[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5430-S5431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3622. 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 title VII of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 7____. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
     to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall enter into an 
     arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences--
       (1) to carry out a study of the functional effectiveness of 
     wildlife damage management methods of the Department of 
     Agriculture; and

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       (2) to make recommendations to the Secretary based on the 
     results of the study carried out under paragraph (1).
       (b)(1) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the functional effectiveness of each method used by the 
     Department of Agriculture to proactively or reactively 
     protect property, game, or fish.
       (2) The report and any revision to the report prepared 
     under paragraph (3) shall--
       (A) incorporate any recommendations made under subsection 
     (a)(2); and
       (B) comply with--
       (i) the scientific integrity policy of the Department of 
     Agriculture;
       (ii) Executive Order 13642 (78 Fed. Reg. 28111 (May 14, 
     2013));
       (iii) section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'');
       (iv) subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, 
     United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative 
     Procedure Act'');
       (v) section 515 of appendix C of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (commonly known as the ``Data 
     Quality Act'') (44 U.S.C. 3516 note; Public Law 106-554);
       (vi) section 3729 of title 31, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``False Claims Act''); and
       (vii) any other applicable laws (including regulations) and 
     procedures and policies relating to the handling of 
     documents.
       (3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the 
     report is submitted under paragraph (2) and every 2 years 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall--
       (A) revise the report submitted under that paragraph;
       (B) make available for public comment the revised report; 
     and
       (C) submit the revised report to Congress for review.
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