; and (2) to identify and train part-time inspectors and technical assistance providers. (b) Professional experience The Secretary shall determine the appropriate professional experience of inspectors and providers described in subsection (a)(2), which shall include individuals with expertise in veterinary medicine, public health, food service management, and animal science, as applicable. (c) Funding There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not less than $50,000,000 to carry out this section. III Humane handling reforms A Transport 311. Transportation of livestock and poultry (a) Transportation lasting more than 8 hours (1) In general Section 80502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking a rail carrier and all that follows through territory or possession, and inserting a covered provider of transportation ; (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (3), by striking subsection (a) of this section and inserting subsection (b) ; (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (iii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), in the third sentence— (I) by striking the rail carrier and all that follows through a vessel and inserting the covered provider of transportation ; and (II) by striking When the animals and inserting the following: (3) Responsibility of covered provider of transportation When the animals ; (iv) in the matter preceding paragraph (3) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking The owner and inserting the following: (2) Responsibility of owner or person having custody The owner ; and (v) in the matter preceding paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking Animals being and inserting the following: (1) In general Animals being ; (C) in subsection (d)— (i) in the second sentence, by striking On learning and inserting the following: (2) Civil action On learning