William M. ``Mac'' Thornberry: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 601, after line 26, add the following new section: SEC. 11105. REGIONAL CATTLE AND CARCASS GRADING CORRELATION AND TRAINING CENTERS. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish not more than three regional centers, to be known as ``Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Centers'' (referred to in this section as the ``Centers''), to provide education and training for cattle and carcass beef graders of the Agricultural Marketing Service, cattle producers, and other professionals involved in the reporting, delivery, and grading of feeder cattle, live cattle, and carcasses-- (1) to limit the subjectivity in the application of beef grading standards; (2) to provide producers with greater confidence in the price of the producers' cattle; and (3) to provide investors with both long and short positions more assurance in the cattle delivery system. (b) Location.--The Centers shall be located near cattle feeding and slaughter populations and areas shall be strategically identified in order to capture regional variances in cattle production. (c) Administration.--Each Center shall be organized and administered by offices of the Department of Agriculture in operation on the date on which the respective Center is established, or in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies or academic institutions.…”