3.0.0 1673 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z Senate S S 2011-10-06 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-11-26T21:36:17Z Markup by 2012-04-25T15:22:01Z Referred to 2011-10-06T22:48:25Z S. Rept. 112-240 2012-11-26 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. Calendars 2012-11-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-240. Committee 2012-11-26 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-240. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2012-04-25 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2011-10-06 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6341-6342) IntroReferral 2011-10-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6340-6341) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-10-06 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-03-08 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2012-07-18 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural trade Animal and plant health Border security and unlawful immigration Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Agriculture and Food 00 2011-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-07T18:07:44Z Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which shall be headed by the Assistant Commissioner for Agriculture Inspection.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to: (1) identify career paths for customs and border protection agriculture specialists, and (2) develop a plan to recruit and retain qualified customs and border protection agriculture specialists.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an interagency rotation program.

]]> 01 2012-11-26 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-12-13T17:25:43Z Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to: (1) identify career paths for agriculture specialists, including identifying the education, training, experience, and assignments necessary for CBP career progression; (2) publish information on such career paths; (3) develop a plan to improve agriculture specialist recruitment and retention; and (4) determine equipment and other resource needs.

Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an interagency rotation program.

Directs the Secretary, through the Commissioner, to report to Congress regarding: (1) the implementation status of the action plans developed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-U.S. Customs and Border Protection Joint Task Force on Improved Agriculture Inspection, and (2) any additional legal authority the Secretary determines is necessary to carry out the agriculture inspection mission of DHS.

]]> Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2012 Display Title Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security, which shall be headed by the Assistant Commissioner for Agriculture Inspection, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Safeguarding American Agriculture Act of 2012 S Senate Reported to Senate 2012-11-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1673rs/xml/BILLS-112s1673rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1673is/xml/BILLS-112s1673is.xml 2012-11-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.