United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend the civil penalty assessment demonstration program for a three-month period. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize Hawaii to use certain excess funds generated in off-airport locations in the State from the sale of duty-free merchandise for highway construction aimed at facilitating access to its airports. Authorizes such use for revenues generated on sales through December 31, 1994. Prohibits the State, if any such revenues are used in a calendar year for airport facility improvement purposes, from receiving Federal grants for airport development, planning, or noise compatibility programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Declares that the domestic production of fruits and vegetables is a keystone of U.S. farm policy. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the domestic fruit and vegetable industry.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Supreme Court or any inferior court of the United States from ordering a State or political subdivision, or an official of such State or subdivision, from laying or increasing taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Timber Research, Education, and Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Research and Education - Subtitle A: General Research Programs - Expresses the sense of the Congress reaffirming the importance of the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grant program; and (2) a genetic tree improvement research grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Southern Forest Productivity and Regeneration - Directs the Secretary to: (1) continue the Southern Forest Productivity Program; and (2) establish research grants under such Program. Directs the Secretary to establish a Southern Forest Regeneration Center to study forest regeneration problems in the South. Authorizes other such programs or a related comprehensive national program. Subtitle C: Education - Amends the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to expand forestry and natural resources education programs. Amends the Forest Rangeland and Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish: (1) the forestry student grant program to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists; and (2) the international forestry education grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Forestry Enhancement and Technical Assistance - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish forest stewardship on nonindustrial private forest lands by assisting owners to more actively manage their forest and related resources. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Urban Forestry - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) implement a program of education and technical assistance for urban forest resources; (2) establish an urban and community forestry cost share program; and (3) establish a National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. Title IV: Economic Development Through Forestry - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to provide short term export credit guarantees and assistance with respect to wood and processed wood products under the same conditions that apply to other agricultural products. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) global economic and international marketing education programs for forest-dependent rural communities; and (2) educational programs to assist business and policymakers in creating environmentally consistent economic development programs. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Forest Service a program of forest resource and related business assistance to State and local organizations, including: (1) training; (2) financial and technical assistance; and (3) technology information. Establishes in the Treasury a loan fund for such program. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of rural revitalization cost sharing partnerships with rural communities and rural development entities. Title V: Forest Protection - Subtitle A: Fire Protection - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide matching financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters or officials for mobilization activities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Pest Protection and Forest Health - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to use Forest Service appropriations to assist State or private entities in the emergency suppression of forest pests, including the gypsy moth. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Forest Service should expand its forest monitoring to all lands within the United States and its territories and possessions. Subtitle C: Emergency Reforestation Program - Authorizes the Secretary to develop within the Forest Service an emergency cost sharing reforestation program for disaster-damaged timber lands. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates the week of July 22 to 28, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1991 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1992 and 1993. Sets forth: (1) maximum deficit amounts; (2) public debt increase amounts; (3) deficit levels excluding trust fund surpluses; and (4) recommended budgetary levels of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, the public debt, and Federal credit activity, including funding for each major functional category. Requires specified Senate and House Committees to report to their respective Committee on the Budget on changes in laws within their jurisdiction that provide spending authority sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Government should sell assets to nongovernment buyers; and (2) the amounts realized from such sales will not recur on an annual basis and do not reduce the demand for credit. Assumes that, in the Senate, budget authority and outlays may be allocated to the Senate Committee on Finance for increased Medicaid funding if the Committee on Finance or the committee of conference reports appropriate Medicaid funding legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Solar and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to remove the size limitations placed upon solar and geothermal facilities eligible for PURPA regulatory benefits. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate proposed modifications to its regulations to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products classified under certain import categories which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Authorizes the United States National Senior Sports Organization of Chesterfield, Missouri, to use the words "Olympic" and "Olympics" when promoting national amateur athletic competition among senior citizens.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990. Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park. Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities. Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 16 through 22, 1990, as National Rehabilitation Week. Urges each State Governor and local government chief executive to issue proclamations calling upon their citizens to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to South Carolina all U.S. right, title, and interest to the Cheraw Fish Hatchery. Requires reversion if the property is used as other than part of the State's fishery resource management program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make between ten and 50 (currently, between three and five) grants to States or individuals (currently, to States) for demonstration projects involving health care services in the home. Requires five of such grants to go to the current grantees, with 50 percent of the remainder going to States and 50 percent to individuals. Requires grant applications to be submitted to the Governor of the State in which the applicant resides. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends Federal patent law to provide that a process of making a product shall not be considered obvious (and shall thus be patentable) if an essential material used in the process is novel and nonobvious. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare as an unlawful trade practice the importation into the United States of articles made or processed by means of a biotechnological material infringing on an enforceable U.S. patent.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to cite conditions under which depository institutions, mortgage lenders, and insured credit unions are not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) with respect to property acquired either through foreclosure or in a fiduciary capacity. Confers immunity from Superfund liability upon certain banking regulatory agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board for properties acquired in connection with: (1) the exercise of receivership or conservatorship authority; and (2) the provision of loans and other financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to the Museum of Tolerance of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles, California, 50 percent of the cost of designing and operating education programs concerning the Holocaust. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Title I: National Forests - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with regard to National Forest System lands damaged by Hurricane Hugo or the Loma Prieta Earthquake, to undertake the following activities: (1) timber salvage; (2) reforestation; (3) fish and wildlife habitat restoration; (4) watershed restoration; (5) fire prevention and management; (6) insect and disease prevention and management; and (7) facilities repair and land restoration. Directs the Secretary to conduct related studies and report to the Congress with regard to: (1) wilderness areas damage; (2) forest ecosystems; (3) renewable resource recovery; and (4) threatened species. Title II: Agriculture - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to treat separately for disaster assistance purposes crops of the same commodity planted in different seasons on different acreage. Makes orchards damaged by Hurricane Hugo in the southeastern United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands eligible for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Homeless Outreach Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct an outreach program which assists homeless persons in applying for, receiving, and maintaining Social Security Act benefits. Sets forth the scope of such program, requiring: (1) regular visits by outreach personnel to places frequented by the homeless to inform the homeless of, and actively assist them in, applying for benefits; (2) active measures to prevent the inappropriate suspension of benefits to the homeless; (3) the immediate restoration of inappropriately suspended benefits; and (4) a final decision on the benefit application of a homeless person within 30 days of its receipt. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) the assistance that may be necessary to ensure that homeless persons appropriately use Social Security Act benefits; and (2) grants to States, local governments, and non-profit organizations to conduct outreach programs for the homeless.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1991 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for: (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control, and data communications; (3) construction of facilities; (4) research and program management, including scientific consultations; and (5) the Inspector General. Permits appropriations for the first two numbered categories to be used for certain items of a capital nature (other than land acquisition) required for the performance of research and development contracts and for grants to nonprofit educational and research organizations to augment their research facilities. Prohibits the use of these funds for the construction of any major facility whose estimated cost exceeds a specified amount, unless the Administrator of NASA notifies specified congressional leadership and committees. Authorizes fund use, subject to limitations, for facilities construction, repair, or modification and for unforeseen programmatic facility project needs. Permits upward variances of funds for facilities construction under circumstances outlined in this Act. Authorizes certain fund transfers and makes available specified funds for the construction and modification of laboratories and other installations. Requires the Administrator to notify specified congressional leadership and committees of the nature, cost, and need for such construction before expending the funds in question. Prohibits, until 30 days following congressional receipt of the Administrator's full explanation, the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any program that: (1) has been eliminated by the Congress; (2) is in excess of the amount actually authorized for the particular program (except for construction of facilities); or (3) has not been presented to either of the relevant congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States, with regard to breast and cervical cancer, for screening, referrals and follow-up services, public information and education programs, education and training for health professionals, quality monitoring of screening, and evaluations of such activities. Sets forth preferences in making the grants and requires equitable geographical distribution. Requires matching non-Federal funds in a specified ratio. Requires that States agree to: (1) provide all of certain services by a specified date; (2) switch to any improved screening procedures which become available; and (3) assure the quality of any screening procedures used. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines for assuring the quality of mammography and cytological screening conducted under these provisions. Requires that low-income women be given priority in the provision of services. Requires that a charge for services, if any: (1) be made according to a public schedule; (2) be adjusted for income of the woman involved; and (3) not be imposed on any woman with incomes below the poverty line. Requires services to be provided throughout a State, including to members of any Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number of grants made to seven in FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Magnetic Levitation Transportation Act of 1990 - Amends the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to lead and coordinate Federal efforts in the development of magnetic levitation (maglev) transportation technologies. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more cooperative research and development agreements with U.S. companies to: (1) research how to overcome technical barriers to the development and construction of maglev transportation systems; and (2) transfer such technology to industry to help create a viable commercial maglev transportation industry in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes within the Federal Railroad Administration the High-Speed Ground Transportation Office.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Fair Treatment Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise, with regard to alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants, the formulas for determination of allotments and minimum allotments to States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Raises the minimum per annum rates of basic pay for entry level grades GS-3 through GS-10 for Federal law enforcement officers on a sliding scale with larger adjustments at the lower levels. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to: (1) readjust the rates of pay for such entry level grades every three years, based upon comparisons of State and local compensation for comparable work, in order to keep starting salaries of Federal law enforcement officers competitive with those paid to State and local law enforcement officers; and (2) establish a mechanism to adjust the rates of pay of Federal law enforcement officers serving in certain high cost-of-living areas in order to recruit and retain the best-qualified individuals. Sets forth procedures for identifying those regions for which higher pay rates are needed. Terminates a pay rate payable to Federal law enforcement officers that is based on a particular region if such an officer is transferred or reassigned to a place outside of such region. Requires pay rates established under this Act to be based on data compiled by the National Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to survey State and local law enforcement salaries every three years to compile the data needed to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal agency heads, in order to retain highly qualified law enforcement officers who possess special skills or experience or whose continued services are particularly important due to factors associated with the geographic area to which they are assigned, to pay Federal law enforcement officers who are eligible for retirement an allowance of up to $10,000 per year provided the officers agree to complete at least one year of additional service in the agency involved. Makes Federal law enforcement officers who are transferred to an area within the United States having higher than average housing costs eligible for a relocation payment of up to $20,000 provided they agree to remain in Federal law enforcement for a specified period. Authorizes Federal agencies to offer rates of pay higher than the minimum rates for positions of GS-3 (currently, GS-11) or above if necessary to attract well qualified entry-candidates for Federal law enforcement service. Authorizes Federal agencies to pay law enforcement officers who possess and make substantial use of foreign language proficiency while performing their official duties a cash award of up to 25 percent of basic pay. Raises the mandatory age for Federal law enforcement officers to retire under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems from 55 to 57. Changes the method of computing overtime for Federal law enforcement officers to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay for work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Limits the aggregate rate of pay (including premium pay) for Federal law enforcement officers in a calendar year to the pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits application of other limitations on premium pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1994 and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when appropriations exceed the adjusted appropriation for FY 1990, to reserve a certain portion of funds for one or more of the following quality improvement activities: (1) staff compensation; (2) staff training; (3) transportation for eligible children; (4) additional staff; (5) program insurance costs; and (6) facility improvement. Revises the poverty line criterion for eligibility to participate in Head Start programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Consumer Seafood Safety and Quality Assurance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a comprehensive seafood safety and quality assurance program for fish and fish products sold in interstate commerce. Requires the program to be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the guidelines for the National Shellfish Sanitation Program developed by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards: (1) of sanitation and quality control for the processing of fish and fish products; and (2) for contaminant levels which are most likely to cause fish or fish products to be unsafe for human consumption. Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to identify certain contaminants and recommend standards development priorities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards of identity and composition, minimum quality, labeling, and packaging of fish and fish products. Requires the standards to build upon existing Federal regulations and be consistent with applicable international standards. Authorizes the Secretary to establish voluntary grading criteria for fish and fish products. Requires a fish or fish product package, subject to exemption, to be marked with a code for identifying its processing facility. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of existing Federal water quality standards for classifying shellfish growing areas; and (2) prescribe standards for the water quality in such areas. Requires that the seafood standards be reviewed at least every three years. Directs the Secretary to establish an inspection system for fish and fish products to protect the public from adulteration of misbranding. Prohibits a facility from processing fish or fish products unless the facility is registered with the Secretary under these provisions, subject to exception. Requires approval of registration applications unless the facility is unfit. Requires segregation, condemnation, and destruction of adulterated or misbranded fish and fish products, unless they are brought into compliance with this Act by relabeling or other action. Requires advance approval of labeling or packaging by the Secretary. Requires approval of labeling unless it is false or misleading and packaging unless it does not comply with this Act's standards. Requires a written report to be given to the owner or operator of a processing facility after inspection and before leaving the facility. Directs the Secretary to establish a monitoring system to identify geographical growing and harvesting areas from which significant quantities of fish or fish products not in compliance with this Act may be reasonably expected to originate. Authorizes the prohibition or restriction of the disposition of fish or fish products from such areas. Directs the Secretary to encourage States to have programs at least equal to the program established by this Act. Authorizes the provision to a State of advice, technical and laboratory assistance and training, and financial and other aid. Allows the Governor of any State desiring to administer its own seafood safety and quality assurance program to apply to the Secretary for approval. Directs the Secretary to approve the State program for up to five years if certain requirements are met. Provides for monitoring of State programs. Directs the Secretary to annually grant to each State with an approved program 60 percent of the cost of operating a federally equivalent program. Authorizes the Secretary, for States not approved for their own programs, to deputize specific State employees to carry out inspection and monitoring activities. Prohibits entering, or withdrawing from warehouse, any fish or fish product unless it complies with certain requirements. Requires that, upon entry for consumption in the United States, fish products satisfying such requirements be deemed to be and treated as domestic fish or fish products. Requires enforcement through random inspections, sampling, and any other procedures necessary. Requires destruction of fish and fish products in violation of these provisions unless exported or brought into compliance. Requires other costs resulting from denial of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, to be paid by the owner or consignee, with nonpayment constituting a lien against the fish or fish product and any other fish or fish product thereafter entered or withdrawn by such owner or consignee. Directs the Secretary: (1) on request, to review the seafood safety and quality assurance program of countries desiring to export fish or fish products into the United States; and (2) to issue certificates to countries with programs at least equal to the program under this Act, if enforcement measures are permitted. Prohibits entry for U.S. consumption of fish or fish product from an uncertified country. Requires review of the certificates at least every five years. Allows fish or fish products to be exempted from specific requirements of this Act if necessary to avoid conflict with a law or custom of the importing nation. Directs the Secretary: (1) to inspect fish or fish products intended for export as necessary to ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) upon request, to provide a certificate of export stating the condition of fish or fish products inspected. Prohibits specified acts relating to: processing; selling; transporting; adulterating or misbranding; forging, counterfeiting, or using without authorization marks or registrations; inspection; and records maintenance. Provides for civil and criminal penalties. Exempts common carriers from the penalties in certain circumstances. Exempts from this Act: (1) processing by an individual for the individual's own use; (2) commercial preparation by certain methods; and (3) processing facilities solely processing fish products not intended for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary completes a study and recommends that an exempted type or class of vessel should be included in the program established under this Act, to promulgate regulations to include any such type or class. Directs the Secretary to design and implement a national consumer education and information program on seafood, under which the Secretary is required to collect, analyze, and disseminate to consumers information on the health hazards associated with the consumption of fish and fish products. Requires the Secretary to designate national and regional centers that will conduct and support research, education, and training regarding seafood safety and quality assurance. Directs the Secretary to establish a five-year shellfish indicator research program to develop a system of classification of shellfish growing waters based on the latest technological advancements in microbiology and epidemiological methods. Requires the research program to evaluate representative estuaries in each of the major U.S. shellfish growing regions and make recommendations pertaining to shellfish management and regulatory considerations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out the research program through grants to eligible applicants; and (2) establish an advisory panel to assist in the development and implementation of the research program. Directs the Secretary to conduct and support research with respect to: (1) detecting and measuring biological and chemical contaminants; (2) techniques and procedures for inspections; (3) sanitation practices and processing, transportation, and storage; and (4) any other matters that may further the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
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