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Calendar No. 836
97Td CONORES SENATE J REPORT
2d Se88n f No. 97- 569
AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN USDA EMPLOYEES
TO CARRY FIREARMS
SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 8), 1982.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HELms, from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2035]
The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to which
was referred the bill (H.R. 2035) to authorize certain employees of
the United States Department of Agriculture charged with the en-
forcement of animal quarantine laws to carry firearms for self-pro-
tection, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out, amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
SHORT EXPLANATION
H.R. 2035 would authorize certain Department of Agriculture ani-
mal health technicians charged with the enforcement of animal quar-
antine laws, and whose duty area has a high potential for danger and
violence, to carry firearms for self-protection.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Animal health technicians of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
commonly known as tick inspectors, make daily patrols of the U.S.-
Mexican border to prevent the illegal entry of animals into the United
States. The inspectors are authorized, pursuant to section 5 of the Act
of July 2, 1962 (21 U.S.C. 134d), to stop and inspect, without a war-
rant, any person or means of conveyance moving into the United
States from a foreign country to determine whether such person or
means of conveyance is carrying any animal, carcass, product, or arti-
cle regulated or subject to disposal under any law or regulation ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture for the prevention of the
introduction or dissemination of any communicable animal disease.
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