12 2 STA T . 222 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 aw a rde da p r ocu re m e nt contract , ade s cr i ption o f t h e con - tractin g procedures re l ated to such conference .(3)EXCLUSION S. —T he re q uirement in paragraph ( 1 ) shall not appl y to any conference— ( A ) for which the cost to the F ederal G o v ernment was less than $ 1 0 ,000
or ( B ) outside of the U nited S tates that is attended b y the Secretary or the Secretary ’ s designee as an official representative of the United States government. (b) A VA ILA B ILI TY O FREP O R T.—Each report submitted in accord- ance with subsection (a) shall be posted in a searchable format ona D epartment of Agriculture website that is available to the public. (c) DEFINITION OF C ONFERENCE.— I n this section, the term ‘ ‘con- ference’’— (1) means a meeting that— (A) is held for consultation, education, awareness, or discussion; (B) includes participants from at least one agency of the Department of Agriculture; (C) is held in whole or in part at a facility outside of an agency of the Department of Agriculture; and (D) involves costs associated with travel and lodging for some participants; and ( 2 ) does not include any training program that is continuing education or a curriculum-based educational program, provided that such training program is held independent of a conference of a non-governmental organi z ation. SEC.14209 . F E D E RALIN SEC T ICIDE , F U N G ICIDE, AND R O DENTICIDE ACT A M ENDMENTS. (a) P AY M ENT OF EXPENSES.—Section 1 7 (d) of the Federal Insec- ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 13 6 o(d)) is amended— (1) by stri k ing ‘‘The Administrator’’ and inserting the fol- lowing
‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF STATE EXPENSES.—Any e x penses incurred by an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who participates in any international technical, eco- nomic, or policy review board, committee, or other official body that is meeting in relation to an international treaty shall be paid by the Department of State.’’. (b) CONTAINER RECYCLING.—Section 1 9 (a) of the Federal Insec- ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136q(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘( 4 ) CONTAINER RECYCLING.—The Secretary may promul- gate a regulation for the return and recycling of disposable pesticide containers used for the distribution or sale of reg- istered pesticide products in interstate commerce. Any such regulation requiring recycling of disposable pesticide containers shall not apply to antimicrobial pesticides (as defined in section 2) or other pesticide products intended for non-agricultural uses.’’. Websit e .
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