[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3244. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Whitehouse) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 
proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 
2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 7131 and insert the following:

     SEC. 7131. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BIOSECURITY PLANNING AND 
                   RESPONSE.

       Section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3351) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``2018'' and 
     inserting ``2023''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
     ``and cooperative agreements'' after ``competitive grants'';
       (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and cooperative 
     agreements'' after ``competitive grants''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) To coordinate the tactical science and educational 
     activities of the Research, Education, and Economics mission 
     area of the Department of Agriculture that protect the 
     integrity, reliability, sustainability, and profitability of 
     the food and agricultural system of the United States against 
     biosecurity threats from pests, diseases, contaminants, and 
     disasters.''.
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