                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                  CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--APPLICATION OF AGREEMENT TO SECTORS AND SERVICES
 
                            Part D--Standards
 
                    subpart 2--agricultural standards
 
Sec. 3421. Agricultural standards


(a) to (f) Omitted

(g) Peanut butter and peanut paste

                           (1) In general

        Except as provided in paragraph (2), all peanut butter and 
    peanut paste in the United States domestic market shall be processed 
    from peanuts that meet the quality standards established for peanuts 
    under Marketing Agreement No. 146.

                             (2) Imports

        Peanut butter and peanut paste imported into the United States 
    shall comply with paragraph (1) or with sanitary measures that 
    achieve at least the same level of sanitary protection.

(h) Animal health biocontainment facility

                     (1) Grant for construction

        The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant to a land grant 
    college or university described in paragraph (2) for the 
    construction of a facility at the college or university for the 
    conduct of research in animal health, disease-transmitting insects, 
    and toxic chemicals that requires the use of biocontainment 
    facilities and equipment. The facility to be constructed with the 
    grant shall be known as the ``Southwest Regional Animal Health 
    Biocontainment Facility''.

                    (2) Grant recipient described

        To be eligible for the grant under paragraph (1), a land grant 
    college or university must be--
            (A) located in a State adjacent to the international border 
        with Mexico; and
            (B) determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to have an 
        established program in animal health research and education and 
        to have a collaborative relationship with one or more colleges 
        of veterinary medicine or universities located in Mexico.

                   (3) Activities of the facility

        The facility constructed using the grant made under paragraph 
    (1) shall be used for conducting the following activities:
            (A) The biocontainment facility shall offer the ability to 
        organize multidisciplinary international teams working on basic 
        and applied research on diagnostic method development and 
        disease control strategies, including development of vaccines.
            (B) The biocontainment facility shall support research that 
        will improve the scientific basis for regulatory activities, 
        decreasing the need for new regulatory programs and enhancing 
        international trade.
            (C) The biocontainment facility shall allow academic 
        institutions, governmental agencies, and the private sector to 
        conduct research in basic and applied research biology, 
        epidemiology, pathogenesis, host response, and diagnostic 
        methods, on disease agents that threaten the livestock 
        industries of the United States and Mexico.
            (D) The biocontainment facility may be used to support 
        research involving food safety, toxicology, environmental 
        pollutants, radioisotopes, recombinant microorganisms, and 
        selected naturally resistant or transgenic animals.

                 (4) Authorization of appropriations

        There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year 
    such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.

(i) Reports on inspection of imported meat, poultry, other foods, 
        animals, and plants

                           (1) Definitions

        As used in this subsection:

        (A) Imports

            The term ``imports'' means any meat, poultry, other food, 
        animal, or plant that is imported into the United States in 
        commercially significant quantities.

        (B) Secretary

            The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.

                           (2) In general

        In consultation with representatives of other appropriate 
    agencies, the Secretary shall prepare an annual report on the impact 
    of the Agreement on the inspection of imports.

                       (3) Contents of reports

        The report required under this subsection shall, to the maximum 
    extent practicable, include a description of--
            (A) the quantity or, with respect to the Customs Service, 
        the number of shipments, of imports from a NAFTA country that 
        are inspected at the borders of the United States with Canada 
        and Mexico during the prior year;
            (B) any change in the level or types of inspections of 
        imports in each NAFTA country during the prior year;
            (C) in any case in which the Secretary has determined that 
        the inspection system of another NAFTA country is equivalent to 
        the inspection system of the United States, the reasons 
        supporting the determination of the Secretary;
            (D) the incidence of violations of inspection requirements 
        by imports from NAFTA countries during the prior year--
                (i) at the borders of the United States with Mexico or 
            Canada; or
                (ii) at the last point of inspection in a NAFTA country 
            prior to shipment to the United States if the agency accepts 
            inspection in that country;

            (E) the incidence of violations of inspection requirements 
        of imports to the United States from Mexico or Canada prior to 
        the implementation of the Agreement;
            (F) any additional cost associated with maintaining an 
        adequate inspection system of imports as a result of the 
        implementation of the Agreement;
            (G) any incidence of transshipment of imports--
                (i) that originate in a country other than a NAFTA 
            country;
                (ii) that are shipped to the United States through a 
            NAFTA country during the prior year; and
                (iii) that are incorrectly represented by the importer 
            to qualify for preferential treatment under the Agreement;

            (H) the quantity and results of any monitoring by the United 
        States of equivalent inspection systems of imports in other 
        NAFTA countries during the prior year;
            (I) the use by other NAFTA countries of sanitary and 
        phytosanitary measures (as defined in the Agreement) to limit 
        exports of United States meat, poultry, other foods, animals, 
        and plants to the countries during the prior year; and
            (J) any other information the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate.

                      (4) Frequency of reports

        The Secretary shall submit--
            (A) the initial report required under this subsection not 
        later than January 31, 1995; and
            (B) an annual report required under this subsection not 
        later than 1 year after the date of the submission of the 
        initial report and the end of each 1-year period thereafter 
        through calendar year 2004.

                       (5) Report to Congress

        The Secretary shall prepare and submit the report required under 
    this subsection to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
    Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
    Forestry of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 103-182, title III, Sec. 361, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2122.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 361 of Pub. L. 103-182. Subsecs. (a) 
to (f) of section 361 of Pub. L. 103-182 are classified as follows: 
subsec. (a) amended section 1582 of Title 7, Agriculture; subsec. (b) 
amended section 104 of Title 21, Food and Drugs; subsec. (c) amended 
section 105 of Title 21; subsec. (d) amended section 1306 of this title 
and section 281 of Title 7; subsec. (e) amended section 466 of Title 21; 
and subsec. (f) amended section 620 of Title 21.


          North American Free Trade Agreement: Entry Into Force

    The North American Free Trade Agreement entered into force on Jan. 
1, 1994, see note set out under section 3311 of this title.
