[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 296 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 296

  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit monthly financial 
 obligation and employment reports to Congress for the Food Safety and 
              Inspection Service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

Mr. Bumpers (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Wofford, Mr. Boren, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Reid) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit monthly financial 
 obligation and employment reports to Congress for the Food Safety and 
              Inspection Service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MONTHLY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AND EMPLOYMENT REPORTS FOR FOOD 
              SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE.

    The Secretary of Agriculture shall, by the 15th day of each month, 
submit a report to the Committees on Agriculture and Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry and Appropriations of the Senate setting forth 
an analysis by the Secretary of the financial obligations and 
employment status during the second preceding month for the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service, including--
            (1) the cumulative total cost for the fiscal year;
            (2) the number of unfilled requirements for inspectors 
        appointed to carry out the programs of the Service; and
            (3) the number of inspectors required to inspect 
        establishments under the authority of the programs.

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