,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ija  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,braun 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,smith1 ,mr4 ,coons1 and ,mr4 ,wicker7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,animal ,health ,protection ,act to     
improve the prevention of the spread of 
animal diseases1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,safe ,american ,food      
,exports ,act of #bjbc or the ,,safe    
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,engagement with key
 export markets  7a7 ,in general        
,section #ajdje of the ,animal ,health  
,protection ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #hcjd7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7d7 as subsection 7e72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7c7  
the following3  7d7 ,engagement with key
 export markets  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary1 acting through the          

,administrator of the ,animal and ,plant
 ,health ,inspection ,service and the   
,under ,secretary of ,agriculture for   
,trade and ,foreign ,agricultural       
,affairs1 in coordination with the      
,administrator of the ,food ,safety and 
,inspection ,service1 may preemptively  
negotiate1 to the extent practicable1   
regionalization agreements regarding    
outbreaks of known animal disease       
threats with the governments of         
countries with key export markets for   
any animal1 article1 or associated means
 of conveyance from the ,united ,states4
  7#b7 ,research ,a negotiation carried 
out under paragraph 7#a7 is encouraged  
to take into account accepted global    
research advances4  4  7b7 ,rule of     
construction ,nothing in this section-- 
7#a7 limits the ability of the          
,secretary of ,agriculture to negotiate 
trade agreements2 or  7#b7 requires the 
,secretary of ,agriculture to condition 
other trade agreements on the inclusion 
of language relating to regionalization 

as described in subsection 7d77#a7 of   
section #ajdje of the ,animal ,health   
,protection ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #chjd74  
#c4 ,export library administration ,the 
,secretary of ,agriculture shall        
promulgate a regulation to require that1
 in the case of any language removed    
from the ,import and ,export ,library of
 the ,food ,safety and ,inspection      
,service1 the ,administrator of the     
,food ,safety and ,inspection ,service  
shall directly notify each ,state       
department of agriculture1 each lead    
,state agency for animal disease1 and   
any entity that petitioned for the      
inclusion of that language of such      
removal not later than #c days after    
such removal4