[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3832 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3832

    To ensure greater food safety without creating new or unneeded 
                        government bureaucracy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2010

  Mr. Coburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To ensure greater food safety without creating new or unneeded 
                        government bureaucracy.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Greater Food Safety Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING FEDERAL AGENCIES EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE TO ENSURE 
              GREATER FOOD SAFETY.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
shall establish a plan no later than sixty days after the enactment of 
this Act to ensure effective information sharing regarding the 
regulation and inspection of food products and facilities, including 
violations, in which the FDA and USDA share joint, overlapping or 
similar responsibility.
    (b) Within one year of enactment the FDA and USDA shall issue a 
joint report to Congress summarizing the effectiveness or lack of 
effectiveness of this new information sharing arrangement.
    (c) The Government Accountability Office shall issue a report to 
Congress within six months of the report required by paragraph (b) to 
determine if any inefficiencies or other challenges remain regarding 
the sharing of information required by paragraph (a).
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