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12 2 STA T . 1 364PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 234 —M A Y 22 , 200 8‘ ‘ (c)REIMBURS EME NTOFS T A TE C OSTS .—The Sec r e ta r ys ha l l re imbu rse a State fo r costs relate d tothei n s p ection of selected establishments in the State in accordance w ith F ederal re q uire - ments in an amount of not less than 60 percent of eli g ible State costs. ‘‘(d) COOR D INATION B ET W EEN FEDERA L AND STATE AG EN C IES.— ‘‘( 1 ) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall designate an employee of the Federal G o v ernment as State coordinator for each appropriate State agency— ‘‘(A) to provide oversight and enforcement of this title

and ‘‘(B) to oversee the training and inspection activities of designated personnel of the State agency. ‘‘( 2 )SU P ER V ISION.—A State coordinator shall be under the direct supervision of the Secretary. ‘‘( 3 ) D UTIES OF STATE COORDINATOR.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State coordinator shall visit selected establishments with a frequency that is appro- priate to ensure that selected establishments are operating in a manner that is consistent with this Act (including regulations and policies under this Act). ‘‘(B) Q UARTERL Y REPORTS.—A State coordinator shall , on a quarterly basis, submit to the Secretary a report that describes the status of each selected establishment that is under the j urisdiction of the State coordinator with respect to the level of compliance of each selected establish- ment with the requirements of this Act. ‘‘(C) IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION RE Q UIREMENT.—If a State coordinator determines that any selected establish- ment that is under the jurisdiction of the State coordinator is in violation of any requirement of this Act, the State coordinator shall— ‘‘(i) immediately notify the Secretary of the viola- tion; and ‘‘(ii) deselect the selected establishment or suspend inspection at the selected establishment. ‘‘( 4 ) P ERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.—Performance evalua- tions of State coordinators designated under this subsection shall be conducted by the Secretary as part of the Federal agency management control system. ‘‘(e) AUDITS.— ‘‘(1) PERIODIC AUDITS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OFT H E DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.— N ot later than 2 years after the effective date described in subsection (j), and not less often than every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an audit of each activity ta k en by the Secretary under this section for the period covered by the audit to determine compliance with this section. ‘‘(2) AUDIT CONDUCTED BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—Not earlier than 3 years, nor later than 5 years, after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the U nited States shall conduct an audit of the implementation of this section to determine— ‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the implementation of this section; and Deadlin e s.