On June 18, the President vetoed the 2008 Farm Bill for the second time, nixing a version of the bill that included all 15 titles. The House and Senate moved quickly to easily override the veto, with the House voting 317-109 and the Senate following with an override vote of 80-14. The previously vetoed version of the bill was missing the trade title due to an error in the House Clerk’s office in preparing the bill for the White House. A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said “additional safeguards” were implemented to get this bill to the President in a complete form. In response to biomedical research concerns, the 2008 Farm Bill does not include language eliminating Class B dealers as a supplier of random-source dogs and cats, and includes language directing USDA to report to the House and Senate Agriculture committees on the results of the pending NIH-commissioned study of the issue. The 2008 Farm Bill also includes language that would increase the maximum fine for violations of the Animal Welfare Act from $2,500 to $10,000. While this language would increase the maximum fine USDA could levy for violations, it does not make such fines mandatory or increase minimum fine amounts. For the complete conference report language, see http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/Legislation/110/FB/Conf/CRlang.pdf.