,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cacf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,blum 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and  
,mr4 ,benishek7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to require the ,secretary of           
,agriculture to issue guidelines        
relating to civil fines imposed for     
violations of the ,animal ,welfare ,act1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,enforcement ,transparency ,act of      
#bjae4  #b4 ,requirement to issue       
guidelines relating to fines  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #cj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,agriculture shall    
publish on the public ,internet ,web    
site of the ,department of ,agriculture 
guidelines relating to the calculation  
of civil fines under section #ai of the 
,animal ,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#badi7 for violations of such ,act 7#g  

,u4,s4,c4 #baca et seq474  7b7 ,updates 
,the ,secretary of ,agriculture shall-- 
7#a7 update the guidelines published    
under paragraph 7#a7 on a quarterly     
basis2  7#b7 not later than #aj days    
before making such updates1 publish a   
notice on the public ,internet ,web site
 of the ,department of ,agriculture of  
such updates2 and  7#c7 publish such    
updates in the ,federal ,register4