12 2 STA T . 1 368PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 23 4—M A Y 22 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (i) i m m ed i at e lyno ti f yt h e S e cr etary of the v iola - tion
and ‘‘(ii) de s elect the selected esta b lishment or s u s p end inspection at the selected establishment . ‘‘( 4 ) PERFO R MANC EE V A LU A TI ON S . — Performance evalua- tions of State coordinators desi g nated under this subsection shall be conducted by the Secretary as part of the F ederal agency management control system. ‘‘(e) A U D ITS.— ‘‘( 1 ) PERIODIC AUDITS CONDUCTED BY INS P ECTOR G ENERAL OFT H E DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.— N ot later than 2 years after the effective date described in subsection (i) , and not less often than every 3 years thereafter, the I nspector G eneral of the D epartment 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 w ith 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 C omptroller 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 ‘‘( B ) the number of selected establishments selected by the Secretary to ship poultry items under this section. ‘‘(f) T RANSITION GRANTS.—The Secretary may provide grants to appropriate State agencies to assist the appropriate State agen- cies in helping establishments covered by this Act to transition to selected establishments. ‘‘(g) V IOLATIONS.—Any selected establishment that the Sec- retary determines to be in violation of any re q uirement of this Act shall be transitioned to a Federal establishment in accordance with a procedure developed by the Secretary under subsection (b)(3)(A). ‘‘(h) E FFECT.—Nothing in this section limits the j urisdiction of the Secretary with respect to the regulation of poultry and poultry products under this Act. ‘‘(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section takes effect on the date on which the Secretary, after providing a period of public com- ment (including through the conduct of public meetings or hearings), promulgates final regulations to carry out this sec- tion. ‘‘(2) R E Q UIREMENT.—Not later than 1 8 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate final regulations in accordance with paragraph (1). ’ ’. SEC.1 1 0 1 6 . IN S P EC T I O N A N DGR ADING. (a) GRADING.—Section 2 0 3 of the Agricultural M arketing Act of1 9 4 6 ( 7 U.S.C. 1622) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o); and (2) by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection
‘‘(n) GRADING PROGRAM.—To establish within the Department of Agriculture a voluntary fee based grading program for— Deadlin e .R e gu la t i o n s . Deadlines.
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