infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid 
        response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, 
        Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
            ``(2) Check stations.--Under this subsection, the 
        Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
        Transportation and the States, shall--
                    ``(A) work with States to establish check stations 
                on highways and waterways that cross the 100th 
                meridian, and require that all commercial vessels 
                moving westward across the meridian stop and be checked 
                for zebra mussels and aquatic weeds at such check 
                stations;
                    ``(B) require that contaminated vessels identified 
                at such check stations be cleaned in accordance with 
                protocols developed by the Task Force before being 
                moved across the 100th meridian;
                    ``(C) assess and collect from persons who violate 
                such requirement more than one time a civil penalty of 
                $150 for each violation after the first violation;
                    ``(D) identify and record all vessels that stop at 
                such check stations and the water body most recently 
                visited by each such vessel;
                    ``(E) focus prevention resources on States having 
                the greatest number of contaminated vessels; and
                    ``(F) coordinate implementation of this subsection 
                with appropriate Canadian authorities.
    ``(d) Vector Action Plans.--The Secretary and the Task Force, in 
collaboration with the States and within 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, shall--
            ``(1) assess the relative risk of vectors and pathways of 
        westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance 
        species across the 100th meridian and throughout the western 
        States and develop adequate action plans to control each 
        pathway, ranked by priority; and
            ``(2) provide to the Task Force, for distribution to the 
        States, data developed through such assessment.
    ``(e) Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        ensure that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
        National Park Service coordinate efforts to implement an action 
        plan to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species by 
        vessels and other potential vectors involved in the Lewis and 
        Clark Bicentennial Expedition, including efforts to educate 
        participants in such Expedition by no later than January 1, 
        2003.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
        to carry out this subsection $100,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2002 through 2005.
    ``(f) Application in Other States.--If the Secretary determines 
that any State (other than those listed in subsection (c)) that is 
located west of the 100th meridian needs to be involved in 
implementation of this section for this section to be effective, the 
Secretary may apply this section in such State.
    ``(g) Evaluation of Effectiveness.--The Secretary shall enter into 
an arrangement with an independent entity under which the entity shall, 
by January 1, 2005, evaluate the effectiveness of the 100th meridian 
and westward program under this section in stopping the westward 
movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species across and 
beyond the 100th meridian.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    (a) Grants to States for Development of Management Plans.--Section 
1204(b) (16 U.S.C. 4724(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``make grants to States 
        to develop management plans under this section, including for 
        hiring personnel for such development, and'' after ``at the 
        recommendation of the Task Force,'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``each comprehensive 
        management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and 
        inserting ``implementation of each comprehensive management 
        plan''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ``each public facility 
        management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and 
        inserting ``implementation of each public facility management 
        plan''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1301 (16 U.S.C. 4724) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c) by striking ``There are authorized'' 
        and all that follows through ``of which'' and inserting ``For 
        grants to States under section 1204(b) there are authorized to 
        be appropriated to the Director $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2003 through 2007, of which up to 20 percent may be 
        available for plan development and of which''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Funding for Capacity Building by Western Regional Panel.--To 
build capacity and foster the development and implementation of 
comprehensive management plans under section 1204 for States located on 
or west of the 100th meridian there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Western Regional panel established under section 1203(b) 
$600,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

Ex Output:
Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) provide the public with information and education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species and how to prevent their westward advance; (2) work with States that contain aquatic nuisance species (including zebra mussels) that threaten western States to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere (including vessels involved in the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition); and (3) prevent westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species beyond the 100th meridian, monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.Authorizes the Director of the of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to make grants to States to develop management plans which identify those areas or activities within the State for which assistance is needed to eliminate or reduce the environmental, public health, and safety risks associated with aquatic nuisance species, particularly the zebra mussel.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Adoption Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. BROADBAND LIFELINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 254(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(j)) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(j) Lifeline Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section, other than 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall affect the collection, 
        distribution, or administration of the Lifeline program of the 
        Commission set forth under sections 54.400 through 54.417 of 
        title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
        thereto.
            ``(2) Broadband lifeline assistance program.--
                    ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the term `broadband Internet access 
                        service' has the meaning given that term under 
                        section 8.11(a) of title 47, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations, or any successor thereto;
                            ``(ii) the terms `duplicative support' and 
                        `qualifying low-income consumer' have the 
                        meanings given those terms in section 54.400 of 
                        title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
                        successor thereto;
                            ``(iii) the term `Lifeline program' means 
                        the Lifeline program of the Commission set 
                        forth under sections 54.400 through 54.417 of 
                        title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
                        successor thereto; and
                            ``(iv) the term `participating broadband 
                        Internet access service provider' means a 
                        provider of broadband Internet access service 
                        that elects to participate in the Lifeline 
                        program to provide broadband Internet access 
                        service to qualifying low-income consumers 
                        under the final rule adopted under subparagraph 
                        (C)(i).
                    ``(B) Purpose.--The purpose of this paragraph is to 
                promote the adoption of broadband Internet access 
                service by all people of the United States while 
                recognizing that the price of broadband Internet access 
                service is one of the barriers to adoption for low-
                income households.
                    ``(C) Establishment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 270 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Broadband 
                        Adoption Act of 2015, the Commission shall 
                        adopt a final rule establishing Lifeline 
                        support under the Lifeline program for 
                        broadband Internet access service to enable 
                        qualifying low-income consumers in urban and 
                        rural areas to purchase broadband Internet 
                        access service at reduced charges by 
                        reimbursing participating broadband Internet 
                        access service providers for each such consumer 
                        served.
                            ``(ii) Model.--The final rule adopted under 
                        clause (i) shall provide that a qualifying low-
                        income consumer may elect to apply Lifeline 
                        support under the Lifeline program to basic 
                        telephone service, voice telephony service, or 
                        broadband Internet access service, regardless 
                        of whether the service is purchased as a stand-
                        alone service or as part of a bundle of 
                        services.
                            ``(iii) Digital literacy program.--The 
                        Commission shall consider providing a 
                        preference to a participating broadband 
                        Internet access service provider that includes 
                        components involving digital literacy programs 
                        as part of the offerings of the participating 
                        broadband Internet access service provider.
                    ``(D) State funds.--The Commission shall consult 
                with the Federal-State Joint Board instituted under 
                subsection (a)(1) regarding ways to encourage States to 
                develop programs that would work in conjunction with 
                the Lifeline program.
                    ``(E) Amount of support.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In calculating the 
                        amount of Lifeline support to be provided to 
                        each qualifying low-income consumer under the 
                        final rule adopted under subparagraph (C)(i), 
                        the Commission shall routinely study--
                                    ``(I) the prevailing market price 
                                for broadband Internet access service;
                                    ``(II) the prevailing speed of 
                                broadband Internet access service 
                                adopted by households; and
                                    ``(III) the prevailing broadband 
                                usage patterns of residential 
                                consumers.
                            ``(ii) Information.--In carrying out clause 
                        (i), the Commission shall rely on information 
                        that--
                                    ``(I) the Commission routinely 
                                collects; or
                                    ``(II) is publicly available.
                    ``(F) Technology neutral.--
                            ``(i) In general.--To promote competition 
                        from service providers to qualify under the 
                        Lifeline program, the Commission shall ensure 
                        that the final rule adopted under subparagraph 
                        (C)(i) is neutral as to the types of technology 
                        used to provide voice telephony or broadband 
                        Internet access service under the Lifeline 
                        program.
                            ``(ii) Authorization.--A participating 
                        broadband Internet access service provider--
                                    ``(I) shall not be required to be 
                                an eligible telecommunications carrier 
                                (as designated under section 214(e)) to 
                                receive support under the Lifeline 
                                program; and
                                    ``(II) shall obtain authorization 
                                from the Commission in order to 
                                participate in the Lifeline program.
                    ``(G) Accountability.--
                            ``(i) Nonduplication.--The final rule 
                        adopted under subparagraph (C)(i) shall 
                        incorporate regulations of the Commission in 
                        effect on the date of enactment of this Act 
                        that prevent the receipt of duplicative support 
                        under the Lifeline program.
                            ``(ii) Preventing waste, fraud, or abuse.--
                        In promulgating regulations to carry out this 
                        paragraph, the Commission shall consider any 
                        appropriate measures to prevent any waste, 
                        fraud, or abuse in the administration of the 
                        Lifeline program.
                            ``(iii) Eligibility.--The Commission, in 
                        consultation with other relevant Federal 
                        agencies, shall establish a national database 
                        to determine qualifying low-income consumer 
                        eligibility for Lifeline program subsidies.
                    ``(H) Evaluation reports.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the Commission adopts the final rule under 
                subparagraph (C)(i), and every year thereafter, the 
                Commission shall conduct an evaluation and issue a 
                report on the performance of the Lifeline program 
                during the 12-month period preceding the date on which 
                each report is issued.
                    ``(I) GAO study.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                Commission adopts the final rule under subparagraph 
                (C)(i), the Comptroller General of the United States 
                shall conduct a study and issue a report on the 
                performance of the Lifeline support provided under the 
                Lifeline program for broadband Internet access service.
            ``(3) Clarification of authority.--Nothing in this section 
        shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission 
        under any other provision of law, including the authority to 
        promulgate regulations to promote the adoption of broadband 
        service by low-income households in the United States.''.

Ex Output:
Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program for qualifying low-income consumers in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband Internet access service at reduced charges by reimbursing participating providers for each such consumer served. Requires the program to allow qualifying consumers to elect to apply support from the Lifeline program to basic telephone service, voice telephony service, or broadband Internet access service, regardless of whether the service is purchased as a stand-alone service or in a bundle. Directs the FCC to consult with the federal-state joint board on universal service regarding ways to encourage states to develop programs in conjunction with the Lifeline program. Requires the program to be technology neutral to promote competition from service providers. Requires participating broadband Internet access service providers to obtain FCC authorization to participate in the Lifeline program, but a provider is not required to be an eligible telecommunications carrier to receive support under the program. Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt regulations to prevent receipt of duplicative support under the Lifeline program, and (2) establish a national database to determine consumer eligibility. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FQPA Implementation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, enacted on 
        August 3, 1996, made a number of significant modifications to 
        section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (``the 
        Act''). Section 408 as amended sets forth new criteria and 
        procedures for use by the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency in assessing and reassessing the 
        acceptability of tolerances that govern the level of pesticide 
        chemical residues that may be present in or on any food that 
        enters or is present in interstate commerce or is imported into 
        the United States.
            (2) Under section 408 of the Act as amended, the 
        Administrator must use these new criteria and procedures in 
        deciding whether new tolerances may be issued, and thus whether 
        new pesticides or new pesticide uses may be approved for use 
        under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 
        Such section also requires that all tolerances in effect on the 
        date of the enactment of the 1996 amendment be reassessed under 
        the new criteria and procedures.
            (3) The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 requires the 
        use of a number of important new risk assessment criteria and 
        concepts that had never previously been used by the 
        Administrator and that require the development of major 
        modifications to existing Agency practices. New regulatory 
        concepts introduced by such Act include, but are not limited 
        to, those associated with new statutory terms such as 
        ``exposures for which there is reliable information'', 
        ``aggregate exposure'', ``reasonable certainty that no harm 
        will result'', ``common mechanism of toxicity'', ``cumulative 
        effects'', ``potential pre- and post-natal toxicity'', 
        ``completeness of the data with respect to exposure and 
        toxicity'', ``significant subpopulation group'', ``additional 
        data or information [that] are reasonably required to support 
        the continuation of a tolerance'', and ``pose the greatest risk 
        to human health''. How these terms are defined and used by the 
        Administrator, singly and in combination, will greatly affect 
        the outcome of the assessments and reassessments required to be 
        conducted under the Act as amended.
            (4) The Act as amended requires the Environmental 
        Protection Agency to revoke tolerances now in effect if the 
        Administrator finds that the sum of the exposure from all the 
        tolerances exceeds safe levels. However, the Act as amended 
        does not provide any criteria for determining which of the 
        tolerances should be revoked in such situations in order to 
        reduce the exposure sufficiently. Nor does the Act as amended 
        establish procedures for providing pesticide producers, 
        agricultural producers, food processors and distributors, and 
        non-food pesticide users the opportunity to participate in such 
        decision making before proposed rules are issued by the 
        Administrator.
            (5) Under the revised criteria of the Act as amended, 
        entirely new categories of data regarding toxicity, metabolism, 
        cumulative effects, and dietary, drinking water, and other 
        nonoccupational exposure levels are required to allow the 
        Administrator to reach sound, accurate, valid, and 
        understandable decisions on tolerance assessments and 
        reassessments. In some areas, massive data collection efforts 
        are underway but will not yield results for another year or 
        more. In other areas, the need for new data depends on 
        decisions not yet made by the Administrator about what kinds of 
        tests should be conducted and which compounds should be the 
        subjects of these new test requirements.
            (6) The Administrator has instituted public proceedings to 
        discuss how the new criteria of the Act as amended should be 
        interpreted and amended, what new kinds of data are needed and 
        how the new data would be used once available, how criteria can 
        be made more transparent, equitable, and understandable, how 
        the Administrator should use available authority to be 
        flexible, how to decide which tolerances should be revoked when 
        some action is decided to be necessary, and how to provide 
        needed transition periods in case some existing products or 
        product uses should be removed from the market. These 
        proceedings are not yet finished and in some cases planned 
        public proceedings have been scheduled but have not yet begun.
            (7) Unless the Administrator implements section 408 of the 
        Act as amended carefully and wisely, decisions made under it 
        could cause great harm to American agriculture, to food 
        production, food storage and transportation, and related 
        industries, and to other business. Such decisions could reduce 
        availability of fruits and vegetables, and other foods known to 
aid human health, and could also have highly disruptive and problematic 
effects on a variety of other important public and private areas such 
as public health protection against insects and other disease vectors 
and residential and business pest control. A major concern is that some 
products will be removed from the market that are essential in 
integrated pest management programs or pesticide resistance management 
programs, and that pest species will more easily develop resistance to 
the fewer remaining products that remain available.
            (8) The regulatory requirements under the Food Quality 
        Protection Act of 1996 could have both short and long term 
        deleterious effects on U.S. agricultural products as these 
        producers move to a free market system as envisioned by the 
        Freedom to Farm Act.
            (9) These disruptive and harmful effects could occur 
        without necessarily bringing about any significant health 
        benefits or risk reductions. The Administrator is now engaged 
        in making decisions on tolerance assessments and reassessments 
        at the same time that the Administrator is conducting a massive 
        program of policy development and reevaluation, and while the 
        Administrator is determining what data would be needed under 
        the new criteria and policies to answer some of the new 
        questions. If these decisions on individual pesticides are 
        issued and put into effect before the new policies are in place 
        or before the needed data are available, they may be based on 
        outdated and overly stringent policies, worst-case assumptions, 
        or both. These actions may be accompanied by adverse publicity 
        that could lead to unwarranted concern and could effectively 
        destroy the marketability of products that in fact are safe.
            (10) The Act as amended has caused a major slowing of the 
        process for approval of new pesticide chemicals, new uses of 
        pesticides already registered for other uses, and applications 
        for emergency exemptions from the need for registration. This 
        is traceable to--
                    (A) the Agency's need to develop new criteria and 
                procedures;
                    (B) the diversion of resources to developing such 
                criteria and procedures and to the reassessment of 
                existing tolerances and registrations;
                    (C) the requirement that no new tolerance can be 
                issued until the Administrator determines that all 
                existing tolerances for the pesticide have been 
                reassessed and found safe; and
                    (D) the priority choices and resource allocation 
                decisions that are either dictated by the Act as 
                amended or chosen by the Administrator as a matter of 
                discretion.
            (11) Congressional guidance for the Administrator is needed 
        to ensure that decisions are reasonable, well supported, and 
        balanced; to avoid disruptions in agriculture, other sectors of 
        the economy, and international trade caused by prematurely 
        implemented decisions or by public misunderstanding or 
        unwarranted speculation about tentative decisions. Much of the 
        potential problem can be avoided if the Administrator uses 
        available authority to resolve policy issues, announce data 
        needs, avoid unneeded use of assumptions in lieu of data, make 
        clear the tentative and preliminary nature of findings made in 
        the short term, and provide extended implementation periods for 
        adverse decisions when appropriate.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL DATA REQUIREMENTS; REQUIREMENT FOR CALLING IN 
              ADDITIONAL DATA.

    (a) In General.--Section 408(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by striking ``(1) Requiring submission'' and all that 
        follows through ``(A) issue a notice requiring the person'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Requiring submission of additional data.--
                    ``(A) Continuation of tolerance or exemption.--If 
                the Administrator determines that additional data or 
                information are reasonably required to support the 
                continuation of a tolerance or exemption that is in 
                effect under this section for a pesticide chemical 
                residue on a food, the Administrator shall obtain 
                additional data or information through any of the 
                methods described in paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Modifying, suspending, or revoking tolerance 
                or exemption.--If the Administrator makes a 
                determination that there may be grounds for modifying, 
                suspending, or revoking a tolerance or exemption in 
                effect under this section for a pesticide chemical 
                residue in or on food, the Administrator may not 
                modify, suspend, or revoke the tolerance or exemption 
                until the Administrator has considered additional data 
                or information obtained by the Administrator (after 
                making such determination). The Administrator shall 
                obtain the required additional data or information 
                through any of the methods described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Methods of obtaining additional data.--For purposes 
        of obtaining additional data or information under subparagraph 
        (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) issue a notice requiring the person''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(ii), by striking ``(f)(2)'' and 
        inserting ``(f)(3)''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), in each of paragraphs (1) and 
        (2)(A), by striking ``(f)(2)'' and inserting ``(f)(3)''.

SEC. 4. REVIEW.

    (a) Agency Authority for Certain Public-Interest Determinations.--
Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
346a) is amended in subparagraph (C) of subsection (q)(1) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a comma, and in the matter 
immediately after and below such subparagraph by inserting before the 
sentence the following: ``except that such requirements relating to 
periods of time apply only to the extent determined by the 
Administrator to be in the public interest. Any such determination 
shall be published in the Federal Register, together with a statement 
of the reasons underlying the determination.''.
    (b) Public Input.--Section 408(q)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(q)(1)) is amended in the matter after and 
below subparagraph (C) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, except that before issuing a final rule under subsection 
(d)(4) the Administrator shall issue a proposed rule with a period of 
60 days for public comment, and before issuing a proposed rule under 
subsection (e) the Administrator shall issue an advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking in order to provide for a preliminary exchange of 
information and comments between the Administrator and the public''.

SEC. 5. TOLERANCES FOR EMERGENCY USES.

    Section 408(l)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is 
amended in the last sentence by inserting before the period the 
following: ``, except that the Administrator may issue such a tolerance 
or exemption associated with an emergency exemption without regard to 
other tolerances or exemptions for the pesticide chemical residue and 
before reassessing such tolerances or exemptions, if the Administrator 
determines that any incremental exposure that may result from the 
tolerance or exemption associated with the emergency exemption alone 
will not pose any significant dietary risk''.

SEC. 6. REPORTS ON RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES.

    (a) Environmental Protection Agency.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 15, 2000, the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this 
        subsection referred to as the ``Administrator'') shall submit 
        to the Congress a report specifying the financial resources 
        needed by the Administrator for the fiscal years 2001 through 
        2005 in order to carry out the amendments made by the Food 
        Quality Protection Act of 1996 to the Federal Food, Drug, and 
        Cosmetic Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
        Rodenticide Act, including providing for the prompt processing 
        of all registration applications and petitions for tolerances, 
        requests for experimental use permits, and requests for 
        emergency exemptions and for decisions on the merits of such 
        applications, petitions, and requests, in addition to 
        performing tolerance reassessments and other duties required by 
        such amendments.
            (2) Determination of effects of not receiving increased 
        amount of appropriations; reallocation of resources.--The 
        report under paragraph (1) shall, in addition to provisions 
        required in such paragraph, contain a determination of the 
        effects with respect to carrying out the amendments referred to 
        in such paragraph that would occur if relative to fiscal year 
        2000 an increased amount of appropriations is not made 
        available to the Administrator for carrying out the amendments, 
        including a description of the reallocations of existing 
        resources of the Environmental Protection Agency that would be 
        required in order to carry out the amendments.
    (b) Department of Agriculture.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 15, 2000, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the 
        ``Secretary'') shall submit to the Congress a report specifying 
        the financial resources needed by the Secretary for the fiscal 
        years 2001 through 2005 in order to carry out the 
        responsibilities of the Secretary under the Food Quality 
        Protection Act of 1996.
            (2) Determination of effects of not receiving increased 
        amount of appropriations; reallocation of resources.--The 
        report under paragraph (1) shall, in addition to provisions 
        required in such paragraph, contain a determination of the 
        effects with respect to carrying out the responsibilities 
        referred to in such paragraph that would occur if relative to 
        fiscal year 2000 an increased amount of appropriations is not 
        made available to the Secretary for carrying out the 
        responsibilities, including a description of the reallocations 
        of existing resources of the Department of Agriculture that 
        would be required in order to carry out the responsibilities.

SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL TRADE EFFECTS.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
        section referred to as the ``Secretary''), after consultation 
        with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
        and the United States Trade Representative, shall establish and 
        administer a program to continuously monitor the competitive 
        strength of major United States agricultural commodity sectors 
        in the international marketplace. Such commodity sectors 
        include but are not limited to fruits and vegetables, corn, 
        wheat, cotton, rice, soybeans, and nursery crops.
            (2) Certain factors.--In carrying out the requirements of 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall examine factors pertinent to 
        assessing, by sector, the sustainability and competitive 
        strength in the international marketplace and the relationship 
        of such factors to regulatory decisions issued under the 
        amendments made by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996. 
        Such factors include but are not limited to sector changes, 
        regional changes, price, quality, and ratio of imports to 
        exports.
    (b) Reports.--The Secretary shall prepare periodic reports 
addressing the requirements and factors of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (a). Each such report shall be submitted to the Congress, 
with referrals to the committees of jurisdiction in the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. The first report shall be submitted not 
later than October 1, 2000, and subsequent reports shall be submitted 
biennially thereafter.

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FQPA Implementation Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon determining that there may be grounds for modifying, suspending, or revoking a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical residue in or on food, from taking any such action until considering any additional data submitted to support the continuation of a tolerance or exemption. 
Makes certain requirements for the Administrator's review of tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues in effect before the enactment of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) that relate to periods of time applicable only to the extent determined by the Administrator to be in the public interest.  (Current law requires specified percentages of such tolerances and exemptions to be reviewed by certain dates.) 
Authorizes the Administrator to issue a tolerance or exemption associated with an emergency exemption without regard to other tolerances or exemptions for the pesticide chemical residue and before reassessing such tolerances and exemptions if the Administrator determines that any incremental exposure that may result from the tolerance or exemption associated with the emergency exemption alone will not pose any significant dietary risk. 
Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on financial resources needed for FY 2001 through 2005 to carry out the amendments made by the FQPA to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.  Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress the financial resources needed for such fiscal years in order to carry out responsibilities under the FQPA. 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to monitor continuously the competitive strength of major U.S. agricultural commodity sectors in the international marketplace; (2) examine factors pertinent to assessing, by sector, the sustainability and competitive strength in the international marketplace and the relationship of such factors to regulatory decisions issued under the amendments made by the FQPA; and (3) submit periodic reports on such requirements and factors to Congress.