7. Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act of 1988

Partial text of Title IV of Public Law 100-418 [H.R. 4848), 102 Stat. 1107 at 1411. approved August 23, 1988

AN ACT To enhance the competitiveness of American industry, and for other purposes.

SUBTITLE G-PESTICIDE MONITORING IMPROVEMENTS

SEC. 4701.1 SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the "Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act of 1988".

SEC. 4702.

SEC. 4703.2 FOREIGN PESTICIDE INFORMATION.

(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.-The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with the governments of the countries which are the major sources of food imports into the United States subject to pesticide residue monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of improving the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to assure compliance with the pesticide tolerance requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to imported food. (b) INFORMATION ACTIVITIES.—

(1) The cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (a) with governments of foreign countries shall specify the action to be taken by the parties to the agreements to accomplish the purpose described in subsection (a), including the means by which the governments of the foreign countries will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services current information identifying each of the pesticides used in the production, transportation, and storage of food products imported from production regions of such countries into the United States.

(2) In the case of a foreign country with which the Secretary is unable to enter into an agreement under subsection (a) or for which the information provided under paragraph (1) is insufficient to assure an effective pesticide monitoring program, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, obtain the information described in paragraph (1) with respect to such country from other Federal or international agencies or private

sources.

121 U.S.C. 1401 note.

221 U.S.C. 1402.

(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall assure that appropriate offices of the Food and Drug Administration which are engaged in the monitoring of imported food for pesticide residues receive the information obtained under paragraph (1) or (2).

(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available any information obtained under paragraph (1) or (2) to State agencies engaged in the monitoring of imported food for pesticide residues other than information obtained from private sources the disclosure of which to such agencies is restricted.

(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.-The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall

(1) notify in writing the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of State at the initiation of negotiations with a foreign country to develop a cooperative agreement under subsection (a); and

(2) coordinate the activities of the Department of Health and Human Services with the activities of those departments and agencies, as appropriate, during the course of such negotiations.

(d) REPORT.-Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the activities undertaken by the Secretary to implement this section. The report shall be made available to appropriate Federal and State agencies and to interested persons.

C. THE PEACE CORPS

CONTENTS

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1. The Peace Corps Act, as amended (Public Law 87-293).

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2. Establishment of the Peace Corps as an Independent Agency (Public Law 97-113) (partial text).

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3. Peace Corps Authorization for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-565) (partial text)...

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4. Peace Corps Authorization for Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99– 83) (partial text)....

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5. Independent Implementing Provisions of Public Law 89-134.

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6. Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (Public Law 99-498) (partial text).... 7. National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610) (partial text)...

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8. The Peace Corps-Establishment as Agency Within ACTION (Executive Order 12137)

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9. Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Civil Service (Executive Order 11103)..

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The Peace Corps was initially established pursuant to Executive Order 10924, March 1, 1961, 26 F.R. 1789, as an agency in the Department of State, under authority of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended. Pursuant to that order, Department of State Delegation of Authority No. 85-11, March 3, 1961, 26 F.R. 2196, and Department of State Redelegation of Authority No. 85-10B, March 4, 1961, 26 F.R. 2196, the Peace Corps was empowered to exercise authority under section 400(a) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended ("Special Assistance"), and under certain other provisions of that act. Its operations were funded from appropriations available under the Mutual Security Act and Mutual Security Program funds appropriated by the joint resolution making temporary appropriations for fiscal year 1962. The authorities, functions, offices, personnel, property, records, and funds available to the Peace Corps were preserved, pending enactment of the Peace Corps Act, by section 643(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding the repeal by that act of much of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended. Section 643(d) was repealed by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962. Pursuant to Executive Order 11603 of July 1, 1971 (36 F.R. 12675), the Peace Corps was transferred to the agency created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971 and designated as ACTION. The ACTION Agency was established by law under Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Executive Order 12137 of May 16, 1979 superseded Executive Order 11603 but continued the policy of the Peace Corps operating as an agency within ACTION. Sec. 601 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113), in amending the Peace Corps Act, removed the Peace Corps from ACTION and established the Peace Corps as an independent agency within the executive branch, effective December 29, 1981. All functions relating to the Peace Corps previously vested in the Director of ACTION were transferred to the Director of the Peace Corps on the day before the effective date.

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