American Livestock Protection and Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: the majority of consumers in the United States want to know where animals used to produce the meat eaten are born, raised, and slaughtered; country-of-origin labeling provides information that consumers have a right to know; and country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain information critical for food safety.
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from allowing or advancing regulations that allow the importation of fresh meat and meat products from a country until the Secretary certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination.
Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a USDA livestock disease initiative to provide competitive grants for research and development related to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that present a potential concern to public health and safety. Makes federal agencies, national laboratories, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and state agricultural experiment stations eligible for grants.
Amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide eligible livestock producers with assistance for losses due to brucellosis and to alter the payment rates USDA uses to provide agricultural disaster assistance under the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2764 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2764
To support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meat and
meat food products from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, reform
certain livestock programs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2014
Mr. Walsh introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meat and
meat food products from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, reform
certain livestock programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Livestock Protection and
Ranching Opportunity Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the overwhelming majority of consumers in the United
States want to know where animals used to produce the meat
eaten by the consumers is born, raised, and slaughtered;
(2) country-of-origin labeling provides information that
consumers in the United States have a right to know; and
(3) country-of-origin labeling facilitates supply chain
information critical for food safety.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF FRESH MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS FROM
COUNTRIES WITH FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.
Section 10404 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8303)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Prohibition on Importation of Fresh Meat and Meat Products
From Countries With Foot-and-Mouth Disease.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, until the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture
certifies to Congress that a country is free of foot-and-mouth disease
without vaccination, the Secretary may not--
``(1) allow the importation of fresh meat or meat products
from that country; or
``(2) initiate, administer, finalize, or enforce any
rulemaking allowing for the new importation of any fresh meat
or meat product from that country.''.
SEC. 4. BRUCELLOSIS RESEARCH AND COMPENSATION.
(a) Livestock Disease Initiative.--Title IV of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after the title heading the following:
``SEC. 401. LIVESTOCK DISEASE INITIATIVE.
``(a) In General.--There is established in the Department a
livestock disease initiative under which the Secretary shall provide to
eligible entities competitive grants for research and development
described in subsection (d).
``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, an entity shall be--
``(1) a Federal agency;
``(2) a National Laboratory;
``(3) an institution of higher education;
``(4) a research institution; or
``(5) a State agricultural experiment station.
``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to research and development relating to
bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, and other zoonotic diseases in
livestock that are covered by a high-priority research and extension
initiative authorized under section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925).
``(d) Use of Grants.--An entity that receives a grant under this
section shall use the grant to conduct research and development
relating to surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery
systems, or diagnostic tests for diseases in domestic livestock that
present a potential concern to public health and safety, as determined
by the Secretary.
``(e) Matching Funds.--
``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this section,
the Secretary may give priority to proposals from eligible
entities that provide matching funds for the grants in a manner
as determined by the Secretary, but shall not require eligible
entities to have matching funds as a requirement of being
awarded a grant.
``(2) Exemption.--The matching funds requirement under
section 1492 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) shall not apply
in the case of a grant awarded under this section.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2018.''.
(b) Assistance for Losses Due to Brucellosis.--Section 1501(c) of
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or brucellosis''
after ``fire condition'' both places it appears;
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) brucellosis, as described in paragraph
(6).''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Assistance for losses due to brucellosis.--
``(A) In general.--An eligible livestock producer
may receive assistance under this paragraph only if the
grazing losses occur due to quarantine of livestock
under section 10407 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8306) due to
brucellosis infection in the Greater Yellowstone
Designated Surveillance Area, as determined by the
Secretary.
``(B) Payment rate.--The payment rate for
assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 60
percent of the monthly feed cost (as determined under
paragraph (3)(C)) for the total number of livestock of
the eligible livestock producer subject to
quarantine.''.
SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.
Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b))
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Payment rates.--Indemnity payments to an eligible
producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate
of 75 percent of the higher of, as determined by the
Secretary--
``(A) the market value of the applicable livestock
on the earliest day that information is available to
the Secretary; or
``(B) the applicable nationwide price of the
applicable livestock for the previous calendar year.''.
SEC. 6. LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.
Section 1501(c)(3)(C) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C.
9081(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) High-value forage.--The Secretary
may provide for a price adjustment in the
monthly feed cost in the case of high-value
forage, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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