1. Short title This Act may be cited as Goldie’s Act . 2. Increasing USDA enforcement of violations of Animal Welfare Act (a) Violation defined Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2132 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (p) The term violation means, with respect to a provision of this Act or any regulation or standard issued thereunder, any deficiency, deviation, or other failure to comply with any such provision or regulation or standard. . (b) Inspections and investigations Section 16(a) of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2146(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) (1) The Secretary shall determine whether any dealer, exhibitor, intermediate handler, carrier, research facility, or operator of an auction sale subject to section 12 of this Act, has violated or is violating any provision of this Act or any regulation or standard issued thereunder. (2) The Secretary shall, at all reasonable times, have access to the places of business and the facilities, animals, and those records required to be kept pursuant to section 10 of any such dealer, exhibitor, intermediate handler, carrier, research facility, or operator of an auction sale. (3) The Secretary shall make such inspections and investigations necessary to make such a determination and shall document and record a detailed description of any violation observed during such inspections and investigations. The Secretary shall inspect each research facility and the premises of each dealer, and each exhibitor, including any properties, animals, facilities, vehicles, equipments or other premises used or intended for use in an activity subject to regulation under this Act, at least once each year and, in the case of any violation of this Act, shall conduct such follow-up inspections as may be necessary until all such violations are corrected. (4) (A) The Secretary shall promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to require inspectors to confiscate or destroy in a humane manner any animal described in subparagraph (B). Such confiscation