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A bill to restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.

Introduced: March 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3142-3143)
Mar 14, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3141-3142)
Mar 14, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Homeland Security Act to repeal the transfer of agricultural import and entry inspection functions from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service the international agricultural inspection program to carry out import and entry agricultural inspections.

What's happening now March 14, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3142-3143)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2629 Related bill Agricultural Border Safeguard Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 14, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 887: A bill to restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-887/
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"S. 887: A bill to restore import and entry agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-887/.
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