PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4969 state be accompanied by a permit issued by the Secretary prior to the movement of the noxious weed.". (g) TARIFF ACT OF 1930. —Section 306(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1306(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", or is, and is likely to remain, a region of low prevalence of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease". (h) IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS. — Section 6 of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 416, chapter 839; 21 U.S.C. 104), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Agriculture may by regulation prohibit or restrict the importation or entry of any cattle, sheep, or other ruminants, or swine, that are diseased or infected with any disease, or that have been exposed to an infection, into or through the United States to prevent the dissemination into the United States of a disease. "(b) PENALTIES.— "(1) CRIMINAL.—:Any person who knowingly violates any regulation promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to this section, or any provision of sections 7 through 10 or any regulation promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to such sections, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. "(2) CIVIL.—Any person who violates any such provision or any such regulation may be assessed a civU penalty by the Secretary of Agriculture not exceeding $1,000. The Secretary may issue an order assessing the civil penalty only after notice and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record. The order shgJI be treated as a final order reviewable under chapter 158 of title 28, United States Code. The vahdity of the order may not be reviewed in an action to collect such civil penalty.". (i) INSPECTION OF ANIMALS. — Section 10 of the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 839; 21 U.S.C. 105), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the" and inserting "The"; (B) in the first sentence, by stnking "shall cause careful inspection to be made by a suitable officer of all" and inserting "may cause careful inspection of any"; and (C) in the third sentence, by striking "they shall not be allowed to be placed" and inserting "the Secretary may prohibit or restrict their placement"; and (2) by striking subsection (b). (j) INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION.—The 6th sentence in the first section of Public Law 91-239 (21 U.S.C. 135) is amended— (1) by striking "North American"; and (2) by striking "withm the United States". (k) POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT.— Section 17(d) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 466) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: "(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, EJI poultry, or parts or products of poultry, capable of use as human food offered for importation into the United States shall—
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