HOUSE 837116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

Last Action: 2/15/2019

Actions

2019-02-15Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2019-02-15Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-01-29Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-01-29Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2019-01-29Introduced in House
2019-01-29Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-29 (00)

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to contract the National Academy of Sciences to study the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations in the United States.

Cosponsors (20)

Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Tom Emmer (R-MN)
Marc Veasey (D-TX)
Garret Graves (R-LA)
Trent Kelly (R-MS)
Greg Gianforte (R-MT)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Steve King (R-IA)
Sean Duffy (R-WI)
J. Hill (R-AR)
Scott Tipton (R-CO)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Richard Hudson (R-NC)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Martha Roby (R-AL)
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Jack Bergman (R-MI)

Subjects

Canada
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Mammals
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

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