3.0.0 1036 2023-01-15T15:48:21Z 2023-01-15T15:48:21Z Senate S S 2003-05-09 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-05-09T16:35:46Z 2003-05-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5998-5999) IntroReferral 2003-05-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5997-5998) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2003-05-09 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2003-05-09 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2003-05-09 True C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE 2003-05-09 True B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2003-05-09 True C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2003-05-09 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2003-05-19 False D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2003-06-02 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2004-05-12 False Animals Administrative procedure Agricultural extension work Agricultural research Agriculture and Food Animal diseases Brain diseases Commerce Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Computer simulation Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Deer Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Elk Environmental Protection Epidemiology Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to research Federal-state relations Genetic research Genetics Geology Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Health information systems Health surveys Indian lands Internet Interstate commerce Laboratories Land use Law Legislation Licenses Livestock Medical laboratories Medical research Medical statistics Medical tests Minorities Nervous system diseases Preventive medicine Public Lands and Natural Resources Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Soil science Tissue banks Transportation and Public Works Veterinary medicine Web sites Wildlife Wildlife conservation Animals 00 2003-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-18T18:59:58Z Chronic Wasting Disease support Act of 2003 - Defines "chronic wasting disease" as a transmissible disease of the nervous system afflicting deer and elk.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a grant program to allocate funds to the State agency responsible for wildlife management to develop and implement long-term management strategies to address such disease.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a computer modeling program to predict the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior (through the U.S. Geological Survey) and the Secretary of Agriculture (through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) to conduct surveillance and monitoring programs on Federal lands to identify: (1) the rate of infection in wild herds of deer and elk; (2) the cause and extent of the spread of the disease; and (3) areas promoting the disease.

Directs the Secretary of Interior to develop and maintain a web site that displays surveillance and monitoring program data and modeling information.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop guidelines for the collection of animal tissue samples, and a protocol for assessing samples in the laboratory; (2) develop a program for the inspection of laboratories conducting chronic wasting disease tests; (3) provide for the upgrading of Federal laboratories approved to process such samples; and (4) expand and accelerate research on the disease through the Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research grant program.

Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to enter a cooperative agreement for the purpose of coordinating actions and disbursing funds authorized under this Act.

]]> Chronic Wasting Disease Support Act of 2003 Display Title Chronic Wasting Disease Support Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a multi-agency cooperative effort to encourage further research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease in deer and elk herds, to monitor the incidence of the disease, to support State efforts to control the disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Chronic Wasting Disease Support Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-05-09T04:00:00Z 2003-05-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5998-5999) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.