US Congress Senate Bill 2695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-7)
Status: Introduced on October 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-12-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to act through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to provide integrated research and development to defend U.S. agriculture and food against bio- and agro-terrorism threats. Specifically, the bill requires USDA to use the facility to implement research and development objectives to (1) develop veterinary countermeasures for emerging foreign animal diseases and animal transboundary diseases; and (2) provide advanced test, diagnostic, and evaluation capability for threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and veterinary countermeasure assessment for animal and zoonotic diseases.

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019

Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-17	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376.
2019-12-17	Senate	Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Roberts with amendments. Without written report.
2019-12-17	Senate	Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2019-10-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2695/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2695/BILLS-116s2695is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2695/BILLS-116s2695rs.pdf