[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1054. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 
3055, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service shall--
       (1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, restore on the website of the Animal and Plant 
     Health Inspection Service the searchable Animal Care 
     Information System and Enforcement Action databases, and the 
     contents of those databases, that were available on the 
     website on January 30, 2017;
       (2) for all content generated on or after January 30, 2017, 
     not later than 60 days after receiving or generating such 
     content, make publicly available through a searchable 
     database, in their entirety and without redaction (except for 
     signatures)--
       (A) all inspection records maintained pursuant to the 
     Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.), including--
       (i) all animal inventories; and
       (ii) all inspection reports by officials of the Department 
     of Agriculture--

       (I) dated after the settlement of any appeal; and
       (II) that document noncompliance with that Act;

       (B) all enforcement records created pursuant to the Animal 
     Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) or the Horse Protection 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.), including warning letters, 
     stipulations, settlement agreements, administrative 
     complaints, and court orders; and
       (C) all research facility annual reports (including 
     attachments) required to be submitted under the Animal 
     Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.); and
       (3) ensure that each instance of noncompliance, as observed 
     by a Department of Agriculture inspector--
       (A) with the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is 
     documented on an inspection report; and
       (B) with the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.) 
     is documented on an inspection form.
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