US Congress House Bill 1550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Pending: House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services to support state and tribal efforts to address chronic wasting disease. The transmissible disease afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations. The agency must make grants to research centers to support efforts to expand and accelerate applied research on the disease. Land management agencies of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior must work cooperatively with states in researching the disease and implementing state response plans to reduce the spread and prevalence of the disease.

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]	Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
2019-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2019-03-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-03-06	House	Referred 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.
2019-03-06	House	Referred 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.
2019-03-06	House	Introduced in House

HB1326 (Related) 2019-03-26 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB689 (Related) 2019-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1550/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1550/BILLS-116hr1550ih.pdf