Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 3.djvu/678

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108 STAT. 2430 PUBLIC LAW 103-329—SEPT. 30, 1994 Reports. Federal Register, publication. title, the single standard mileage rate established by the Internal Revenue Service, and "(ii) shall prescribe mileage reimbursement rates which reflect the current costs as determined by the Administrator of operating privately owned airplanes and motorcycles. "(B) At least once each year after the issuance of the regulations described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Administrator shall determine, based upon the results of the cost investigation, specific figures, each rounded to the nearest half cent, of the average, actual cost per mile during the period for the use of a privately owned airplane, automobile, and motorcycle. "(C) The Administrator shall report the specific figures to Congress not later than five working days after the Administrator makes the cost determination. Each such report shall be printed in the Federal Register. "(D) The mileage reimbursement rates contained in the regulations prescribed under this section shall be adjusted within thirty days following the submission of the report under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.". (c) Section 5707 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (c)(2), and redesignating (c)(1) as subsection (c). SEC. 635. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CANADA'S RESTRIC- TIONS ON IMPORTS OF UNITED STATES CfflCKENS. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following findings: (1) The United States chicken industry is a highly competitive and growing industry which employs over 200,000 people, has over 25,000 family farms, and has significant production in over 28 States. (2) United States exports of chickens grew by 32 percent in volume in 1993 and exports are increasingly important to the continued economic vitality of the chicken industry. (3) Canada's chicken supply management system has severely limited the importation of United States chickens to Canada since it was imposed over 15 years ago, and its elimination would lead to between $350,000,000 and $700,000,000 in new exports to Canada and between 7,000 and 14,000 new jobs in the United States. (4) Canada's chicken supply management system protects Canadian chicken growers while seriously hurting both United States and Canadian food processors, retailers, and consumers. (5) The United States and Canada have a free trade agreement which calls for the elimination of all tariffs and prohibits the imposition of new tariffs on any goods traded bilaterally. (6) The goals of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture are to liberalize and expand trade in agriculture and to eliminate distortions to such trade. (7) Canada refused to negotiate the issue of elimination of its severe trade restrictions on the importation of United States chickens as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (hereafter referred to as "NAFTA") because the issue was part of the global trade negotiations under the Uruguay Round.