[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5388-S5389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3602. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Secretary'') to review or approve a 
     budget or disbursement of funds for

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     a board, committee, or similar entity established to carry 
     out a checkoff program to promote and provide research and 
     information for a particular agricultural commodity without 
     reference to specific producers or brands unless the 
     Secretary first imposes a requirement on the board, 
     committee, or similar entity to publish and make available 
     for public inspection all budgets and disbursements of funds 
     entrusted to the board, committee, or similar entity that are 
     approved by the Secretary, immediately on approval by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     require that, for each disbursement of funds, a board, 
     committee, or similar entity shall disclose--
       (1) the amount of the disbursement;
       (2) the purpose of the disbursement, including the 
     activities to be funded by the disbursement;
       (3) the identity of the recipient of the disbursement; and
       (4) the identity of any third party that may receive the 
     disbursed funds, including any contractor or subcontractor of 
     the recipient of the disbursement, and the amount received by 
     any third party.
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