US Congress Senate Bill 613 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

DEER Act Detection, Enhanced Education, and Response Act of 2019

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB1919 (Same As) 2019-08-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/613/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s613/BILLS-116s613is.pdf