S BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and
leadership a report that evaluates the degree to which the governments
of other countries have knowingly failed to--
        (1) close the representative offices of persons designated
    under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;
        (2) expel any North Korean nationals, including diplomats,
    working on behalf of such persons;
        (3) prohibit the opening of new branches, subsidiaries, or
    representative offices of North Korean financial institutions
    within the jurisdictions of such governments; or
        (4) expel any representatives of North Korean financial
    institutions.
    (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees and Leadership Defined.--
In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees and
leadership'' means--
        (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority and minority
    leaders of the Senate; and
        (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
    Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the
    Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House
    of Representatives.
    SEC. 318. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL
      MESSAGING SERVICES TO DESIGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL
      INSTITUTIONS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the
President shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a
briefing that includes the following information:
        (1) A list of each person or foreign government the President
    has identified that directly provides specialized financial
    messaging services to, or enables or facilitates direct or indirect
    access to such messaging services for--
            (A) any North Korean financial institution (as such term is
        defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy
        Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) designated under an
        applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; or
            (B) any other North Korean person, on behalf of such a
        North Korean financial institution.
        (2) A detailed assessment of the status of efforts by the
    Secretary of the Treasury to work with the relevant authorities in
    the home jurisdictions of such specialized financial messaging
    providers to end such provision or access.
    (b) Form.--The briefing required under subsection (a) may be
classified.

   Subtitle B--Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the
                       Government of North Korea

    SEC. 321. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY OVERSEAS OF NORTH
      KOREANS.
    (a) Sanctions for Trafficking in Persons.--
        (1) In general.--Section 302(b) of the North Korea Sanctions
    and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North
    Korean laborers, as described in section 104(b)(1)(M).''.
        (2) Additional determinations; reports.--With respect to any
    country identified in section 302(b)(2) of the North Korea
    Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C.
    9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the report required under
    section 302(a) of such Act shall--
            (A) include a determination whether each person identified
        in section 302(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by paragraph (1))
        who is a national or a citizen of such identified country meets
        the criteria for sanctions under--
                (i) section 111 of the Trafficking Victims Protection
            Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108) (relating to the prevention of
            trafficking in persons); or
                (ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea
            Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C.
            9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of this Act;
            (B) be included in the report required under section 110(b)
        of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
        7107(b)) (relating to the annual report on trafficking in
        persons); and
            (C) be considered in any determination that the government
        of such country has made serious and sustained efforts to
        eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, as such term
        is defined for purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection
        Act of 2000.
    (b) Sanctions on Foreign Persons That Employ North Korean Labor.--
        (1) In general.--Title III of the North Korea Sanctions and
    Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) is amended
    by inserting after section 302 the following new sections:
``SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO GOODS MADE WITH NORTH
KOREAN LABOR.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any
significant goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean nationals
or citizens shall be deemed to be prohibited under section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled to entry
at any of the ports of the United States.
    ``(b) Exception.--The prohibition described in subsection (a) shall
not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the goods, wares,
articles, or merchandise described in such paragraph were not produced
with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal
sanctions.
``SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING NORTH KOREAN LABOR.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the
President shall designate any person identified under section 302(b)(3)
for the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--
        ``(1) In general.--The President shall impose the sanctions
    described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person designated
    under subsection (a).
        ``(2) Sanctions described.--The sanctions described in this
    paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency
    Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit
    all transactions in property and interests in property of a person
    designated under subsection (a), if such property and interests in
    property are in the United States, come within the United States,
    or are or come within the possession or control of a United States
    person.
    ``(c) Exception.--
        ``(1) In general.--A person may not be designated under
    subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate
    congressional committees that the President has received reliable
    assurances from such person that--
            ``(A) the employment of North Korean laborers does not
        result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible
        currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the
        Government of North Korea;
            ``(B) all wages and benefits are provided directly to the
        laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within the
        jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated
        currency; and
            ``(C) the laborers are subject to working conditions
        consistent with international standards.
        ``(2) Recertification.--Not later than 180 days after the date
    on which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional
    committees an initial certification under paragraph (1), and every
    180 days thereafter, the President shall--
            ``(A) transmit a recertification stating that the
        conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; or
            ``(B) if such recertification cannot be transmitted, impose
        the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning on the date
        on which the President determines that such recertification
        cannot be transmitted.''.
        (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b)
    of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is
    amended by inserting after the item relating to section 302 the
    following new items:

``Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North
          Korean labor.
``Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean
          labor.''.
    SEC. 322. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND WAIVER
      AUTHORITIES.
    (a) Exemptions.--Section 208(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended in the
matter preceding paragraph (1)--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,''; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209,''.
    (b) Humanitarian Waiver.--Section 208(b) of the North Korea
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)) is
amended--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,'' in each place it
    appears; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209(b),'' in each
    place it appears.
    (c) Waiver.--Section 208(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)--
        (1) by inserting ``201A,'' after ``104,''; and
        (2) by inserting ``302A, 302B,'' after ``209(b),''.
    SEC. 323. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS.
    Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``or'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and
    inserting a semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
        ``(11) the identification or location of any person who, while
    acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign
    government, aids or abets a violation of section 1030 of title 18,
    United States Code; or
        ``(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of any person who
    has engaged in the conduct described in sections 104(a) or
    104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act
    of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).''.
    SEC. 324. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH KOREA AS A STATE
      SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
    (a) Determination.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
    appropriate congressional committees a determination whether North
    Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor of
    terrorism.
        (2) Form.--The determination required by paragraph (1) shall be
    submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex,
    if appropriate.
    (b) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means a country the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes
of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2780), or any other provision of law, is a government that has
repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

                    Subtitle C--General Authorities

    SEC. 331. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS.
    Any reports required to be submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees under this title or any amendment made by this
title that are subject to deadlines for submission consisting of
similar units of time may be consolidated into a single report that is
submitted to appropriate congressional committees pursuant to the
earlier of such deadlines. The consolidated reports must contain all
information required under this title or any amendment made by this
title, in addition to all other elements mandated by previous law.
    SEC. 332. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
    Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit--
        (1) the authority or obligation of the President to apply the
    sanctions described in section 104 of the North Korea Sanctions and
    Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by
    section 311 of this Act, with regard to persons who meet the
    criteria for designation under such section, or in any other
    provision of law; or
        (2) the authorities of the President pursuant to the
    International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
    seq.).
    SEC. 333. REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
    (a) In General.--The President shall, not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as
necessary for the implementation of this title and the amendments made
by this title.
    (b) Notification to Congress.--Not fewer than 10 days before the
promulgation of a regulation under subsection (a), the President shall
notify and provide to the appropriate congressional committees the
proposed regulation, specifying the provisions of this title or the
amendments made by this title that the regulation is implementing.
    SEC. 334. LIMITATION ON FUNDS.
    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of
this title or of the amendments made by this title. Such requirements
shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.

Summary: Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions against: (1) Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction programs, (2) the sale or transfer to Iran of military equipment or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, and (3) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated foreign persons. The President may impose sanctions against persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran. The President may temporarily waive the imposition or continuation of sanctions under specified circumstances. Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 The President must submit for congressional review certain proposed actions to terminate or waive sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. Specified executive order sanctions against Russia shall remain in effect. The President may waive specified cyber- and Ukraine-related sanctions. The bill provides sanctions for activities concerning: (1) cyber security, (2) crude oil projects, (3) financial institutions, (4) corruption, (5) human rights abuses, (6) evasion of sanctions, (7) transactions with Russian defense or intelligence sectors, (8) export pipelines, (9) privatization of state-owned assets by government officials, and (10) arms transfers to Syria. The Department of State shall work with the government of Ukraine to increase Ukraine's energy security. The bill: (1) directs the Department of the Treasury to develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism, and (2) includes the Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council. Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act The bill modifies and increases the President's authority to impose sanctions on persons in violation of certain United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding North Korea. US financial institutions shall not establish or maintain correspondent accounts used by foreign financial institutions to provide indirect financial services to North Korea. A foreign government that provides to or receives from North Korea a defense article or service is prohibited from receiving certain types of US foreign assistance. The bill provides sanctions against: (1) North Korean cargo and shipping, (2) goods produced in whole or part by North Korean convict or forced labor, and (3) foreign persons that employ North Korean forced laborers. The State Department shall submit a determination regarding whether North Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Young and
Beginning Farmers Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                    TITLE I--IMPROVED ACCESS TO LAND

Sec. 101. Land trust eligibility for assistance for agricultural land
                            easements.
Sec. 102. Priority for option to purchase at agricultural value in
                            agricultural land easements.
Sec. 103. Prequalification of prospective applicants for credit from
                            Farm Service Agency programs.
Sec. 104. Increase in limitation on amount of direct farm ownership
                            loans; inflation indexation of limit.
Sec. 105. Report and action plan on agricultural conservation easement
                            program.
  TITLE II--IMPROVED ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TRAINING AND
                                PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. Beginning farmer coordination.
Sec. 202. Transfer of Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and
                            Ranchers to jurisdiction of Farm Service
                            Agency.
Sec. 203. Department of Agriculture on-line customer self-service
                            portal.
Sec. 204. Beginning farmer and rancher development program to provide
                            training, education, outreach, and
                            technical assistance initiatives.
Sec. 205. Reauthorization of beginning farmer and rancher individual
                            development accounts pilot program.
Sec. 206. Sale of surplus farm equipment or property to socially
                            disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, veteran
                            farmers or ranchers, and beginning farmers
                            or ranchers.
        TITLE III--INVESTMENT IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Sec. 301. Mandatory funding for farmers' market and local food
                            promotion program.
Sec. 302. Grants to support farm viability programs.

                    TITLE I--IMPROVED ACCESS TO LAND

SEC. 101. LAND TRUST ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND
              EASEMENTS.

    (a) Land Trusts.--Section 1265B of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3865b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Land Trusts.--
            ``(1) Eligibility for assistance.--Notwithstanding section
        1001D(b), an eligible entity that is a qualified land trust, as
        determined by the Secretary, may receive assistance under this
        section.
            ``(2) Assistance for reservation of easement.--The
        Secretary may provide assistance to an eligible entity that is
        a qualified land trust to supplement the sale price of eligible
        land to a farmer or rancher, who is not ineligible to receive
        assistance under section 1001D, if the eligible entity that is
        a qualified land trust reserves for itself an agricultural land
        easement in the eligible land.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1001D(b)(1) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a(b)(1)) is amended by striking
``Notwithstanding'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section
1265B(e), notwithstanding''.

SEC. 102. PRIORITY FOR OPTION TO PURCHASE AT AGRICULTURAL VALUE IN
              AGRICULTURAL LAND EASEMENTS.

    Section 1265B(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3865b(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Priority.--In evaluating applications under
                the program, the Secretary shall give priority to an
                application for the purchase of an agricultural land
                easement that, as determined by the Secretary--
                            ``(i) maintains agricultural viability;
                            ``(ii) includes, as a condition of the
                        easement, a requirement that any subsequent
                        purchase of the land subject to the easement
                        shall be at agricultural value; or
                            ``(iii) achieves the objectives of both
                        clauses (i) and (ii).''.

SEC. 103. PREQUALIFICATION OF PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS FOR CREDIT FROM
              FARM SERVICE AGENCY PROGRAMS.

    Not later than October 1, 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
develop and implement procedures to ensure that the Farm Service Agency
is prepared, in advance, to respond to a request by a prospective loan
applicant (other than a request for preapproval) for a preliminary
determination on--
            (1) whether the prospective applicant would likely qualify
        for credit under any program administered by the Farm Service
        Agency; or
            (2) the amount of credit for which the prospective
        applicant would likely qualify under any such program.

SEC. 104. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF DIRECT FARM OWNERSHIP
              LOANS; INFLATION INDEXATION OF LIMIT.

    Section 305 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1925) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 305. LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF FARM OWNERSHIP LOANS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make or insure no loan under
section 302, 303, 304, 310D, or 310E of this title that would cause the
unpaid indebtedness under such sections of any 1 borrower to exceed the
smaller of--
            ``(1) the value of the farm or other security; or
            ``(2)(A) in the case of a loan other than a loan guaranteed
        by the Secretary, $500,000 (increased, beginning with the
        fiscal year 2019, by the regional farm real estate inflation
        percentage applicable to the region where the farm involved is
        located for the fiscal year in which the loan is made, and
        decreased by the amount of any unpaid indebtedness of the
        borrower on direct loans under subtitle B); or
            ``(B) in the case of a loan guaranteed by the Secretary,
        $700,000 (increased, beginning with fiscal year 2000, by the
        cost inflation percentage applicable to the fiscal year in
        which the loan is guaranteed and reduced by the amount of any
        unpaid indebtedness of the borrower on loans under subtitle B
        that are guaranteed by the Secretary).
    ``(b) Determination of Value.--In determining the value of the
farm, the Secretary shall consider appraisals made by competent
appraisers under rules established by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Cost Inflation Percentage.--For purposes of this section, the
cost inflation percentage applicable to a fiscal year is the percentage
(if any) by which--
            ``(1) the average of the Prices Paid By Farmers Index (as
        compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the
        Department of Agriculture) for the 12-month period ending on
        August 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year; exceeds
            ``(2) the average of such index (as so defined) for the 12-
        month period ending on August 31, 1996.
    ``(d) Regional Farm Real Estate Inflation Percentage.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the
        regional farm real estate inflation percentage applicable to a
        farm for a fiscal year is the percentage (if any) by which--
                    ``(A) the regional farm real estate inflation index
                developed under paragraph (2) for the region in which
                the farm is located, for the 12-month period ending on
                August 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year;
                exceeds
                    ``(B) the average of the index (as so defined) for
                the 12-month period ending on August 31, 2018.
            ``(2) Development.--The Secretary shall develop a regional
        farm real estate inflation index for measuring periodic changes
        in the price of farm real estate in each geographic region of
        the United States, using data from the National Agricultural
        Statistics Service.
    ``(e) Microloans.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
        may establish a program to make or guarantee microloans.
            ``(2) Limitations.--The Secretary shall not make or
        guarantee a microloan under this subsection that would cause
        the total principal indebtedness outstanding at any 1 time for
        microloans made under this subtitle to any 1 borrower to exceed
        $50,000.
            ``(3) Applications.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
        Secretary shall limit the administrative burdens and streamline
        the application and approval process for microloans under this
        subsection.''.

SEC. 105. REPORT AND ACTION PLAN ON AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
agricultural conservation easement program established under section
1265(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3865(a)) remains a
valuable program in assisting beginning farmers and ranchers in
acquiring farmland for productive use.
    (b) Report and Plan Required.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes--
            (1) an evaluation of the extent in which the agricultural
        conservation easement program supports beginning farmers or
        ranchers in acquiring farmland; and
            (2) a plan to address any shortcomings identified through
        the evaluation for the purpose of furthering the goals of the
        agricultural conservation easement program to protect farmland
        and help farmers access farmland for productive use.

  TITLE II--IMPROVED ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TRAINING AND
                                PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. BEGINNING FARMER COORDINATION.

    (a) Program Established.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, shall implement a program to
assign to each State at least one coordinator to--
            (1) promote communication between the Department of
        Agriculture and beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in
        section 206(b)) located in such State; and
            (2) increase the access of such beginning farmers or
        ranchers to apprenticeship programs, farm loan programs, and
        land available for purchase.
    (b) Use of Current Employees.--The assignment of beginning farmer
coordinators in compliance with subsection (a) may be accomplished
through the designation of current employees of the Department of
Agriculture and does not require the hiring of additional employees.
    (c) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' means each
of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.

SEC. 202. TRANSFER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BEGINNING FARMERS AND
              RANCHERS TO JURISDICTION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY.

    The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 226B(e)(2) (7 U.S.C. 6934)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
                subparagraph (C); and
            (2) in section 226 (7 U.S.C. 6932), by adding at the end
        the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers.--The
Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate the activities of the Farm
Service Agency with the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers established under section 5(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Improvement Act of 1992 (7 U.S.C. 1929 note; Public Law 102-554).''.

SEC. 203. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON-LINE CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE
              PORTAL.

    (a) Customer Self-Service Portal.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall develop an on-line customer self-service portal through which
farmers and ranchers will be able to securely access their customer and
program information and complete program applications in a wide range
of agricultural programs offered by the Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
development of an on-line customer self-service portal, as required by
subsection (a), should not negatively impact the many farmers and
ranchers who do not yet have access to high-speed internet or who would
prefer not to utilize the online self-service portal.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the three-fiscal year
period beginning on October 1, 2018, there are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out subsection
(a)--
            (1) not less than $6,000,000; and
            (2) such additional amounts as are considered appropriate.

SEC. 204. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
              TRAINING, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
              INITIATIVES.

    Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting
the following new subsections:
    ``(h) Individual Development Accounts.--
            ``(1) Transfer of funds authorized.--Of the funds made
        available under subsection (i), the Secretary may transfer up
        to $10,000,000 per year, plus allocable administrative costs,
        for individual development accounts as authorized under section
        333B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
        U.S.C. 1983b).
            ``(2) Administrative costs.--The Secretary may not use more
        than 4 percent of the funds transferred under this subsection
        for administrative costs incurred in implementing the
        individual development accounts authorized under section 333B
        of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
        1983b).
    ``(i) Funding.--
            ``(1) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity
        Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry
        out this section--
                    ``(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
                    ``(B) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 and
                2020;
                    ``(C) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and
                2022; and
                    ``(D) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each
                fiscal year thereafter.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to
        funds provided under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be
        appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal
        year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.
            ``(3) Availability.--Amounts made available under this
        subsection shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 205. REAUTHORIZATION OF BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER INDIVIDUAL
              DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS PILOT PROGRAM.

    Subsection (h) of section 333B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to any amounts
provided under section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f), there is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through
2023.''.

SEC. 206. SALE OF SURPLUS FARM EQUIPMENT OR PROPERTY TO SOCIALLY
              DISADVANTAGED FARMERS OR RANCHERS, VETERAN FARMERS OR
              RANCHERS, AND BEGINNING FARMERS OR RANCHERS.

    (a) Sale Authorized.--The Administrator of General Services, under
regulations prescribed by the Administrator, may sell to a socially
disadvantaged farmer or rancher, veteran farmer or rancher, or
beginning farmer or rancher any farm equipment acquired by the General
Services Administration that--
            (1) is suitable for use in farming operations; and
            (2) has been determined to be surplus property under
        chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Beginning farmer or rancher.--The term ``beginning
        farmer or rancher'' means an individual or entity that has not
        operated a farm or ranch or that has operated a farm or ranch
        for not more than 10 consecutive years and that will materially
        and substantially participate in the operation of the farm or
        ranch. In the case of an entity, these requirements apply to
        all members of the entity.
            (2) Food, agriculture, conservation, and trade act of 1990
        terms.--The terms ``socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher''
        and ``veteran farmer or rancher'' have the meanings given those
        terms in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture,
        Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)).

        TITLE III--INVESTMENT IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

SEC. 301. MANDATORY FUNDING FOR FARMERS' MARKET AND LOCAL FOOD
              PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    Section 6(g)(1) of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of
1976 (7 U.S.C. 3005(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``2018.'' and
        inserting ``2017; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018
                through 2023.''.

SEC. 302. GRANTS TO SUPPORT FARM VIABILITY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make
competitive grants to support a farm viability program developed by a
public or private entity that is designed--
            (1) to improve the economic viability and integrity of
        farms participating in the program through the development and
        implementation of a farm viability plans; and
            (2) to provide participating farmers with technical, legal,
        marketing, and business planning assistance to expand, upgrade,
        and modernize their agricultural operations and assist in land
        access and transfer.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants under this
section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023.

Summary: Young and Beginning Farmers Act This bill amends various agricultural laws to modify and establish programs to assist beginning farmers. The bill makes land trusts eligible for certain assistance under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. In administering the program, USDA must prioritize an application for purchasing an easement that maintains agricultural viability, requires subsequent purchases to be at agricultural value, or both. The bill modifies several agricultural programs to: require the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to prequalify loan applicants, increase and index for inflation the limits on the amounts of USDA farm ownership loans, transfer jurisdiction of the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers to the FSA, establish an online customer self-service portal, reauthorize the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program with increased mandatory funding and allow specified funds to be transferred for individual development accounts, reauthorize the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Individual Development Accounts Pilot Program, reauthorize the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program with increased mandatory funding, and authorize grants for farm viability programs. The FSA must assign state coordinators to promote communication with beginning farmers or ranchers and increase their access to USDA programs. The General Services Administration may sell surplus farm equipment or property to socially disadvantaged, veteran, or beginning farmers and ranchers.

Young and Beginning Farmers Act


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Competitive and Open Markets That
Protect and Enhance the Treatment of Entrepreneurs Act of 2007'' or the
``Compete Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the terms ``audit'', ``Board'',
``Commission'', ``issuer'', and ``public accounting firm'' have the
same meanings as in section 2 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15
U.S.C. 7201).

SEC. 3. INTERNAL CONTROL REPORTING AND EVALUATION.

    Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C.
7262(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Internal Control Reporting and Evaluation.--
            ``(1) Auditor attestation and report.--
                    ``(A) In general.--With respect to the internal
                control assessment required by subsection (a), each
                registered public accounting firm that prepares or
                issues the audit report for the issuer shall, at the
                interval determined under paragraph (2), attest to, and
                report on, the assessment made by the management of the
                issuer.
                    ``(B) Content.--The attestation and report on the
                management assessment required by this paragraph--
                            ``(i) shall focus on the process and system
                        management used--
                                    ``(I) to identify and manage risks;
                                    ``(II) to identify and implement
                                key controls; and
                                    ``(III) to come to a conclusion on
                                the effectiveness of the internal
                                controls over financial reporting; and
                            ``(ii) shall not include a separate opinion
                        on the outcome of the assessment, including any
                        pass or fail opinion by the auditor on the
                        effectiveness of the internal controls of
                        management over financial reporting.
            ``(2) Intervals for attestation and report.--The
        regulations of the Commission under this section--
                    ``(A) shall require that the attestation and report
                required by paragraph (1) be performed during an
                initial reporting period, and then at 3-year intervals;
                and
                    ``(B) may require a shorter interval in the event
                of a major shift in the structure or performance of the
                issuer, such as a merger, a significant financial
                restatement, evidence of fraud, or other such events,
                as determined by the Commission
            ``(3) Standards for attestation and report.--
                    ``(A) Risk-based evaluation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An attestation made
                        under this subsection shall be made in
                        accordance with standards for attestation
                        engagements issued or adopted by the Board.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--The standards issued
                        or adopted by the Board for purposes of this
                        subsection shall require that the audit of the
                        management assessment of the internal controls
                        of the issuer shall--
                                    ``(I) be designed, on the basis of
                                the probability of risk and magnitude
                                of potential harm, to focus on those
                                controls that are critical to the
                                accuracy of the financial statements of
                                the issuer;
                                    ``(II) be consistent with the
                                materiality standards prescribed by the
                                Commission under paragraph (4); and
                                    ``(III) require that the
                                determination by the auditor of the
                                controls that create the greatest risk
                                to the company shall be made in
                                consultation with management of the
                                issuer, and shall identify those
                                greatest risks in consideration of the
                                characteristics of the industry within
                                which the issuer operates.
                    ``(B) Reliance on the work of others.--The
                standards issued or adopted by the Board for purposes
                of this subsection shall eliminate duplication of
                audits and examinations--
                            ``(i) by allowing registered public
                        accounting firms performing attestations and
                        reports under this subsection to rely on
                        examinations and inspections conducted by
                        Federal and State regulatory agencies--
                                    ``(I) to the extent that such
                                examinations and inspections focus on
                                the risk-based internal controls of the
                                issuer; and
                                    ``(II) to the extent practicable,
                                without affecting the timely completion
                                of the examinations and inspections;
                            ``(ii) where the issuer has engaged a
                        third-party accountant to test and provide its
                        management assessment of the internal control
                        systems, by permitting--
                                    ``(I) the third-party accountant to
                                work with registered public accounting
                                firms performing attestations and
                                reports under this subsection on
                                determining the controls to be tested
                                and the scope of the work;
                                    ``(II) the registered public
                                accounting firms performing
                                attestations and reports under this
                                subsection to rely heavily on the work
                                of the third-party accountant during
                                the attestation engagement to avoid
                                repetitive testing; and
                                    ``(III) management of the issuer to
                                communicate openly with the registered
                                public accounting firms performing
                                attestations and reports under this
                                subsection on all aspects of its
                                internal controls.
                    ``(C) Definition.--For purposes of subparagraph
                (B)(ii), the term `third-party accountant' means a
                registered public accounting firm other than the
                registered public accounting firm that is engaged to
                perform the attestation and report under this
                subsection.
            ``(4) Materiality standard.--The Commission shall develop a
        standard of materiality for the conduct of the assessment and
        report on an internal control under this subsection that shall
        be based on the relationship of the internal control to the
        reasonably possible effects on the financial statements of the
        issuer, and its significance to the overall financial status of
        the issuer.''.

SEC. 4. SMALLER PUBLIC COMPANY OPTION REGARDING INTERNAL CONTROL
              PROVISION.

    Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7262) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Smaller Public Company Option.--
            ``(1) Voluntary compliance.--A smaller issuer shall not be
        subject to the requirements of subsection (a), unless the
        smaller issuer voluntarily elects to comply with such
        requirements, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
        Commission. Any smaller issuer that does not elect to comply
        with subsection (a) shall state such election, together with
        the reasons therefor, in its annual report to the Commission
        under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)).
            ``(2) Definition.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
                and subject to subparagraph (B), the term `smaller
                issuer' means an issuer for which an annual report is
                required by section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
                Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)), that--
                            ``(i) has a total market capitalization at
                        the beginning of the relevant reporting period
                        of less than $700,000,000;
                            ``(ii) has total product and services
                        revenue for that reporting period of less than
                        $125,000,000; or
                            ``(iii) has, at the beginning of the
                        relevant reporting period, fewer than 1500
                        record beneficial holders.
                    ``(B) Annual adjustments.--The amounts referred to
                in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be
                adjusted annually to account for changes in the
                Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, United
                States city average, as published by the Bureau of
                Labor Statistics.''.

SEC. 5. COMPETITION FOR AUDITING SERVICES.

    (a) Study Required.--The Commission and the Board shall jointly
conduct a study examining the lack of, and impediments to, robust
competition for the performance of audits for issuers.
    (b) Subjects of Study.--The study required by this section shall
examine--
            (1) the causes for, and the measures that may be taken to
        alleviate, the concentration of audit performance in only 4
        large public accounting firms capable of servicing the larger
        issuers; and
            (2) the extent to which the Commission and the Board may,
        under existing law, take reasonable steps--
                    (A) to increase the number of qualified accounting
                firms; and
                    (B) to eliminate de minimis conflict of interest
                provisions.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Commission and the Board shall
        submit a joint report on the study required by this section to
        the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
        Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
        Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The report required by this subsection
        shall--
                    (A) contain the results of the examination of each
                of the subjects identified in subsection (b);
                    (B) make recommendations to the accounting industry
                of measures that may be undertaken under existing
                provisions of law, regulations, and standards to
                alleviate the concentration described in subsection
                (b)(1);
                    (C) identify the measures that the Commission and
                the Board should be authorized to undertake to
                alleviate such concentration; and
                    (D) make any recommendations to Congress for
                changes in the laws administered by the Commission and
                the Board that the Commission or the Board consider
                appropriate and necessary on the basis of the study.

SEC. 6. PRINCIPLES-BASED GUIDANCE STUDY.

    (a) Study Required.--The Commission and the Board shall jointly
conduct a study comparing and contrasting the principles-based Turnbull
Guidance under the securities laws of Great Britain to the
implementation of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Commission and the Board shall
        submit a joint report on the study required by this section to
        the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
        Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
        Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The report required by this subsection
        shall--
                    (A) compare the relative accounting and other costs
                of the principles-based Turnbull Guidance under the
                securities laws of Great Britain and the implementation
                of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in
                relation to the relative reduction in the level of risk
                to investors and increase in the level of investor
                confidence in the financial statements of issuers; and
                    (B) recommend to the Congress appropriate measures
                to alleviate accounting and other costs in relation to
                the reduction of such risk and the increase in such
                confidence.

Summary: Competitive and Open Markets That Protect and Enhance the Treatment of Entrepreneurs Act of 2007, or the Compete Act of 2007 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) to revise requirements for the internal control assessment component of a securities issuer's annual report. Requires the attestation and report by a registered public accounting firm on an issuer's management assessment of its internal control structure and procedures to focus upon the process and system used by management to identify and manage risks, identify and implement key controls, and come to a conclusion on the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting. Prohibits an auditor's attestation and report from including a separate (passfail) opinion on the effectiveness of such internal controls. Requires such attestation and report to be performed at three-year intervals. Prescribes standards for such attestations and reports, including a risk-based evaluation. Permits attestations and reports to rely on examinations and inspections by federal and state regulatory agencies. Instructs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop a standard of materiality for such assessments and reports based upon the relationship of the internal control to the reasonably possible effects on the financial statements of the issuer, and its significance to the overall financial status of the issuer. Exempts a smaller public company from the requirements for management assessment of internal controls, unless it voluntarily elects to comply with them. Directs the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to jointly conduct studies: (1) examining the lack of, and impediments to, robust competition for the performance of audits for issuers. And (2) comparing and contrasting the principles-based Turnbull Guidance under the British securities laws to the implementation of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley .

A bill to reform certain provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to make compliance with that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining United States capital market global competitiveness.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Child Care Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a
program to award grants to States, on a competitive basis, to assist
States in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation
of employer-operated child care programs.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require, including an assurance that
the funds required under subsection (e) will be provided.
    (c) Amount and Period of Grant.--The Secretary shall determine the
amount of a grant to a State under this section based on the population
of the State as compared to the population of all States receiving
grants under this section. The Secretary shall make the grant for a
period of 3 years.
    (d) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--A State shall use amounts provided under a
        grant awarded under this section to provide assistance to small
        businesses (or consortia formed in accordance with paragraph
        (3)) located in the State to enable the small businesses (or
        consortia) to establish and operate child care programs. Such
        assistance may include--
                    (A) technical assistance in the establishment of a
                child care program;
                    (B) assistance for the startup costs related to a
                child care program;
                    (C) assistance for the training of child care
                providers;
                    (D) scholarships for low-income wage earners;
                    (E) the provision of services to care for sick
                children or to provide care to school-aged children;
                    (F) the entering into of contracts with local
                resource and referral organizations or local health
                departments;
                    (G) assistance for care for children with
                disabilities;
                    (H) payment of expenses for renovation or operation
                of a child care facility; or
                    (I) assistance for any other activity determined
                appropriate by the State.
            (2) Application.--In order for a small business or
        consortium to be eligible to receive assistance from a State
        under this section, the small business involved shall prepare
        and submit to the State an application at such time, in such
        manner, and containing such information as the State may
        require.
            (3) Preference.--
                    (A) In general.--In providing assistance under this
                section, a State shall give priority to an applicant
                that desires to form a consortium to provide child care
                in a geographic area within the State where such care
                is not generally available or accessible.
                    (B) Consortium.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
                a consortium shall be made up of 2 or more entities
                that shall include small businesses and that may
                include large businesses, nonprofit agencies or
                organizations, local governments, or other appropriate
                entities.
            (4) Limitations.--With respect to grant funds received
        under this section, a State may not provide in excess of
        $500,000 in assistance from such funds to any single applicant.
    (e) Matching Requirement.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Secretary that,
with respect to the costs to be incurred by a covered entity receiving
assistance in carrying out activities under this section, the covered
entity will make available (directly or through donations from public
or private entities) non-Federal contributions to such costs in an
amount equal to--
            (1) for the first fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 50 percent of such
        costs ($1 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant);
            (2) for the second fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 66\2/3\ percent of such
        costs ($2 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant); and
            (3) for the third fiscal year in which the covered entity
        receives such assistance, not less than 75 percent of such
        costs ($3 for each $1 of assistance provided to the covered
        entity under the grant).
    (f) Requirements of Providers.--To be eligible to receive
assistance under a grant awarded under this section, a child care
provider--
            (1) who receives assistance from a State shall comply with
        all applicable State and local licensing and regulatory
        requirements and all applicable health and safety standards in
        effect in the State; and
            (2) who receives assistance from an Indian tribe or tribal
        organization shall comply with all applicable regulatory
        standards.
    (g) State-Level Activities.--A State may not retain more than 3
percent of the amount described in subsection (c) for State
administration and other State-level activities.
    (h) Administration.--
            (1) State responsibility.--A State shall have
        responsibility for administering a grant awarded for the State
        under this section and for monitoring covered entities that
        receive assistance under such grant.
            (2) Audits.--A State shall require each covered entity
        receiving assistance under the grant awarded under this section
        to conduct an annual audit with respect to the activities of
        the covered entity. Such audits shall be submitted to the
        State.
            (3) Misuse of funds.--
                    (A) Repayment.--If the State determines, through an
                audit or otherwise, that a covered entity receiving
                assistance under a grant awarded under this section has
                misused the assistance, the State shall notify the
                Secretary of the misuse. The Secretary, upon such a
                notification, may seek from such a covered entity the
                repayment of an amount equal to the amount of any such
                misused assistance plus interest.
                    (B) Appeals process.--The Secretary shall by
                regulation provide for an appeals process with respect
                to repayments under this paragraph.
    (i) Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) 2-year study.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to
                determine--
                            (i) the capacity of covered entities to
                        meet the child care needs of communities within
                        States;
                            (ii) the kinds of consortia that are being
                        formed with respect to child care at the local
                        level to carry out programs funded under this
                        section; and
                            (iii) who is using the programs funded
                        under this section and the income levels of
                        such individuals.
                    (B) Report.--Not later than 28 months after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to
                the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
                results of the study conducted in accordance with
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) 4-year study.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall conduct a study to
                determine the number of child care facilities that are
                funded through covered entities that received
                assistance through a grant awarded under this section
                and that remain in operation, and the extent to which
                such facilities are meeting the child care needs of the
                individuals served by such facilities.
                    (B) Report.--Not later than 52 months after the
                date on which the Secretary first awards grants under
                this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to
                the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
                results of the study conducted in accordance with
                subparagraph (A).
    (j) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a
        small business or a consortium formed in accordance with
        subsection (d)(3).
            (2) Indian community.--The term ``Indian community'' means
        a community served by an Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (3) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms ``Indian
        tribe'' and ``tribal organization'' have the meanings given the
        terms in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
        Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
            (4) Small business.--The term ``small business'' means an
        employer who employed an average of at least 2 but not more
        than 50 employees on the business days during the preceding
        calendar year.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the
        term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
        Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
    (k) Application to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.--In this
section:
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (f)(1),
        and in paragraphs (2) and (3), the term ``State'' includes an
        Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Geographic references.--The term ``State'' includes an
        Indian community in subsections (c) (the second and third place
        the term appears), (d)(1) (the second place the term appears),
        (d)(3)(A) (the second place the term appears), and
        (i)(1)(A)(i).
            (3) State-level activities.--The term ``State-level
        activities'' includes activities at the tribal level.
    (l) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
        carry out this section, $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal
        years 2008 through 2012.
            (2) Studies and administration.--With respect to the total
        amount appropriated for such period in accordance with this
        subsection, not more than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used
        for expenditures related to conducting studies required under,
        and the administration of, this section.
    (m) Termination of Program.--The program established under
subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2012.

Summary: Small Business Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to assist states in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of employer-operated child care programs.

A bill to establish a small business child care grant program, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Service Financial
Accountability Restoration Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. USE OF INCENTIVES TO RESTORE FOREST SERVICE FINANCIAL
              ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Section 3521(e) of title 31, United States Code,
        requires the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture
        to audit the annual financial statements required to be
        prepared by the Forest Service. As a result of the inability of
        the Forest Service to produce reliable financial statements,
        the agency has received four successive adverse opinions or
        disclaimers from the Inspector General.
            (2) In January 1999, the Comptroller General submitted a
        report to Congress that identified the Forest Service as an
        agency at ``high risk'' of waste, fraud, abuse, and
        mismanagement due to the persistent and severe weaknesses in
        the Forest Service's accounting and financial reporting
        systems.
            (3) The Comptroller General has stated that the Forest
        Service will maintain its high risk status until the agency, at
        a minimum--
                    (A) receives two consecutive unqualified audit
                opinions from the Inspector General; and
                    (B) corrects the material internal control
                weaknesses, identified in the Inspector General's audit
                reports of the financial statements of the Forest
                Service, which adversely affect the ability of the
                Forest Service to maintain accountability over its
                assets on an ongoing basis.
            (4) Despite initial efforts on the part of the Forest
        Service to correct deficiencies in its financial management
        systems, the Comptroller General and the Inspector General of
        the Department of Agriculture have indicated that the Forest
        Service may still be years away from producing reliable
        financial statements or changing its high risk status.
            (5) Performance incentives are necessary to ultimately
        restore financial accountability to the Forest Service, and
        such incentives must be structured so as to preserve the
        ability of the Forest Service to perform its core missions,
        particularly a sustained reduction of the natural resources
        restoration and maintenance backlog within the National Forest
        System, while safeguarding further investments of taxpayer
        dollars from waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.
    (b) Conditional Limitations on Forest Service Appropriations.--
Subject to subsections (c) and (d), for fiscal years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the total amount appropriated
for the Forest Service to carry out discretionary programs and
activities for a fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of the amounts
appropriated under the heading ``Forest Service'' in title II of the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-
277; 112 Stat. 2681-268).
    (c) Removal of Condition.--The limitations on the level of Forest
Service appropriations or obligations specified in subsection (b) shall
terminate on the earlier of the following:
            (1) The date on which the Forest Service is no longer an
        agency at high risk of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement
        due to weaknesses in its accounting and financial reporting
        systems, as determined under subsection (d).
            (2) The end of the fifth fiscal year subject to the
        limitations.
    (d) Criteria for Removal of High Risk Status.--The Forest Service
shall no longer be an agency at high risk under subsection (c)(1) if
the Comptroller General certifies in writing to Congress that Forest
Service financial management is no longer at high risk. The Comptroller
General may make that certification only if--
            (1) the Forest Service receives two consecutive unqualified
        audit opinions from the Inspector General of the Department of
        Agriculture under section 3521(e) of title 31, United States
        Code; and
            (2) the Forest Service corrects the material weaknesses
        identified in the audit reports of the Inspector General
        regarding the Forest Service's fiscal year 1995 financial
        statements and all subsequent audit reports of the Inspector
        General regarding the Forest Service's financial statements
        published before the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Backlog Reduction Outputs.--During each fiscal year identified
in subsection (c)(2), the Forest Service shall maintain or increase
outputs, relative to the levels achieved during fiscal year 1999, from
programs that directly reduce the natural resources restoration and
maintenance backlog within the National Forest System. Such outputs
shall include the following:
            (1) Acres of forested land treated for reduction of
        wildfire risk.
            (2) Acres of forested land treated for reduction of
        mortality risk from insect and disease infestation.
            (3) Miles of roads and trails reconstructed or maintained.
            (4) Number of recreational facilities reconstructed or
        maintained.
            (5) Acres of terrestrial habitat restored or enhanced.
            (6) Miles of riparian areas restored or enhanced.
            (7) Other priority outputs identified by the Secretary.

Summary: Forest Service Financial Accountability Restoration Act of 1999 - Places specified limits on Forest Service appropriations until the earlier of the following: (1) the Service is no longer an agency at high risk of waste, fraud, and mismanagement due to accounting and financial reporting weaknesses. Or (2) the end of the fifth fiscal year subject to such limitations. Enumerates the criteria under which the Comptroller General shall certify to Congress that the Service is no longer at high risk Sets forth Service backlog reduction requirements.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Pakistan Security and
Stability Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Congress supports the following elements outlined in
        the President's White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's
        Report on United States Policy Toward Afghanistan and Pakistan:
                    (A) The core goal of the United States must be to
                disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its
                affiliated networks and their safe havens in Pakistan.
                    (B) The threat that al Qaeda poses to the United
                States and its allies in Pakistan--including the
                possibility of extremists obtaining fissile material--
                is all too real.
                    (C) The United States must overcome its trust
                deficit with Pakistan and demonstrate that it is a
                reliable, long-term partner.
            (2) The Government of Pakistan is facing significant
        security and socio-economic challenges that set the conditions
        for greater radicalization and may threaten Pakistan's
        viability. Such challenges include the following:
                    (A) Al Qaeda's and other extremist groups' campaign
                of violent attacks throughout Pakistan, including the
                Red Mosque incident, the assassination of Benazir
                Bhutto, and the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in
                Islamabad.
                    (B) Pakistan's population growth at a rate of
                approximately 2 percent a year, with nearly half of its
                172 million residents illiterate, under the age of 20,
                and living near or below the poverty line.
            (3) Security and stability to Pakistan is further
        complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned spaces between
        Pakistan and Afghanistan in which state control has not been
        fully exercised given ethnic and tribal affiliations.
            (4) The security and stability of Pakistan is vital to the
        national security of the United States, and the consequences of
        failure poses a grave threat to the security of the American
        people, the region, and United States allies.
            (5) The objectives of United States policy toward Pakistan
        are to empower and enable Pakistan to--
                    (A) develop into a prosperous and democratic state
                that is at peace with itself and with its neighbors;
                    (B) actively confront, and deny safe haven to, al
                Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremists;
                    (C) implement the economic, legal, and social
                reforms required to create an environment that
                discourages violent Islamic extremism; and
                    (D) maintain robust command and control over its
                nuclear weapons technology.

SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
              PAKISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009, the President
shall develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees
a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-
term security and stability in Pakistan which shall be composed of the
elements specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Elements.--The comprehensive interagency strategy and
implementation plan required by subsection (a) shall contain at least
the following elements:
            (1) A description of how United States assistance described
        in section 4 will be used to achieve the objectives of United
        States policy toward Pakistan.
            (2) Progress toward the following:
                    (A) Assisting efforts to enhance civilian control
                and a stable constitutional government in Pakistan and
                promote bilateral and regional trade and economic
                growth.
                    (B) Developing and operationally enabling Pakistani
                security forces so they are capable of succeeding in
                sustained counter-insurgency and counter-terror
                operations.
                    (C) Shutting down Pakistani safe havens for
                extremists.
                    (D) Improving Pakistan's capacity and capability to
                ``hold'' and ``build'' areas cleared of insurgents to
                prevent their return.
                    (E) Developing and strengthening mechanisms for
                Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation.
            (3) A financial plan and description of the resources,
        programming, and management of United States foreign assistance
        to Pakistan, including the criteria used to determine their
        prioritization.
            (4) A complete description of both the evaluation process
        for reviewing and adjusting the strategy and implementation as
        necessary, and measures of effectiveness for the implementation
        of the strategy.
    (c) Intelligence Support.--The Director of National Intelligence
shall provide intelligence support to the development of the
comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan required by
subsection (a).
    (d) Updates of Strategy.--The President shall transmit in writing
to the appropriate congressional committees any updates of the
comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan required by
subsection (a), as necessary.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN.

    (a) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the President, for the purposes of providing assistance
to Pakistan under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.), $1,500,000,000 or such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
    (b) Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to the President, for the purposes of
building a more effective counterinsurgency capability in Pakistan's
security forces, up to $700,000,000 for the Pakistan Counterinsurgency
Capability Fund, for fiscal year 2010.
    (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this
section or otherwise made available to carry out this Act shall be used
to the maximum extent practicable as direct expenditures for programs,
projects, and activities, subject to existing reporting and
notification requirements.

SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
transmission of the comprehensive interagency strategy and
implementation plan required by section 3, and quarterly thereafter
through December 1, 2013, the President, acting through the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall brief the appropriate
congressional committees on the status of the comprehensive interagency
strategy and implementation plan.
    (b) Notification.--The President shall notify the appropriate
congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to obligating any
assistance described in section 4 as budgetary support to the
Government of Pakistan or to any persons, agencies, instrumentalities,
or elements of the Government of Pakistan and shall describe the
purpose and conditions attached to any such budgetary support
assistance. The President shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees not later than 30 days prior to obligating any other type of
assistance described in section 4.

SEC. 6. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
        Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select
        Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

Summary: United States-Pakistan Security and Stability Act - Directs the President to develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, with intelligence support from the Director of National Intelligence, a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Pakistan. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) Pakistan, and (2) the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund.

To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Pakistan, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender
Public Database Act of 2004'' or ``Dru's Law''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act:
            (1) Criminal offense against a victim who is a minor.--The
        term ``criminal offense against a victim who is a minor'' has
        the same meaning as in section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob
        Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent
        Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)).
            (2) Minimally sufficient sexual offender registration
        program.--The term ``minimally sufficient sexual offender
        registration program'' has the same meaning as in section
        170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and
        Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C.
        14072(a)).
            (3) Sexually violent offense.--The term ``sexually violent
        offense'' has the same meaning as in section 170101(a)(3) of
        the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually
        Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)).
            (4) Sexually violent predator.--The term ``sexually violent
        predator'' has the same meaning as in section 170102(a) of the
        Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent
        Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)).

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF THE NSOR DATABASE TO THE PUBLIC.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall--
            (1) make publicly available in a registry (in this Act
        referred to as the ``public registry'') from information
        contained in the the National Sex Offender Registry, via the
        Internet, all information described in subsection (b); and
            (2) allow for users of the public registry to determine
        which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a
        radius, as specified by the user of the public registry, of the
        location indicated by the user of the public registry.
    (b) Information Available in Public Registry.--With respect to any
person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor
or a sexually violent offense, or any sexually violent predator,
required to register with a minimally sufficient sexual offender
registration program within a State, including a program established
under section 170101 of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children
and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14017(b)),
the public registry shall provide, to the extent available in the
National Sex Offender Registry--
            (1) the name and any known aliases of the person;
            (2) the date of birth of the person;
            (3) the current address of the person and any subsequent
        changes of that address;
            (4) a physical description and current photograph of the
        person;
            (5) the nature of and date of commission of the offense by
        the person;
            (6) the date on which the person is released from prison,
        or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation; and
            (7) any other information the Attorney General considers
        appropriate.

SEC. 4. RELEASE OF HIGH RISK INMATES.

    (a) Civil Commitment Proceedings.--
            (1) In general.--Any State that provides for a civil
        commitment proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding, shall
        issue timely notice to the attorney general of that State of
        the impending release of any person incarcerated by the State
        who--
                    (A) is a sexually violent predator; or
                    (B) has been deemed by the State to be at high-risk
                for recommitting any sexually violent offense or
                criminal offense against a victim who is a minor.
            (2) Review.--Upon receiving notice under paragraph (1), the
        State attorney general shall consider whether or not to
        institute a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent
        proceeding required under State law.
    (b) Monitoring of Released Persons.--
            (1) In general.--Each State shall intensively monitor, for
        not less than 1 year, any person described under paragraph (2)
        who--
                    (A) has been unconditionally released from
                incarceration by the State; and
                    (B) has not been civilly committed pursuant to a
                civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent
                proceeding under State law.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to--
                    (A) any sexually violent predator; or
                    (B) any person who has been deemed by the State to
                be at high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent
                offense or criminal offense against a victim who is a
                minor.
    (c) Compliance.--
            (1) Compliance date.--Each State shall have not more than 3
        years from the date of enactment of this Act in which to
        implement the requirements of this section.
            (2) Ineligibility for funds.--A State that fails to
        implement the requirements of this section, shall not receive
        25 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to
        the State under section 20106(b) of the Violent Crime Control
        and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13706(b)).
            (3) Reallocation of funds.--Any funds that are not
        allocated for failure to comply with this section shall be
        reallocated to States that comply with this section.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.

Summary: Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2004 or Dru's Law - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make publicly available in a registry via the Internet, from information contained in the National Sex Offender Registry, specified information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor, who are required to register with a minimally sufficient State sexual offender registration program. And (2) allow registry users to identity offenders who are currently residing within a radius of the location indicated by the user. Requires registry information to include the offender's name, address, date of birth, physical description, and photograph, the nature and date of commission of the offense, and the date on which the person is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation Requires: (1) any State that provides for a civil commitment proceeding to notify the State attorney general of the impending release of a sexually violent predator or a person has been deemed to be at high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent offense or criminal offense against a minor. (2) the State attorney general to consider instituting a civil commitment proceeding. And (3) each State to intensively monitor, for at least a year, any such person who has been unconditionally released by the State and who has not been civilly committed. Makes a State that fails to implement Act requirements ineligible to receive 25 percent of funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

A bill to establish a National sex offender registration database, and for other purposes.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pathogen Reduction and Testing
Reform Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTS CONTAINING CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS
              ADULTERATED.

    (a) Meat and Meat Food Products.--Section 1(m) of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(m)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.
    (b) Poultry and Poultry Products.--Section 4(g) of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.
    (c) Eggs and Egg Products.--Section 4(a) of the Egg Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a microbial pathogen that is
                associated with serious illness or death'' after
                ``which may render it injurious to health''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or such a microbial pathogen''
                after ``added substance''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
                (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) if it bears or contains a strain of a microbial
        pathogen, such as Campylobacter or Salmonella, that is
        resistant to not less than two critically important antibiotics
        for human medicine (as specified in the World Health
        Organization's list of Critically Important Antimicrobials);'';
        and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
                subparagraph (A)) by striking ``clause (B), (C), or
                (D)'' and inserting ``this subparagraph or subparagraph
                (C) or (D)''.

SEC. 3. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    (a) Meat and Meat Food Products.--The Federal Meat Inspection Act
is amended by inserting after section 9 (21 U.S.C. 609) the following
new section:

``SEC. 9A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if meat and meat food products are
        adulterated within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of
        section 1(m); and
            ``(2) to prevent the use in commerce of any product that is
        determined to be so adulterated.''.
    (b) Poultry and Poultry Products.--The Poultry Products Inspection
Act is amended by inserting after section 8 (21 U.S.C. 457) the
following new section:

``SEC. 8A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if poultry and poultry products are
        adulterated within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of
        section 4(g); and
            ``(2) to prevent the entry into or flow or movement in
        commerce of, or the burdening of commerce by, any such product
        that is determined to be so adulterated.''.
    (c) Egg and Egg Products.--The Egg Products Inspection Act is
amended by inserting after section 7 (21 U.S.C. 1036) the following new
section:

``SEC. 7A. TESTING FOR CERTAIN PATHOGENS OR CONTAMINANTS REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall, for purposes of examinations or
inspections conducted under this Act, establish sampling protocols and
testing procedures using the methods and technologies the Secretary
determines are most appropriate--
            ``(1) to determine if eggs and egg products are adulterated
        within the meaning of paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of section 4(a);
        and
            ``(2) to prevent the entry into or flow or movement in
        commerce of, or the burdening of commerce by, any such product
        that is determined to be so adulterated.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue
regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to meat and meat food products, poultry and poultry
products, and eggs and egg products entering into interstate or foreign
commerce on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of quot, adulteratedquot. To make explicit the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) authority to issue a recall of meat, poultry, and egg products that contain microbial pathogens associated with serious illness or death or are resistant to two or more antibiotics critically important for human medicine. Requires the USDA to establish sampling protocols and testing procedures necessary to determine if meat, poultry, and egg products are adulterated under this Act and to prevent the entry, flow, or movement of those products into commerce.