§ 3421. Agricultural standards
(g)
Peanut butter and peanut paste
(h)
Animal health biocontainment facility
(1)
Grant for construction
The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant to a land grant college or university described in paragraph (2) for the construction of a facility at the college or university for the conduct of research in animal health, disease-transmitting insects, and toxic chemicals that requires the use of biocontainment facilities and equipment. The facility to be constructed with the grant shall be known as the “Southwest Regional Animal Health Biocontainment Facility”.
(2)
Grant recipient described
To be eligible for the grant under paragraph (1), a land grant college or university must be—
(3)
Activities of the facility
The facility constructed using the grant made under paragraph (1) shall be used for conducting the following activities:
(A)
The biocontainment facility shall offer the ability to organize multidisciplinary international teams working on basic and applied research on diagnostic method development and disease control strategies, including development of vaccines.
(B)
The biocontainment facility shall support research that will improve the scientific basis for regulatory activities, decreasing the need for new regulatory programs and enhancing international trade.
(C)
The biocontainment facility shall allow academic institutions, governmental agencies, and the private sector to conduct research in basic and applied research biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, host response, and diagnostic methods, on disease agents that threaten the livestock industries of the United States and Mexico.
(i)
Reports on inspection of imported meat, poultry, other foods, animals, and plants
(1)
Definitions
As used in this subsection:
(2)
In general
In consultation with representatives of other appropriate agencies, the Secretary shall prepare an annual report on the impact of the Agreement on the inspection of imports.
(3)
Contents of reports
The report required under this subsection shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include a description of—
(A)
the quantity or, with respect to the Customs Service, the number of shipments, of imports from a NAFTA country that are inspected at the borders of the United States with Canada and Mexico during the prior year;
(B)
any change in the level or types of inspections of imports in each NAFTA country during the prior year;
(C)
in any case in which the Secretary has determined that the inspection system of another NAFTA country is equivalent to the inspection system of the United States, the reasons supporting the determination of the Secretary;
(D)
the incidence of violations of inspection requirements by imports from NAFTA countries during the prior year—
(E)
the incidence of violations of inspection requirements of imports to the United States from Mexico or Canada prior to the implementation of the Agreement;
(F)
any additional cost associated with maintaining an adequate inspection system of imports as a result of the implementation of the Agreement;
(H)
the quantity and results of any monitoring by the United States of equivalent inspection systems of imports in other NAFTA countries during the prior year;