Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2107) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 2107 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. FINDING. Congress finds that-- (1) it is in the national security interest of the United States to ensure that the Nation's food supply is sufficiently protected; and (2) a vital part of such protection is the availability of adequate resources at the border to conduct inspections of incoming food and agricultural goods. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. (2) CBP.--The term ``CBP'' means U.S. Customs and Border Protection. SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL.…
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