Sec. 812. Establishing a research and extension program for humanely raised livestock and poultry certifications

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Section 1402(6) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3101(6) ) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: , and meet growing consumer demand for animal welfare, environmental sustainability, pasture-based rearing, and compliance with independent animal welfare certifications . Section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

The term Independent animal welfare certification program has the meaning given that term in section 801(1) of the Food and Farm Act . . Section 1409A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3124a ) is amended— in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking and environmental and inserting environmental, animal welfare, and marketplace demand ; in subsection (c)(2), by inserting pasture-based rearing systems, after cooperatives, ; and in subsection (d), by inserting improving animal well-being, facilitating enrollment in independent animal welfare certification programs, after marketing systems, .

The heading of subtitle E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (title XIV of Public Law 93–113 ) is amended to read as follows: . Section 1431(b)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3193(b)(2) ) is amended— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (B); by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C), and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: improve the flow of information to producers regarding enrollment in, compliance with, and marketing benefits of independent animal welfare certification programs. .

Section 502 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 ( 7 U.S.C. 2662 ) is amended— in subsection (d), by inserting , improved animal husbandry techniques including enrollment in independent animal welfare certification programs, after marketing techniques ; and in subsection (h)(1)— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (E); by redesignating subparagraph

(F)as subparagraph (H); and by inserting after subparagraph

(E)the following new subparagraphs: opportunities for enrollment in independent animal welfare certification programs; animal husbandry; and . Section 506 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 ( 7 U.S.C. 2666 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and

(c)as subsections (b), (c), and

(d)respectively; and by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following: independent animal welfare certification program has the meaning given that term in section 801(1) of the Food and Farm Act . .

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