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4	4	STSESSION S. 272
5	5	To establish the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and
6	6	Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY2, 2023
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	OOKER(for himself, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the fol-
11	11	lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agri-
12	12	culture, Nutrition, and Forestry
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To establish the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitiga-
15	15	tion and Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture,
16	16	and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
20	20	(a) S
21	21	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
22	22	‘‘Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2023’’. 5
23	23	(b) T
24	24	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
25	25	this Act is as follows: 7
26	26	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
27	27	Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
28	28	Sec. 3. Findings.
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32	32	TITLE I—HIGH-RISK AFO DISASTER MITIGATION AND
33	33	ENFORCEMENT
34	34	Sec. 101. Definitions.
35	35	Subtitle A—Department of Agriculture
36	36	Sec. 111. Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement.
37	37	Sec. 112. Registration of high-risk AFOs.
38	38	Sec. 113. Covered industrial operator responsibilities and liabilities.
39	39	Sec. 114. Restriction on certain methods of depopulation.
40	40	Sec. 115. Reports.
41	41	Sec. 116. Civil actions.
42	42	Subtitle B—Department of Labor
43	43	Sec. 121. Definitions.
44	44	Sec. 122. Minimum labor standards for covered workers and affected contract
45	45	growers.
46	46	Sec. 123. Prohibition on the use of incarcerated workers.
47	47	TITLE II—GRANT AND PILOT PROGRAMS
48	48	Sec. 201. Definitions.
49	49	Sec. 202. Controlled-atmosphere stunning transition program.
50	50	Sec. 203. Pilot program for increased accessibility to inspection and technical
51	51	assistance for eligible processing facilities.
52	52	TITLE III—HUMANE HANDLING REFORMS
53	53	Subtitle A—Transport
54	54	Sec. 311. Transportation of livestock and poultry.
55	55	Sec. 312. Higher-welfare transport research funding.
56	56	Subtitle B—Nonambulatory Livestock
57	57	Sec. 321. Unlawful slaughter practices involving nonambulatory livestock.
58	58	Sec. 322. Unlawful use of drugs contributing to nonambulatory conditions.
59	59	Sec. 323. Inclusion of poultry in Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
60	60	Subtitle C—Inspections
61	61	Sec. 331. Definitions.
62	62	Sec. 332. Ending dangerous higher-speed slaughter and self-inspection systems.
63	63	Sec. 333. Funding for additional OSHA inspectors.
64	64	Sec. 334. Funding for additional FSIS inspectors.
65	65	SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
66	66	1
67	67	In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-2
68	68	retary of Agriculture. 3
69	69	SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 4
70	70	Congress finds that— 5
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74	74	(1) factory farms owned or controlled by indus-1
75	75	trial operators— 2
76	76	(A) lack systemic resilience; 3
77	77	(B) present significant risks, particularly 4
78	78	in the event of a disaster; and 5
79	79	(C) negatively impact— 6
80	80	(i) farmed animals, who suffer tre-7
81	81	mendously from cruel depopulation meth-8
82	82	ods and without meaningful disaster miti-9
83	83	gation efforts; 10
84	84	(ii) meat and poultry processing work-11
85	85	ers, who are subjected to exploitative con-12
86	86	ditions and abusive behavior by employers 13
87	87	in depopulation situations— 14
88	88	(I) including— 15
89	89	(aa) being required to spend 16
90	90	long hours, over days or weeks, 17
91	91	mass-killing farmed animals; and 18
92	92	(bb) being terminated fol-19
93	93	lowing the completion of a de-20
94	94	population event, without finan-21
95	95	cial support; and 22
96	96	(II) that lead to long-term psy-23
97	97	chological impacts, including increased 24
98	98	feelings of anger and stress; and 25
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102	102	(iii) neighboring communities and the 1
103	103	environment, including through— 2
104	104	(I) flood waters overrunning ma-3
105	105	nure lagoons resulting in ecological 4
106	106	degradation in the form of soil, sur-5
107	107	face, and groundwater contamination; 6
108	108	(II) algae blooms; and 7
109	109	(III) wildlife population crashes; 8
110	110	(2)(A) since 2019, more than 60,000,000 poul-9
111	111	try and 10,000,000 swine have been depopulated; 10
112	112	and 11
113	113	(B) those massive cullings are often conducted 12
114	114	using incredibly inhumane practices including ven-13
115	115	tilation shutdown, ventilation shutdown plus, sodium 14
116	116	nitrite poisoning, and water-based foaming (as those 15
117	117	terms are defined in section 114(a)); 16
118	118	(3) since 2019, industrial operators put slaugh-17
119	119	terhouse workers in jeopardy and cost taxpayers mil-18
120	120	lions of dollars; 19
121	121	(4) industrial operators continue to experience 20
122	122	record profits, including a 300-percent growth in 21
123	123	profits during the COVID–19 pandemic; 22
124	124	(5) industrial operators have created a system 23
125	125	that allows for the inhumane handling of non-24
126	126	ambulatory livestock (as defined in section 3(a) of 25
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130	130	Public Law 85–765 (commonly known as the ‘‘Hu-1
131	131	mane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’)) that 2
132	132	causes needless suffering, unsafe working conditions, 3
133	133	and the spread of foodborne and zoonotic diseases; 4
134	134	(6) industrial operators have abused the use of 5
135	135	certain drugs that increase the risk of livestock be-6
136	136	coming nonambulatory livestock (as so defined); 7
137	137	(7) slaughterhouse deregulation and decreased 8
138	138	Federal oversight of meat and poultry slaughter pose 9
139	139	significant risks to workers, consumers, and animals; 10
140	140	(8) Federal humane slaughter laws currently 11
141	141	exempt 98 percent of animals slaughtered for food; 12
142	142	(9) current Federal animal transport laws are 13
143	143	ineffective and inherently cruel; and 14
144	144	(10) Federal support is needed to create a level 15
145	145	playing field for farmers engaged in higher-welfare 16
146	146	practices who are struggling to compete in a highly 17
147	147	monopolized market controlled by industrial opera-18
148	148	tors. 19
149	149	TITLE I—HIGH-RISK AFO DIS-20
150	150	ASTER MITIGATION AND EN-21
151	151	FORCEMENT 22
152	152	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 23
153	153	In this title: 24
154	154	(1) A
155	155	NIMAL FEEDING OPERATION ; AFO.— 25
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159	159	(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘animal feed-1
160	160	ing operation’’ or ‘‘AFO’’ means a single lot or 2
161	161	facility at which— 3
162	162	(i) for not less than a total of 45 days 4
163	163	in any 12-month period, animals (other 5
164	164	than aquatic animals) are— 6
165	165	(I) stabled or confined; and 7
166	166	(II) fed or maintained; and 8
167	167	(ii) crops, vegetation, forage growth, 9
168	168	or postharvest residues are not sustained 10
169	169	in the normal growing season over any por-11
170	170	tion of the lot or facility. 12
171	171	(B) M
172	172	ULTIPLE LOTS.—For purposes of 13
173	173	subparagraph (A), 2 or more lots or facilities 14
174	174	described in that subparagraph shall be consid-15
175	175	ered to be a single animal feeding operation if 16
176	176	the lots or facilities— 17
177	177	(i) are located within 3 miles of each 18
178	178	other; and 19
179	179	(ii) are under common ownership or 20
180	180	control. 21
181	181	(C) E
182	182	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘animal feed-22
183	183	ing operation’’ or ‘‘AFO’’ does not include a 23
184	184	pasture-based livestock or poultry production 24
185	185	system in which animals— 25
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189	189	(i) are primarily raised on pasture, 1
190	190	grassland, or other vegetative environ-2
191	191	ments; 3
192	192	(ii) have the ability to exercise spe-4
193	193	cies-specific natural behaviors; and 5
194	194	(iii) have access to appropriate shel-6
195	195	ter, healthy vegetation, potable water, and 7
196	196	adequate protection from predators. 8
197	197	(2) C
198	198	OVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR .—The 9
199	199	term ‘‘covered industrial operator’’ means an indi-10
200	200	vidual or entity that owns or controls not less than 11
201	201	the following number of livestock or poultry, as ap-12
202	202	plicable, that are housed in an AFO at a single point 13
203	203	in time: 14
204	204	(A) 2,500 swine. 15
205	205	(B) 30,000 turkeys or ducks. 16
206	206	(C) 82,000 laying hens or broilers. 17
207	207	(3) D
208	208	EPOPULATION.—The term ‘‘depopulation’’ 18
209	209	means the rapid destruction of a population of ani-19
210	210	mals in response to urgent circumstances. 20
211	211	(4) D
212	212	ISASTER EVENT.—The term ‘‘disaster 21
213	213	event’’ means— 22
214	214	(A) a public health emergency declared by 23
215	215	the Secretary of Health and Human Services 24
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219	219	under section 319 of the Public Health Service 1
220	220	Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); 2
221	221	(B) a major disaster declared by the Presi-3
222	222	dent under section 401 of the Robert T. Staf-4
223	223	ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 5
224	224	Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 6
225	225	(C) a disaster designated by the Secretary 7
226	226	pursuant to part 759 of title 7, Code of Federal 8
227	227	Regulations (or successor regulations); and 9
228	228	(D) a quarantine designated by the Sec-10
229	229	retary pursuant to the Plant Protection Act (7 11
230	230	U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) or animal quarantine laws. 12
231	231	(5) H
232	232	IGH-RISK AFO.—The term ‘‘high-risk 13
233	233	AFO’’ means an AFO that houses livestock or poul-14
234	234	try owned or controlled by a covered industrial oper-15
235	235	ator. 16
236	236	(6) O
237	237	FFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-17
238	238	fice of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and En-18
239	239	forcement established under section 111. 19
240	240	Subtitle A—Department of 20
241	241	Agriculture 21
242	242	SEC. 111. OFFICE OF HIGH-RISK AFO DISASTER MITIGA-22
243	243	TION AND ENFORCEMENT. 23
244	244	The Secretary shall establish an office within the De-24
245	245	partment of Agriculture, to be known as the ‘‘Office of 25
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249	249	High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement’’, 1
250	250	which shall carry out or enforce, as applicable, sections 2
251	251	112 through 115. 3
252	252	SEC. 112. REGISTRATION OF HIGH-RISK AFOS. 4
253	253	(a) R
254	254	EGISTRATIONREQUIREMENT.— 5
255	255	(1) I
256	256	N GENERAL.—A covered industrial oper-6
257	257	ator shall be required to register with the Office 7
258	258	prior to selling, buying, or transferring livestock, 8
259	259	poultry, or any product derived from livestock or 9
260	260	poultry across State lines. 10
261	261	(2) I
262	262	NFORMATION.—In registering with the Of-11
263	263	fice under paragraph (1), a covered industrial oper-12
264	264	ator shall submit to the Office— 13
265	265	(A) identifying information about the cov-14
266	266	ered industrial operator, including the location, 15
267	267	animal type, and peak inventory animal totals 16
268	268	for all high-risk AFOs owned or controlled by 17
269	269	the covered industrial operator; and 18
270	270	(B) a standard disaster mitigation plan 19
271	271	that includes— 20
272	272	(i) a description of the type, location, 21
273	273	and extent of all potential disaster events 22
274	274	that can affect livestock or poultry housed 23
275	275	in a high-risk AFO, including information 24
276	276	on previous occurrences of disaster events 25
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280	280	and the probability of future disaster 1
281	281	events; 2
282	282	(ii) a plan to ensure that animals do 3
283	283	not go without necessary resources such as 4
284	284	shelter, food, and water during an extreme 5
285	285	weather event; 6
286	286	(iii) a plan to increase flexibility and 7
287	287	resiliency, including— 8
288	288	(I) identifying ways to house ani-9
289	289	mals past their intended slaughter 10
290	290	date; and 11
291	291	(II) alternative slaughter and 12
292	292	processing arrangements, including 13
293	293	contracting with small-scale Depart-14
294	294	ment of Agriculture, State-certified, 15
295	295	or mobile operations with existing ca-16
296	296	pacity, in the event of supply chain 17
297	297	disruptions; 18
298	298	(iv) a plan for accessing necessary re-19
299	299	sources, personal protective equipment, 20
300	300	and labor to carry out depopulation in 21
301	301	ways that most rapidly render animals un-22
302	302	conscious in the event that depopulation is 23
303	303	unavoidable; 24
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307	307	(v) a plan for disposal of any deceased 1
308	308	animals that— 2
309	309	(I) satisfies requirements under 3
310	310	all relevant Federal, State, and local 4
311	311	environmental and public health laws; 5
312	312	and 6
313	313	(II) does not rely on unlined bur-7
314	314	ial or onsite incineration; and 8
315	315	(vi) other information, as determined 9
316	316	appropriate by the Secretary. 10
317	317	(3) A
318	318	NNUAL SUBMISSION.—A covered industrial 11
319	319	operator that is registered with the Office pursuant 12
320	320	to this subsection shall submit to the Office the in-13
321	321	formation described in paragraph (2) on an annual 14
322	322	basis. 15
323	323	(4) R
324	324	ESTRICTED FUNDS FOR PLAN .—A covered 16
325	325	industrial operator shall not, in developing a stand-17
326	326	ard disaster mitigation plan described in paragraph 18
327	327	(2)(B), use any Federal funds, including funds pro-19
328	328	vided under the environmental quality incentive pro-20
329	329	gram under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D 21
330	330	of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 22
331	331	U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.). 23
332	332	(b) D
333	333	ISASTERMITIGATIONMAINTENANCEFEE.— 24
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337	337	(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered industrial oper-1
338	338	ator registered under subsection (a) shall pay to the 2
339	339	Office an annual fee by January 15 of each year for 3
340	340	each high-risk AFO owned or controlled by the cov-4
341	341	ered industrial operator. 5
342	342	(2) T
343	343	OTAL AMOUNT OF FEES .—The amount of 6
344	344	the fee required under paragraph (1)— 7
345	345	(A) shall be determined by the Secretary in 8
346	346	a manner that will ensure that the total amount 9
347	347	of fees collected for each fiscal year shall suffi-10
348	348	ciently fund the activities of the Office for that 11
349	349	fiscal year; but 12
350	350	(B) shall not be less than $1 per animal 13
351	351	unit (as defined by the Administrator of the 14
352	352	Environmental Protection Agency) for each fis-15
353	353	cal year. 16
354	354	(3) R
355	355	ESTRICTION.—A covered industrial oper-17
356	356	ator may not reduce wages or grower payments in 18
357	357	order to derive the amount of the fee required under 19
358	358	paragraph (1). 20
359	359	(c) H
360	360	IGH-RISKAFO DISASTERMITIGATION ANDEN-21
361	361	FORCEMENTFUND.— 22
362	362	(1) E
363	363	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in 23
364	364	the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 24
365	365	known as the ‘‘High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation 25
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369	369	and Enforcement Fund’’ (referred to in this sub-1
370	370	section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 2
371	371	(2) S
372	372	OURCE; USE.—All moneys derived from 3
373	373	fees collected by the Office under subsection (b) 4
374	374	shall be deposited in the Fund and made available 5
375	375	to the Secretary, without fiscal year limitation, to 6
376	376	offset costs relating to— 7
377	377	(A) the administrative costs associated 8
378	378	with operating the Office and technical assist-9
379	379	ance offered by staff of the Office; 10
380	380	(B) creating the national stockpile pursu-11
381	381	ant to section 114(c)(2); 12
382	382	(C) enforcement actions against covered 13
383	383	industrial operators that do not comply with 14
384	384	this subtitle; and 15
385	385	(D) any other activities determined by the 16
386	386	Secretary. 17
387	387	SEC. 113. COVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR RESPONSIBIL-18
388	388	ITIES AND LIABILITIES. 19
389	389	A covered industrial operator shall be responsible and 20
390	390	liable for, with respect to each high-risk AFO owned or 21
391	391	controlled by the covered industrial operator, all costs as-22
392	392	sociated with activities related to disaster events or de-23
393	393	population of livestock or poultry, including— 24
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397	397	(1) procuring resources for depopulation of live-1
398	398	stock or poultry, including from the national stock-2
399	399	pile described in section 114(c)(2); 3
400	400	(2) disposal of deceased animals that— 4
401	401	(A) satisfies requirements under all rel-5
402	402	evant Federal, State, and local environmental 6
403	403	and public health laws; and 7
404	404	(B) does not rely on unlined burial or on-8
405	405	site incineration; 9
406	406	(3) compensation for contract growers and 10
407	407	workers, as provided in subtitle B; 11
408	408	(4) compensation for any adverse health im-12
409	409	pacts, property value diminution, and loss of use and 13
410	410	enjoyment of property suffered by neighboring resi-14
411	411	dents of the high-risk AFO; and 15
412	412	(5) other costs determined by the Secretary. 16
413	413	SEC. 114. RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN METHODS OF DE-17
414	414	POPULATION. 18
415	415	(a) D
416	416	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
417	417	(1) R
418	418	ESTRICTED PRACTICE .—The term ‘‘re-20
419	419	stricted practice’’ means— 21
420	420	(A) sodium nitrite poisoning; 22
421	421	(B) ventilation shutdown; 23
422	422	(C) ventilation shutdown plus; 24
423	423	(D) water-based foaming; and 25
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427	427	(E) any other method identified by the 1
428	428	Secretary. 2
429	429	(2) S
430	430	ODIUM NITRITE POISONING .—The term 3
431	431	‘‘sodium nitrite poisoning’’ means a method of ani-4
432	432	mal depopulation that involves feeding the toxic sub-5
433	433	stance sodium nitrite to animals, causing changes to 6
434	434	the blood that prevent delivery of oxygen to tissues 7
435	435	and result in prolonged respiratory distress prior to 8
436	436	loss of consciousness. 9
437	437	(3) V
438	438	ENTILATION SHUTDOWN .—The term ‘‘ven-10
439	439	tilation shutdown’’ means a method of animal de-11
440	440	population that involves sealing a building in which 12
441	441	animals are confined, shutting inlets, and turning off 13
442	442	fans in order to raise the temperature in the build-14
443	443	ing until the animals die from hyperthermia or hy-15
444	444	poxia, including ventilation shutdown plus. 16
445	445	(4) V
446	446	ENTILATION SHUTDOWN PLUS .—The term 17
447	447	‘‘ventilation shutdown plus’’ means a ventilation 18
448	448	shutdown method that involves the use of additional 19
449	449	heat or humidity. 20
450	450	(5) W
451	451	ATER-BASED FOAMING .—The term 21
452	452	‘‘water-based foaming’’ means a method of animal 22
453	453	depopulation that involves pumping foam con-23
454	454	centrate combined with water into a building in 24
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458	458	which animals are confined until the animals die 1
459	459	from hypoxia. 2
460	460	(b) R
461	461	ESTRICTIONS; CIVILPENALTY.—Notwith-3
462	462	standing any other provision of law, beginning 1 year after 4
463	463	the date of enactment of this Act, a covered industrial op-5
464	464	erator that uses 1 or more restricted practices for any 6
465	465	event of depopulation of livestock or poultry on a high- 7
466	466	risk AFO owned or controlled by the covered industrial 8
467	467	operator, as determined by the Office— 9
468	468	(1) shall not be eligible for any Federal contract 10
469	469	for a period of 10 years beginning on that date; 11
470	470	(2) shall not be eligible for inspection of any fa-12
471	471	cility owned or controlled by the covered industrial 13
472	472	operator pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection 14
473	473	Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products 15
474	474	Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applica-16
475	475	ble, for a period of 10 years beginning on that date; 17
476	476	and 18
477	477	(3) shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to 19
478	478	$1,000 per animal per act of depopulation, with con-20
479	479	sideration given to the appropriateness of the pen-21
480	480	alty with respect to the gravity of the violation and 22
481	481	the good faith of the covered industrial operator. 23
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485	485	(c) STANDARDS AND RESOURCES.—Not later than 1 1
486	486	year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 2
487	487	shall issue a final rule— 3
488	488	(1) to establish depopulation standards that 4
489	489	rapidly induce unconsciousness and death with mini-5
490	490	mal pain and distress; and 6
491	491	(2) to coordinate a national stockpile of re-7
492	492	sources— 8
493	493	(A) to carry out depopulation activities 9
494	494	during a disaster event in a way that rapidly in-10
495	495	duces unconsciousness and death of the animals 11
496	496	with minimal pain and distress; and 12
497	497	(B) using funds from the High-Risk AFO 13
498	498	Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement Fund es-14
499	499	tablished by section 112(c)(1). 15
500	500	SEC. 115. REPORTS. 16
501	501	(a) R
502	502	EPORTS TOSECRETARY.—Not later than 3 17
503	503	business days after completing any depopulation of any 18
504	504	animals, a covered industrial operator performing or re-19
505	505	quiring such depopulation shall submit to the Secretary 20
506	506	a report on that depopulation instance that specifies— 21
507	507	(1) the 1 or more dates on which, and location 22
508	508	at which, the depopulation and disposal of the ani-23
509	509	mals occurred; 24
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513	513	(2) the total number, species, breed, and in-1
514	514	tended product of the depopulated animals; 2
515	515	(3) the depopulation and disposal methods uti-3
516	516	lized; 4
517	517	(4) any monitoring, testing, or sampling pro-5
518	518	tocol put in place to monitor releases of environ-6
519	519	mental contaminants from the disposal location; 7
520	520	(5) a summary of any assets utilized or received 8
521	521	from the national stockpile established pursuant to 9
522	522	section 114(c)(2), as applicable; 10
523	523	(6) documentation of compliance or noncompli-11
524	524	ance with the standard disaster mitigation plan de-12
525	525	scribed in section 112(a)(2)(B) of the covered indus-13
526	526	trial operator; and 14
527	527	(7) the cost associated with the depopulation 15
528	528	and disposal, including labor. 16
529	529	(b) P
530	530	UBLICLYSEARCHABLEDATABASE.—The Sec-17
531	531	retary, acting through the Office, shall develop and make 18
532	532	publicly available an electronically searchable and sortable 19
533	533	online database that contains information— 20
534	534	(1) reported under subsection (a); and 21
535	535	(2) submitted by covered industrial operators 22
536	536	registering under section 112. 23
537	537	SEC. 116. CIVIL ACTIONS. 24
538	538	(a) I
539	539	NGENERAL.—Any person may— 25
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543	543	(1) bring a civil action against a covered indus-1
544	544	trial operator or the Secretary in an appropriate 2
545	545	court to redress any violation of this subtitle or any 3
546	546	other law relating to the activities described in this 4
547	547	subtitle; and 5
548	548	(2) obtain appropriate relief in that civil action, 6
549	549	including equitable relief and compensatory dam-7
550	550	ages. 8
551	551	(b) A
552	552	TTORNEY’SFEES FORPLAINTIFF.—The court 9
553	553	shall award a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs 10
554	554	to a prevailing plaintiff in a civil action described in sub-11
555	555	section (a). 12
556	556	Subtitle B—Department of Labor 13
557	557	SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 14
558	558	In this subtitle: 15
559	559	(1) A
560	560	FFECTED CONTRACT GROWER .—The term 16
561	561	‘‘affected contract grower’’ means an owner of an 17
562	562	AFO— 18
563	563	(A) that raises livestock or poultry pursu-19
564	564	ant to a written contract, marketing arrange-20
565	565	ment, or other arrangement, with a covered in-21
566	566	dustrial operator; and 22
567	567	(B) whose AFO is impacted by a disaster 23
568	568	mitigation event. 24
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572	572	(2) AFFECTED CONTRACTOR .—The term ‘‘af-1
573	573	fected contractor’’ means an individual or entity that 2
574	574	supplies, either with or without a contract, a covered 3
575	575	industrial operator with a worker to perform labor 4
576	576	directly or indirectly related to a disaster mitigation 5
577	577	event. 6
578	578	(3) C
579	579	OVERED WORKER.— 7
580	580	(A) I
581	581	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 8
582	582	worker’’— 9
583	583	(i) means an employee who performs 10
584	584	labor in connection with a disaster mitiga-11
585	585	tion event for a covered industrial oper-12
586	586	ator; and 13
587	587	(ii) includes any employee of an af-14
588	588	fected contract grower, or of another af-15
589	589	fected contractor, of a covered industrial 16
590	590	operator. 17
591	591	(B) A
592	592	DDITIONAL TERMS .—In this para-18
593	593	graph, the term ‘‘employee’’ means an indi-19
594	594	vidual performing any labor for a covered in-20
595	595	dustrial operator, including through an affected 21
596	596	contract grower or other affected contractor, 22
597	597	unless— 23
598	598	(i) the individual is free from control 24
599	599	and direction in connection with the per-25
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603	603	formance of the labor, both under the con-1
604	604	tract for the performance of labor and in 2
605	605	fact; 3
606	606	(ii) the labor is performed outside the 4
607	607	usual course of the business of the covered 5
608	608	industrial operator; and 6
609	609	(iii) the individual is customarily en-7
610	610	gaged in an independently established 8
611	611	trade, occupation, profession, or business 9
612	612	of the same nature as that involved in the 10
613	613	labor performed. 11
614	614	(4) D
615	615	ISASTER MITIGATION EVENT .—The term 12
616	616	‘‘disaster mitigation event’’ means a disaster event 13
617	617	affecting a covered industrial operator that triggers 14
618	618	activities described in the disaster mitigation plan 15
619	619	submitted by the covered industrial operator under 16
620	620	section 112(a)(2)(B). 17
621	621	SEC. 122. MINIMUM LABOR STANDARDS FOR COVERED 18
622	622	WORKERS AND AFFECTED CONTRACT GROW-19
623	623	ERS. 20
624	624	(a) A
625	625	PPLICABILITY.—A covered industrial operator 21
626	626	that employs or contracts with covered workers, affected 22
627	627	contract growers, or other affected contractors related to 23
628	628	a disaster mitigation event shall comply with the labor 24
629	629	standards described in subsection (b). 25
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633	633	(b) LABORSTANDARDS.—The labor standards de-1
634	634	scribed in this subsection are the following: 2
635	635	(1) W
636	636	HISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS .—A cov-3
637	637	ered industrial operator shall not discharge, cause to 4
638	638	be discharged, or in any other manner discriminate 5
639	639	against any covered worker or affected contract 6
640	640	grower because such covered worker or affected con-7
641	641	tract grower— 8
642	642	(A) has filed any complaint or instituted or 9
643	643	caused to be instituted any proceeding under or 10
644	644	related to this section; or 11
645	645	(B) has testified or is about to testify in 12
646	646	any such proceeding. 13
647	647	(2) H
648	648	EALTH INSURANCE REQUIREMENT .—Dur-14
649	649	ing a disaster mitigation event and for a period of 15
650	650	not less than 2 years following the disaster mitiga-16
651	651	tion event, the covered industrial operator shall offer 17
652	652	each covered worker and affected contract grower of 18
653	653	the covered industrial operator a health plan that 19
654	654	provides coverage that is at least equivalent to cov-20
655	655	erage provided by an essential health benefits pack-21
656	656	age (as defined in subsection (a) of section 1302 of 22
657	657	the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 23
658	658	U.S.C. 18022)) at the silver level of coverage (as de-24
659	659	fined in subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section), re-25
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663	663	gardless of their employment status or contract with 1
664	664	the covered industrial operator. Such covered indus-2
665	665	trial operator shall pay the full premium amount for 3
666	666	such health plan for each such covered worker or af-4
667	667	fected contract grower who elects to enroll in such 5
668	668	plan. 6
669	669	(3) S
670	670	EVERANCE PAY FOR COVERED WORK -7
671	671	ERS.—In the case of a disaster mitigation event, the 8
672	672	covered industrial operator shall provide any covered 9
673	673	worker terminated by the covered industrial oper-10
674	674	ator, or by an affected contract grower or other af-11
675	675	fected contractor of the covered industrial operator 12
676	676	impacted by the disaster mitigation event, during 13
677	677	the 60-day period following the disaster mitigation 14
678	678	event with 12 weeks of severance pay, at a weekly 15
679	679	rate equal to the average weekly earnings of the cov-16
680	680	ered worker during the disaster mitigation event. 17
681	681	(4) L
682	682	OST REVENUE FOR AFFECTED CONTRACT 18
683	683	GROWERS.—In any case in which a covered indus-19
684	684	trial operator terminates the contract of an affected 20
685	685	contract grower following a disaster mitigation 21
686	686	event, the covered industrial operator shall provide 22
687	687	an amount of lost revenue to the affected contract 23
688	688	grower equal to the affected contract grower’s rev-24
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692	692	enue from the covered operator during the preceding 1
693	693	180 days. 2
694	694	(c) E
695	695	NFORCEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF 3
696	696	L
697	697	ABOR.— 4
698	698	(1) G
699	699	ENERAL AUTHORITY .—The Secretary of 5
700	700	Labor shall receive, investigate, and attempt to re-6
701	701	solve complaints of violations of this section in the 7
702	702	same manner that the Secretary of Labor receives, 8
703	703	investigates, and attempts to resolve complaints of 9
704	704	violations of sections 6, 7, and 15(a)(3) of the Fair 10
705	705	Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206, 207, 11
706	706	and 215(a)(3)), including such Secretary’s authority 12
707	707	to supervise payment of wages and compensation 13
708	708	under section 16(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216(c)). 14
709	709	(2) C
710	710	IVIL PENALTIES.—The Secretary of Labor 15
711	711	may assess a civil penalty against a covered indus-16
712	712	trial operator that violates any provision of this sec-17
713	713	tion. 18
714	714	(3) M
715	715	ONITORING COMPLIANCE .—Not later than 19
716	716	90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 20
717	717	Secretary of Labor shall— 21
718	718	(A) develop a process to monitor compli-22
719	719	ance with the standards under this section that 23
720	720	requires covered industrial operators to provide 24
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724	724	information to demonstrate such compliance; 1
725	725	and 2
726	726	(B) issue rules to determine penalties for 3
727	727	noncompliance with this section. 4
728	728	(4) N
729	729	OTIFICATION OF OFFICE.—The Secretary 5
730	730	of Labor shall notify the Office of any covered in-6
731	731	dustrial operator that is determined to be non-7
732	732	compliant with the requirements of this section. 8
733	733	(d) R
734	734	IGHT OFACTION FORVIOLATIONS.— 9
735	735	(1) P
736	736	RIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR VIOLA -10
737	737	TIONS.—An action to recover damages or obtain re-11
738	738	lief prescribed in paragraph (2) may be maintained 12
739	739	against any covered industrial operator in any Fed-13
740	740	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction by 1 or 14
741	741	more covered workers or affected contract growers 15
742	742	for and on behalf of themselves and other similarly 16
743	743	situated covered workers or affected contract grow-17
744	744	ers. 18
745	745	(2) L
746	746	IABILITY.— 19
747	747	(A) I
748	748	N GENERAL.—A covered industrial 20
749	749	operator who violates this section shall be liable 21
750	750	to each covered worker or affected contract 22
751	751	grower that is aggrieved by the violation for— 23
752	752	(i) damages in the amount of unpaid 24
753	753	wages, salary, overtime compensation, or 25
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757	757	other compensation denied or lost by rea-1
758	758	son of the violation; and 2
759	759	(ii) an additional equal amount as liq-3
760	760	uidated damages. 4
761	761	(B) A
762	762	TTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS.—In a 5
763	763	civil action brought under paragraph (1) in 6
764	764	which the plaintiff prevails, the court shall 7
765	765	award the plaintiff reasonable attorney’s fees 8
766	766	and costs of the action. 9
767	767	(3) E
768	768	NFORCEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF 10
769	769	LABOR.—The Secretary of Labor may bring an ac-11
770	770	tion in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover 12
771	771	damages or obtain relief described in paragraph (2) 13
772	772	on behalf of a covered worker or affected contract 14
773	773	grower aggrieved by a violation of this section. 15
774	774	SEC. 123. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF INCARCERATED 16
775	775	WORKERS. 17
776	776	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered 18
777	777	industrial operator that the Secretary of Labor determines 19
778	778	entered into a contract, on or after the date of enactment 20
779	779	of this Act, with any entity to utilize incarcerated workers 21
780	780	to perform labor related to a disaster mitigation event 22
781	781	shall not be eligible for— 23
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785	785	(1) any Federal contracts for a period of 10 1
786	786	years beginning on the date of the determination; 2
787	787	and 3
788	788	(2) inspection of any facility owned or con-4
789	789	trolled by the covered industrial operator pursuant 5
790	790	to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 6
791	791	et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 7
792	792	U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applicable, for a period of 10 8
793	793	years beginning on that date. 9
794	794	TITLE II—GRANT AND PILOT 10
795	795	PROGRAMS 11
796	796	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 12
797	797	In this title: 13
798	798	(1) C
799	799	ONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STUNNING .— 14
800	800	The term ‘‘controlled-atmosphere stunning’’ means 15
801	801	rendering poultry unconscious through exposure to a 16
802	802	mixture of gas (nitrogen and argon or concentra-17
803	803	tions of carbon dioxide) before slaughter. 18
804	804	(2) E
805	805	LIGIBLE PROCESSING FACILITY .—The 19
806	806	term ‘‘eligible processing facility’’ means an eligible 20
807	807	facility described in section 764 of division N of the 21
808	808	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (21 U.S.C. 22
809	809	473), that has a labor peace agreement in place. 23
810	810	(3) L
811	811	ABOR PEACE AGREEMENT .—The term 24
812	812	‘‘labor peace agreement’’ means an agreement— 25
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816	816	(A) between an employer and a labor orga-1
817	817	nization that represents, or is actively seeking 2
818	818	to represent as of the date on which the labor 3
819	819	peace agreement is entered, the employees of 4
820	820	the employer; and 5
821	821	(B) under which such employer and such 6
822	822	labor organization agree that— 7
823	823	(i) the employer will not— 8
824	824	(I) hinder any effort of an em-9
825	825	ployee to join a labor organization; or 10
826	826	(II) take any action that directly 11
827	827	or indirectly indicates or implies any 12
828	828	opposition to an employee joining a 13
829	829	labor organization; 14
830	830	(ii) the labor organization will refrain 15
831	831	from picketing, work stoppages, or boy-16
832	832	cotts against the employer; 17
833	833	(iii) the employer will— 18
834	834	(I) provide the labor organization 19
835	835	with employee contact information; 20
836	836	and 21
837	837	(II) facilitate or permit labor or-22
838	838	ganization access to employees at the 23
839	839	workplace, including facilitating or 24
840	840	permitting the labor organization to 25
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844	844	meet with employees to discuss joining 1
845	845	the labor organization; and 2
846	846	(iv) the employer will, upon the re-3
847	847	quest of the labor organization, recognize 4
848	848	the labor organization as the bargaining 5
849	849	representative of the employees if a major-6
850	850	ity of the employees choose the labor orga-7
851	851	nization as their bargaining representative. 8
852	852	(4) L
853	853	IVE-SHACKLE SLAUGHTER .—The term 9
854	854	‘‘live-shackle slaughter’’ means the method of stun-10
855	855	ning poultry before slaughter by shackling the poul-11
856	856	try upside down by their legs and moving the poul-12
857	857	try through electrified baths meant to render the 13
858	858	poultry unconscious. 14
859	859	SEC. 202. CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STUNNING TRANSI-15
860	860	TION PROGRAM. 16
861	861	(a) I
862	862	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 17
863	863	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 18
864	864	a transition program to award grants to eligible processing 19
865	865	facilities that process poultry to transition from live-shack-20
866	866	le slaughter to controlled-atmosphere stunning. 21
867	867	(b) E
868	868	LIGIBILITY.—As a condition of receipt of a 22
869	869	grant under subsection (a), an eligible processing facility 23
870	870	shall not, for a period of 10 years following the date of 24
871	871	receipt of the grant, sell a slaughter or processing facility 25
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875	875	to, or merge the slaughter or processing facility with, a 1
876	876	packer that owns more than 10 percent of the market 2
877	877	share of meat and poultry markets. 3
878	878	(c) F
879	879	UNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 4
880	880	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 5
881	881	$750,000,000 to the Secretary to carry out this section. 6
882	882	SEC. 203. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY 7
883	883	TO INSPECTION AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-8
884	884	ANCE FOR ELIGIBLE PROCESSING FACILI-9
885	885	TIES. 10
886	886	(a) I
887	887	NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 11
888	888	5-year pilot program within the Meat and Poultry Inspec-12
889	889	tion Division of the Food Safety and Inspection Service— 13
890	890	(1) to expand the availability of processing in-14
891	891	spectors, technical assistance, and onsite inspection 15
892	892	for eligible processing facilities, including no-cost 16
893	893	overtime inspections; and 17
894	894	(2) to identify and train part-time inspectors 18
895	895	and technical assistance providers. 19
896	896	(b) P
897	897	ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.—The Secretary 20
898	898	shall determine the appropriate professional experience of 21
899	899	inspectors and providers described in subsection (a)(2), 22
900	900	which shall include individuals with expertise in veterinary 23
901	901	medicine, public health, food service management, and 24
902	902	animal science, as applicable. 25
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906	906	(c) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-1
907	907	priated to the Secretary not less than $50,000,000 to 2
908	908	carry out this section. 3
909	909	TITLE III—HUMANE HANDLING 4
910	910	REFORMS 5
911	911	Subtitle A—Transport 6
912	912	SEC. 311. TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. 7
913	913	(a) T
914	914	RANSPORTATION LASTINGMORETHAN8 8
915	915	H
916	916	OURS.— 9
917	917	(1) I
918	918	N GENERAL.—Section 80502 of title 49, 10
919	919	United States Code, is amended— 11
920	920	(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘a rail 12
921	921	carrier’’ and all that follows through ‘‘territory 13
922	922	or possession,’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered pro-14
923	923	vider of transportation’’; 15
924	924	(B) in subsection (b)— 16
925	925	(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub-17
926	926	section (a) of this section’’ and inserting 18
927	927	‘‘subsection (b)’’; 19
928	928	(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 20
929	929	through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through 21
930	930	(C), respectively, and indenting appro-22
931	931	priately; 23
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936	936	graph (A) (as so redesignated), in the 2
937	937	third sentence— 3
938	938	(I) by striking ‘‘the rail carrier’’ 4
939	939	and all that follows through ‘‘a ves-5
940	940	sel’’ and inserting ‘‘the covered pro-6
941	941	vider of transportation’’; and 7
942	942	(II) by striking ‘‘When the ani-8
943	943	mals’’ and inserting the following: 9
944	944	‘‘(3) R
945	945	ESPONSIBILITY OF COVERED PROVIDER 10
946	946	OF TRANSPORTATION.—When the animals’’; 11
947	947	(iv) in the matter preceding para-12
948	948	graph (3) (as so designated), in the second 13
949	949	sentence, by striking ‘‘The owner’’ and in-14
950	950	serting the following: 15
951	951	‘‘(2) R
952	952	ESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER OR PERSON 16
953	953	HAVING CUSTODY.—The owner’’; and 17
954	954	(v) in the matter preceding paragraph 18
955	955	(2) (as so designated), by striking ‘‘Ani-19
956	956	mals being’’ and inserting the following: 20
957	957	‘‘(1) I
958	958	N GENERAL.—Animals being’’; 21
959	959	(C) in subsection (d)— 22
960	960	(i) in the second sentence, by striking 23
961	961	‘‘On learning’’ and inserting the following: 24
962	962	‘‘(2) C
963	963	IVIL ACTION.—On learning’’; and 25
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967	967	(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 1
968	968	‘‘A rail carrier’’ and all that follows 2
969	969	through ‘‘a vessel’’ and inserting the fol-3
970	970	lowing: 4
971	971	‘‘(1) I
972	972	N GENERAL.—A covered provider of 5
973	973	transportation’’; 6
974	974	(D) by redesignating subsections (a) 7
975	975	through (d) as subsections (b), (c), (g), and (f), 8
976	976	respectively, and moving the subsections so as 9
977	977	to appear in alphabetical order; 10
978	978	(E) by inserting before subsection (b) (as 11
979	979	so redesignated) the following: 12
980	980	‘‘(a) D
981	981	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
982	982	‘‘(1) C
983	983	OVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR .— 14
984	984	‘‘(A) I
985	985	N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered in-15
986	986	dustrial operator’ means an individual or entity 16
987	987	that owns or controls a quantity of livestock or 17
988	988	poultry that is not less than the quantity de-18
989	989	scribed in subparagraph (B) for the applicable 19
990	990	livestock or poultry. 20
991	991	‘‘(B) Q
992	992	UANTITY OF LIVESTOCK OR POUL -21
993	993	TRY IN AFOS.—The quantity of livestock or 22
994	994	poultry referred to in subparagraph (A) is 1 or 23
995	995	more of the following quantities of livestock or 24
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999	999	poultry housed in 1 or more Animal Feeding 1
1000	1000	Operations at a single point in time: 2
1001	1001	‘‘(i) 2,500 swine. 3
1002	1002	‘‘(ii) 30,000 turkeys or ducks. 4
1003	1003	‘‘(iii) 82,000 laying hens or broilers. 5
1004	1004	‘‘(2) C
1005	1005	OVERED PROVIDER OF TRANSPOR -6
1006	1006	TATION.— 7
1007	1007	‘‘(A) I
1008	1008	N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 8
1009	1009	provider of transportation’ means an individual 9
1010	1010	or entity described in subparagraph (B) that is 10
1011	1011	transporting animals from a place in a State, 11
1012	1012	the District of Columbia, or a territory or pos-12
1013	1013	session of the United States through or to a 13
1014	1014	place in another State, the District of Colum-14
1015	1015	bia, or a territory or possession of the United 15
1016	1016	States. 16
1017	1017	‘‘(B) I
1018	1018	NDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DE -17
1019	1019	SCRIBED.—An individual or entity referred to 18
1020	1020	in subparagraph (A) is— 19
1021	1021	‘‘(i) a rail carrier, express carrier, or 20
1022	1022	common carrier (except by air or water); 21
1023	1023	‘‘(ii) a receiver, trustee, or lessee of a 22
1024	1024	carrier described in clause (i); or 23
1025	1025	‘‘(iii) an owner or master of a vessel. 24
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1029	1029	‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 1
1030	1030	the Secretary of Agriculture.’’; and 2
1031	1031	(F) by inserting after subsection (c) (as so 3
1032	1032	redesignated) the following: 4
1033	1033	‘‘(d) T
1034	1034	RANSPORTATION LASTINGMORETHAN8 5
1035	1035	H
1036	1036	OURS.— 6
1037	1037	‘‘(1) I
1038	1038	N GENERAL.—In any case in which ani-7
1039	1039	mals are transported by a covered provider of trans-8
1040	1040	portation on behalf of a covered industrial operator 9
1041	1041	for a period lasting, or expected to last, more than 10
1042	1042	8 consecutive hours, the covered provider of trans-11
1043	1043	portation transporting the animals shall ensure 12
1044	1044	that— 13
1045	1045	‘‘(A) the means of transport provides ade-14
1046	1046	quate protection of the animals from high 15
1047	1047	winds, rain, and snow; 16
1048	1048	‘‘(B) any livestock or poultry are provided 17
1049	1049	with appropriate bedding or equivalent material 18
1050	1050	that— 19
1051	1051	‘‘(i) prevents slipping; 20
1052	1052	‘‘(ii) ensures a level of comfort appro-21
1053	1053	priate to— 22
1054	1054	‘‘(I) the species of the livestock 23
1055	1055	or poultry; 24
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1059	1059	‘‘(II) the number of animals 1
1060	1060	being transported; 2
1061	1061	‘‘(III) the duration of the period 3
1062	1062	of transportation; and 4
1063	1063	‘‘(IV) the weather; and 5
1064	1064	‘‘(iii) provides adequate absorption of 6
1065	1065	urine and feces; 7
1066	1066	‘‘(C) the animals are not overcrowded dur-8
1067	1067	ing transport, including by complying with the 9
1068	1068	regulations promulgated under paragraph (2); 10
1069	1069	‘‘(D) the means of transport is equipped 11
1070	1070	with a water supply that ensures that each ani-12
1071	1071	mal has access to water in a manner and quan-13
1072	1072	tity appropriate to the species and size of the 14
1073	1073	animal; 15
1074	1074	‘‘(E) watering devices on the means of 16
1075	1075	transport are— 17
1076	1076	‘‘(i) in good working order; 18
1077	1077	‘‘(ii) appropriately designed; and 19
1078	1078	‘‘(iii) positioned appropriately for the 20
1079	1079	species of animal to be watered during 21
1080	1080	transport; and 22
1081	1081	‘‘(F) the animals are not transported when 23
1082	1082	the temperature within the means of transport 24
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1086	1086	cannot be maintained between 40 degrees Fahr-1
1087	1087	enheit and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. 2
1088	1088	‘‘(2) R
1089	1089	ULEMAKING.— 3
1090	1090	‘‘(A) I
1091	1091	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 4
1092	1092	promulgate regulations setting species-specific 5
1093	1093	space allowances during periods of transpor-6
1094	1094	tation lasting more than 8 hours. 7
1095	1095	‘‘(B) R
1096	1096	EQUIREMENTS.—The regulations 8
1097	1097	promulgated under subparagraph (A) shall en-9
1098	1098	sure that each species of animal has enough 10
1099	1099	space— 11
1100	1100	‘‘(i) to turn around; 12
1101	1101	‘‘(ii) to lie down; and 13
1102	1102	‘‘(iii) to fully extend the limbs of the 14
1103	1103	animal. 15
1104	1104	‘‘(e) R
1105	1105	ECORDKEEPING.— 16
1106	1106	‘‘(1) I
1107	1107	N GENERAL.—Each covered industrial op-17
1108	1108	erator shall maintain records of all livestock trans-18
1109	1109	ported by the covered industrial operator. 19
1110	1110	‘‘(2) P
1111	1111	RODUCTION OF RECORDS .—A covered in-20
1112	1112	dustrial operator shall provide the records main-21
1113	1113	tained under paragraph (1) to the Secretary on re-22
1114	1114	quest.’’. 23
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1118	1118	(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 1
1119	1119	by paragraph (1) take effect on the date that is 1 2
1120	1120	year after the date of enactment of this Act. 3
1121	1121	(3) R
1122	1122	ULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after 4
1123	1123	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
1124	1124	shall promulgate final regulations to implement the 6
1125	1125	amendments made by paragraph (1). 7
1126	1126	(b) M
1127	1127	ODIFICATION OF28-HOURRULE.— 8
1128	1128	(1) I
1129	1129	N GENERAL.—Section 80502 of title 49, 9
1130	1130	United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), 10
1131	1131	is amended— 11
1132	1132	(A) in subsection (b)— 12
1133	1133	(i) in paragraph (1)— 13
1134	1134	(I) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as 14
1135	1135	provided’’ and inserting the following: 15
1136	1136	‘‘(1) I
1137	1137	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-16
1138	1138	vided’’; and 17
1139	1139	(II) by striking ‘‘28’’ and insert-18
1140	1140	ing ‘‘8’’; 19
1141	1141	(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and in-20
1142	1142	serting the following: 21
1143	1143	‘‘(2) E
1144	1144	XCEPTIONS.— 22
1145	1145	‘‘(A) I
1146	1146	N GENERAL.—Animals may be con-23
1147	1147	fined for more than 8 hours when the animals 24
1148	1148	cannot be unloaded because of accidental or un-25
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1152	1152	avoidable causes that could not have been an-1
1153	1153	ticipated or avoided when being careful. 2
1154	1154	‘‘(B) S
1155	1155	HEEP.—Sheep may be confined for 3
1156	1156	an additional 8 consecutive hours without being 4
1157	1157	unloaded when the 8-hour period of confine-5
1158	1158	ment described in paragraph (1) ends at 6
1159	1159	night.’’; and 7
1160	1160	(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(3) 8
1161	1161	Time’’ and inserting the following: 9
1162	1162	‘‘(3) L
1163	1163	OADING AND UNLOADING .—Time’’; and 10
1164	1164	(B) by striking subsection (g). 11
1165	1165	(2) E
1166	1166	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 12
1167	1167	by paragraph (1) take effect on the date that is 10 13
1168	1168	years after the date of enactment of this Act. 14
1169	1169	SEC. 312. HIGHER-WELFARE TRANSPORT RESEARCH FUND-15
1170	1170	ING. 16
1171	1171	(a) D
1172	1172	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
1173	1173	(1) E
1174	1174	LIGIBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTION .—The 18
1175	1175	term ‘‘eligible research institution’’ means— 19
1176	1176	(A) an 1862 Institution (as defined in sec-20
1177	1177	tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 21
1178	1178	and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 22
1179	1179	7601)); 23
1180	1180	(B) an 1890 Institution (as defined in that 24
1181	1181	section); 25
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1185	1185	(C) a 1994 Institution (as defined in sec-1
1186	1186	tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 2
1187	1187	Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 3
1188	1188	Public Law 103–382)); 4
1189	1189	(D) a non-land-grant college of agriculture 5
1190	1190	(as defined in section 1404 of the National Ag-6
1191	1191	ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 7
1192	1192	Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) that has 8
1193	1193	a demonstrable capacity to conduct livestock or 9
1194	1194	poultry research, as determined by the Sec-10
1195	1195	retary; 11
1196	1196	(E) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges 12
1197	1197	and universities (as defined in that section); 13
1198	1198	and 14
1199	1199	(F) a center of excellence recognized under 15
1200	1200	section 1673 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-16
1201	1201	servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 17
1202	1202	5926). 18
1203	1203	(2) H
1204	1204	IGHER-WELFARE TRANSPORT .—The term 19
1205	1205	‘‘higher-welfare transport’’ means the handling, 20
1206	1206	loading, and transport mechanisms by which live-21
1207	1207	stock and poultry are transported, at any time, 22
1208	1208	which take into account animal welfare and species- 23
1209	1209	specific requirements to ensure that— 24
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1213	1213	(A) animal welfare is maintained through-1
1214	1214	out transport; and 2
1215	1215	(B) animals are spared unnecessary dis-3
1216	1216	tress or injury. 4
1217	1217	(b) G
1218	1218	RANTPROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 5
1219	1219	a program to provide grants to eligible research institu-6
1220	1220	tions to study higher-welfare transport. 7
1221	1221	(c) A
1222	1222	PPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 8
1223	1223	this section, an eligible research institution shall submit 9
1224	1224	to the Secretary an application at such time, in such man-10
1225	1225	ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 11
1226	1226	require. 12
1227	1227	(d) R
1228	1228	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 13
1229	1229	established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall en-14
1230	1230	sure that none of the grant funding may be used to per-15
1231	1231	form any experiment that would not comply with current 16
1232	1232	transport law. 17
1233	1233	(e) A
1234	1234	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 18
1235	1235	authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 19
1236	1236	out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 20
1237	1237	through 2026. 21
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1241	1241	Subtitle B—Nonambulatory 1
1242	1242	Livestock 2
1243	1243	SEC. 321. UNLAWFUL SLAUGHTER PRACTICES INVOLVING 3
1244	1244	NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK. 4
1245	1245	(a) I
1246	1246	NGENERAL.—Public Law 85–765 (commonly 5
1247	1247	known as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 6
1248	1248	1958’’) is amended by inserting after section 2 (7 U.S.C. 7
1249	1249	1902) the following: 8
1250	1250	‘‘SEC. 3. NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK. 9
1251	1251	‘‘(a) D
1252	1252	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10
1253	1253	‘‘(1) C
1254	1254	OVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-11
1255	1255	tity’ means— 12
1256	1256	‘‘(A) a stockyard; 13
1257	1257	‘‘(B) a market agency; 14
1258	1258	‘‘(C) a packer (as defined in section 201 of 15
1259	1259	the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 16
1260	1260	U.S.C. 191)); 17
1261	1261	‘‘(D) a dealer (as defined in section 301 of 18
1262	1262	the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 19
1263	1263	U.S.C. 201)); 20
1264	1264	‘‘(E) a slaughter facility; and 21
1265	1265	‘‘(F) an establishment. 22
1266	1266	‘‘(2) E
1267	1267	STABLISHMENT.—The term ‘establish-23
1268	1268	ment’ means an establishment that is subject to in-24
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1272	1272	spection pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection 1
1273	1273	Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 2
1274	1274	‘‘(3) H
1275	1275	UMANELY EUTHANIZE .—The term ‘hu-3
1276	1276	manely euthanize’ means to immediately render an 4
1277	1277	animal unconscious by mechanical, chemical, or 5
1278	1278	other means, with the unconscious state remaining 6
1279	1279	until the death of the animal. 7
1280	1280	‘‘(4) N
1281	1281	ONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK .—The term 8
1282	1282	‘nonambulatory livestock’ means any cattle, sheep, 9
1283	1283	swine, goats, or horses, mules, or other equines who 10
1284	1284	cannot stand or walk unassisted. 11
1285	1285	‘‘(5) S
1286	1286	ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 12
1287	1287	the Secretary of Agriculture. 13
1288	1288	‘‘(b) H
1289	1289	UMANETREATMENT, HANDLING, ANDDIS-14
1290	1290	POSITION.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to 15
1291	1291	provide for the humane treatment, handling, and disposi-16
1292	1292	tion of all nonambulatory livestock by covered entities, in-17
1293	1293	cluding requirements for covered entities— 18
1294	1294	‘‘(1) to immediately humanely euthanize non-19
1295	1295	ambulatory livestock when the livestock becomes 20
1296	1296	nonambulatory livestock, subject to subsection (c); 21
1297	1297	and 22
1298	1298	‘‘(2)(A) to have written policies and procedures 23
1299	1299	in place, and proper equipment, relating to the hu-24
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1303	1303	mane handling, euthanization, and disposition of all 1
1304	1304	nonambulatory livestock; 2
1305	1305	‘‘(B) to maintain records of all nonambulatory 3
1306	1306	livestock; and 4
1307	1307	‘‘(C) to electronically submit those written poli-5
1308	1308	cies and procedures and records to the Adminis-6
1309	1309	trator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. 7
1310	1310	‘‘(c) H
1311	1311	UMANEEUTHANASIA.— 8
1312	1312	‘‘(1) I
1313	1313	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-9
1314	1314	mulgate regulations specifying— 10
1315	1315	‘‘(A) the methods of euthanasia that shall 11
1316	1316	be acceptable for the humane disposition of 12
1317	1317	nonambulatory livestock required under the reg-13
1318	1318	ulations promulgated under subsection (b); and 14
1319	1319	‘‘(B) processes for ensuring effective en-15
1320	1320	forcement of the use of those methods. 16
1321	1321	‘‘(2) D
1322	1322	ISEASE TESTING.—The regulations pro-17
1323	1323	mulgated under subsection (b) shall not limit the 18
1324	1324	ability of the Secretary to test nonambulatory live-19
1325	1325	stock for a disease. 20
1326	1326	‘‘(d) T
1327	1327	RANSACTING ORPROCESSING.—A covered en-21
1328	1328	tity shall not— 22
1329	1329	‘‘(1) buy or sell a nonambulatory animal; or 23
1330	1330	‘‘(2) process, butcher, or sell meat or products 24
1331	1331	of nonambulatory livestock. 25
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1335	1335	‘‘(e) RECORDS.—The Administrator of the Food 1
1336	1336	Safety and Inspection Service shall maintain all docu-2
1337	1337	ments submitted by covered entities pursuant to the regu-3
1338	1338	lations under subsection (b).’’. 4
1339	1339	(b) I
1340	1340	NSPECTION OF NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK; 5
1341	1341	L
1342	1342	ABELING.—Section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 6
1343	1343	(21 U.S.C. 606) is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
1344	1344	lowing: 8
1345	1345	‘‘(c) I
1346	1346	NSPECTION OFNONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK; 9
1347	1347	L
1348	1348	ABELING.— 10
1349	1349	‘‘(1) D
1350	1350	EFINITION OF NONAMBULATORY LIVE -11
1351	1351	STOCK.—In this subsection, the term ‘non-12
1352	1352	ambulatory livestock’ means any cattle, sheep, swine, 13
1353	1353	goats, or horses, mules, or other equines who cannot 14
1354	1354	stand or walk unassisted. 15
1355	1355	‘‘(2) I
1356	1356	NSPECTION.—It shall be unlawful for an 16
1357	1357	inspector at an establishment subject to inspection 17
1358	1358	under this Act to pass through inspection any non-18
1359	1359	ambulatory livestock or carcass (including parts of a 19
1360	1360	carcass) of nonambulatory livestock. 20
1361	1361	‘‘(3) L
1362	1362	ABELING.—An inspector or other em-21
1363	1363	ployee of an establishment described in paragraph 22
1364	1364	(2) shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as ‘inspected 23
1365	1365	and condemned’ any carcass (including parts of a 24
1366	1366	carcass) of nonambulatory livestock.’’. 25
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1370	1370	(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.— 1
1371	1371	(1) I
1372	1372	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-2
1373	1373	graph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a) 3
1374	1374	and (b) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 4
1375	1375	after the date of enactment of this Act. 5
1376	1376	(2) R
1377	1377	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 6
1378	1378	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 7
1379	1379	shall promulgate final regulations to implement the 8
1380	1380	amendments made by subsections (a) and (b). 9
1381	1381	SEC. 322. UNLAWFUL USE OF DRUGS CONTRIBUTING TO 10
1382	1382	NONAMBULATORY CONDITIONS. 11
1383	1383	The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by in-12
1384	1384	serting after section 10409A (7 U.S.C. 8308a) the fol-13
1385	1385	lowing: 14
1386	1386	‘‘SEC. 10409B. UNLAWFUL USE OF DRUGS ON CERTAIN ANI-15
1387	1387	MALS. 16
1388	1388	‘‘Any use of a beta-agonist drug, including 17
1389	1389	ractopamine, zilpaterol, and lubabegron, in an animal in 18
1390	1390	the absence of disease, including use for growth promotion 19
1391	1391	or feed efficiency, is prohibited.’’. 20
1392	1392	SEC. 323. INCLUSION OF POULTRY IN HUMANE METHODS 21
1393	1393	OF SLAUGHTER ACT. 22
1394	1394	(a) I
1395	1395	NGENERAL.—Public Law 85–765 (commonly 23
1396	1396	known as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 24
1397	1397	1958’’) (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is amended by adding 25
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1401	1401	‘‘and poultry’’ after the term ‘‘livestock’’ each place it ap-1
1402	1402	pears, except as provided in subsection (b). 2
1403	1403	(b) O
1404	1404	THERCONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3
1405	1405	2(a) of Public Law 85–765 (commonly known as the ‘‘Hu-4
1406	1406	mane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’) (7 U.S.C. 5
1407	1407	1902) is amended by striking ‘‘and other livestock,’’ and 6
1408	1408	inserting ‘‘other livestock, and poultry’’. 7
1409	1409	(c) E
1410	1410	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 8
1411	1411	subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date that 9
1412	1412	is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 10
1413	1413	Subtitle C—Inspections 11
1414	1414	SEC. 331. DEFINITIONS. 12
1415	1415	In this subtitle: 13
1416	1416	(1) C
1417	1417	OVERED ESTABLISHMENT .—The term 14
1418	1418	‘‘covered establishment’’ means— 15
1419	1419	(A) an official establishment (as defined in 16
1420	1420	section 301.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-17
1421	1421	lations (or successor regulations)) that is sub-18
1422	1422	ject to inspection under the Federal Meat In-19
1423	1423	spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 20
1424	1424	(B) an official establishment (as defined in 21
1425	1425	section 381.1 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-22
1426	1426	lations (or successor regulations)) that is sub-23
1427	1427	ject to inspection under the Poultry Products 24
1428	1428	Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 25
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1432	1432	(2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 1
1433	1433	meaning given the term in section 3 of the Occupa-2
1434	1434	tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 3
1435	1435	652). 4
1436	1436	SEC. 332. ENDING DANGEROUS HIGHER-SPEED SLAUGHTER 5
1437	1437	AND SELF-INSPECTION SYSTEMS. 6
1438	1438	(a) D
1439	1439	EFINITION OFCOVEREDPROGRAM.— 7
1440	1440	(1) I
1441	1441	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered pro-8
1442	1442	gram’’ means any waiver, program, or regulation 9
1443	1443	that— 10
1444	1444	(A) allows covered establishments to oper-11
1445	1445	ate at slaughter speeds that exceed existing lim-12
1446	1446	its required by regulations of the Department 13
1447	1447	of Agriculture as of the date of enactment of 14
1448	1448	this Act; 15
1449	1449	(B) reduces the number of Federal inspec-16
1450	1450	tors in covered establishments; or 17
1451	1451	(C) replaces Federal inspectors at covered 18
1452	1452	establishments with employees of the covered 19
1453	1453	establishments for purposes of inspection. 20
1454	1454	(2) I
1455	1455	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘covered program’’ 21
1456	1456	includes— 22
1457	1457	(A) the New Swine Slaughter Inspection 23
1458	1458	System described in the final rule entitled 24
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1462	1462	‘‘Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection’’ 1
1463	1463	(84 Fed. Reg. 52300 (October 1, 2019)); 2
1464	1464	(B) the New Poultry Inspection System 3
1465	1465	described in the final rule entitled ‘‘Moderniza-4
1466	1466	tion of Poultry Slaughter Inspection’’ (79 Fed. 5
1467	1467	Reg. 49566 (August 21, 2014)); and 6
1468	1468	(C) any waiver issued under an inspection 7
1469	1469	system described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 8
1470	1470	(b) T
1471	1471	ERMINATION OF COVEREDPROGRAMS.—The 9
1472	1472	Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food 10
1473	1473	Safety and Inspection Service, shall terminate or suspend 11
1474	1474	implementation of or conversion to, as applicable, all cov-12
1475	1475	ered programs. 13
1476	1476	SEC. 333. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL OSHA INSPECTORS. 14
1477	1477	There is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 15
1478	1478	for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033 for the hiring 16
1479	1479	of additional inspectors to carry out inspections under sec-17
1480	1480	tion 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 18
1481	1481	(29 U.S.C. 657) in covered establishments. 19
1482	1482	SEC. 334. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL FSIS INSPECTORS. 20
1483	1483	(a) I
1484	1484	NGENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-21
1485	1485	priated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 22
1486	1486	years 2024 through 2033 to hire additional full-time 23
1487	1487	equivalent positions within the Food Safety and Inspection 24
1488	1488	Service relating to inspections conducted pursuant to, and 25
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1492	1492	the enforcement of, Public Law 85–765 (commonly known 1
1493	1493	as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’) (7 2
1494	1494	U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 3
1495	1495	(b) P
1496	1496	RIORITY FORHIRING.—In carrying out sub-4
1497	1497	section (a), priority shall be given to hiring personnel— 5
1498	1498	(1) to inspect processing facilities (as described 6
1499	1499	by the term ‘‘eligible facility’’ in section 764 of divi-7
1500	1500	sion N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 8
1501	1501	(21 U.S.C. 473)); and 9
1502	1502	(2) in regions with the highest number of va-10
1503	1503	cancies within the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-11
1504	1504	ice. 12
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