Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act

Bill: 110-hr-3859
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal diseases
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Data banks
Deer
Economics and Public Finance
Elk
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health surveys
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Medical statistics
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterinary medicine
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an official national database on chronic wasting disease for the surveillance and monitoring of data regarding chronic wasting disease in wild and captive cervid (member of the deer family) populations and other wildlife.
 
Requires such Secretary to: (1) develop a national surveillance and monitoring program to identify the rate of chronic wasting disease infection in deer and elk wild herds; (2) allocate funds for the development and implementation of management strategies to address chronic wasting disease; and (3) make grants to support research on chronic wasting disease.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop a national surveillance and monitoring program to identify the rate of chronic wasting disease infection in captive deer and elk herds; (2) upgrade federal laboratories to facilitate timely processing of samples from the surveillance and monitoring programs and related epidemiological investigation; (3) expand and accelerate research on chronic wasting disease; and (4) increase the number and size of grants made to support such research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House