3.0.0 2008 2023-01-15T09:32:49Z 2023-01-15T09:32:49Z Senate S S 2004-01-20 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-01-20T21:48:58Z National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act 108 3787 HR 2004-02-12 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2004-01-20 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 S55) IntroReferral 2004-01-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S55) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-01-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-01-20 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-01-23 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidies Animal diseases Animals Data banks Electronic government information Federal advisory bodies Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Identification devices International Affairs International cooperation Livestock Performance measurement Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2004-01-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-01-22T15:35:38Z National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act - Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system (for individual animal identification) to enhance the Department of Agriculture's response to outbreaks of livestock disease. Requires that such system: (1) be capable of tracing, within 48 hours, an individual animal from birth to slaughter; and (2) provide for access by States and inclusion of State information.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide producer participation assistance; and (2) appoint an international panel of scientific experts to review the Department's response to an outbreak of livestock disease.

]]> National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act Display Title National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act Introduced in Senate 2004-01-20T05:00:00Z 2004-01-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S55) 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.