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:\WPSHR\LEGCNSL\XYWRITE\CONSUMER\TABAC1 122 1 quirements of this section Inspections conducted 2 under this paragraph shall include at least 250 3 random, unannounced inspections of retail sale 4 outlets annually for each 1,000,000 persons 5 resident in the State, as most recently deter- 6 mined by the Bureau of the Census. Such in- 7 spections shall cover a range of outlets (not 8 preselected on the basis of prior violations) to 9 measure overall levels of compliance as well as 10 to identify violations, and shall be conducted to 11 provide a probability sample of outlets. The 12 sample must reflect the distribution of the pop- 13 ulation under the age of 18 years throughout 14 the State and the distribution of the outlets 15 throughout the State accessible to youth. Indian 16 tribes shall conduct such inspections monthly of 17 at least 1 retail outlet subject to their jurisdic- 18 tion for each 4,000 reservation residents. Ex- 19 cept as provided in this paragraph, any reports 20 required by this paragraph shall be made pub- 21 lic. As used in this paragraph, the term 'outlet' 22 refers to any location that sells at retail or oth- 23 erwise distributes tobacco products to consum- 24 ers, including to locations that sell such prod- 25 ucts over-the-counter." S. 1415 Amdt. March 29, 1998 (8:46 p.m.)