Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/746

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104 STAT. 4068 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Secretary has become final and effective or is set aside on appellate review. Attorneys of the Department of Agriculture may, with the approval of the Attorney General, appear in the United States district court representing the Secretary in any action brought under this section.". SEC. 2504. CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PLANT PESTS. Section 102(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 147a(b)) is amended— (1) by striking "all countries of the Western Hemisphere" and inserting "foreign countries"; and (2) by inserting "foreign or" before "international". SEC. 2505. COOPERATION IN ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL. Section 1 of chapter 8, of the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b) is amended— (1) by striking "Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Panama, Colombia, and Canada, the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles" and inserting "foreign countries"; and (2) by inserting "foreign or" before "international". 21 USC 114i. SEC. 2506. PSEUDORABIES ERADICATION. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that efforts to eradicate pseudorabies in United States swine populations by the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with State agencies and the pork industry have a high priority and should be continued until pseudorabies is completely eradicated in the United States. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and carry out a program for the eradication of pseudorabies in United States swine populations. (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR TESTING AND CONTROL OF PSEUDORABIES. — The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 65 percent of the funds appropriated for the program established under subsection (b) shall be used for testing and screening of animals and for other purposes directly related to the eradication or control of pseudorabies. This requirement on the use of appropriated funds for this program shall not be implemented in a manner that would adversely affect any other animal or plant disease or pest eradication or control program. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1995 such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the program established under subsection (b). SEC. 2507. REGULATION GOVERNING INSPECTION OF IMPORTED POULTRY. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) in 1985 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, an Act to maintain the integrity and wholesomeness of this Nation's food supply, was amended by the Food Security Act of 1985; (2) the 1985 amendment provided that poultry products of- fered for importation into the United States shall be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States and that such products shall have been processed in facilities and under conditions that are the same as those under which similar products are processed in the United States; and