S.Amdt. 3622

SA 3622. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert
the following:
Sec. 7____. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred
to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall enter into an
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences--
(1) to carry out a study of the functional effectiveness of
wildlife damage management methods of the Department of
Agriculture; and

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(2) to make recommendations to the Secretary based on the
results of the study carried out under paragraph (1).
(b)(1) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
on the functional effectiveness of each method used by the
Department of Agriculture to proactively or reactively
protect property, game, or fish.
(2) The report and any revision to the report prepared
under paragraph (3) shall--
(A) incorporate any recommendations made under subsection
(a)(2); and
(B) comply with--
(i) the scientific integrity policy of the Department of
Agriculture;
(ii) Executive Order 13642 (78 Fed. Reg. 28111 (May 14,
2013));
(iii) section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly
known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'');
(iv) subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5,
United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative
Procedure Act'');
(v) section 515 of appendix C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2001 (commonly known as the ``Data
Quality Act'') (44 U.S.C. 3516 note; Public Law 106-554);
(vi) section 3729 of title 31, United States Code (commonly
known as the ``False Claims Act''); and
(vii) any other applicable laws (including regulations) and
procedures and policies relating to the handling of
documents.
(3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the
report is submitted under paragraph (2) and every 2 years
thereafter, the Secretary shall--
(A) revise the report submitted under that paragraph;
(B) make available for public comment the revised report;
and
(C) submit the revised report to Congress for review.
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