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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 5138 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture, and fo... · Sec. 312

Sec. 312. Higher-welfare transport research funding

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In this section: The term eligible research institution means— an 1862 Institution (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7601 )); an 1890 Institution (as defined in that section); a 1994 Institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382 )); a non-land-grant college of agriculture (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )) that has a demonstrable capacity to conduct livestock or poultry research, as determined by the Secretary;
Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (as defined in that section); and a center of excellence recognized under section 1673 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5926 ). The term higher-welfare transport means the handling, loading, and transport mechanisms by which livestock and poultry are transported, at any time, which take into account animal welfare and species-specific requirements to ensure that— animal welfare is maintained throughout transport; and animals are spared unnecessary distress or injury.
The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible research institutions to study higher-welfare transport. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an eligible research institution shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. In carrying out the program established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that none of the grant funding may be used to perform any experiment that would not comply with current transport law.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025.
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Sec. 312
Higher-welfare transport research funding
U.S.C.§ 7601
U.S.C.§ 301
U.S.C.§ 3103
U.S.C.§ 5926
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-382
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