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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 1404

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

SEC. 4505. REPORT ON INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT.

Marketing. Animals.

21 USC 1401 note.

Pests and pesticides. Drugs and drug abuse.

Pests and pesticides. Drugs and drug abuse.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestiy of the Senate, on the use of authorities established under section 4 of the Food for Peace Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 1707a), the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431), and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), to provide intermediate credit financing and other trade assistance for the establishment of facilities in importing countries— (1) to improve the handling, marketing, processing, storage, and distribution of imported agricultural commodities and products; (2) to increase livestock production in order to enhance the demand for United States feed grains; and (3) to increase markets for United States livestock and livestock products. SEC. 4506. IMPORTED MEAT, POULTRY PRODUCTS, EGGS, AND EGG PRODUCTS.

(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to Congress— (1) specifying the planned distribution, in fiscal years 1988 and 1989, of the resources of the Department of Agriculture available for sampling imported covered products to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.) that govern the level of residues of pesticides, drugs, and other products permitted in or on such products; (2) describing current methods used by the Secretary to enforce the requirements of such Acts with respect to the level of residues of pesticides, drugs, and other products permitted in or on such products; (3) responding to the audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture, Number 38002—2—by, dated January 14, 1987; (4) providing a summary with respect to the importation of covered products during fiscal years 1987 and 1988 that specifies— (A) the number of samples of each such product taken during each such fiscal year in carr3ring out the requirements described in paragraph (1); and (B) for each violation of such requirements during each such fiscal year— (i) the covered products with respect to which such violation occurred; (ii) the residue in or on such product in violation of such requirements; (iii) the country exporting such product; (iv) the actions taken in response to such violation and the reasons for such actions; and