DEER Act
- Last Action
- 8/9/2019
Actions
- 2019-08-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- 2019-03-27Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2019-03-27Introduced in House
- 2019-03-27Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-27 (00)
Detection, Enhanced Education, and Response Act of 2019 or the DEER Act
This bill addresses chronic wasting disease, which is a transmissible disease that afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support state efforts to develop and implement chronic wasting disease surveillance, testing, management, and response activities.
In addition, USDA must (1) establish a multiagency task force to respond to the disease, and (2) award a grant to a land-grant college or university to establish a policy research center for wildlife diseases.
Cosponsors (15)
- Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- Kendra Horn (D-OK)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Agricultural research
- Animal and plant health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Education programs funding
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Mammals
- Medical research
- Neurological disorders
- Research administration and funding
- State and local government operations
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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