3.0.0 572 2023-01-13T04:49:58Z 2023-01-13T04:49:58Z Senate S S 2005-03-09 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2005-09-27T23:15:32Z Markup by 2005-09-22T19:17:40Z Referred to 2005-03-09T19:08:55Z S. Rept. 109-209 2005-12-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate By Senator Collins from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 109-209. Floor 2005-12-15 By Senator Collins from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 109-209. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2005-09-27 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 224. Calendars 2005-09-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2005-09-27 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2005-09-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2005-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9433-9434) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2388-2389) IntroReferral 2005-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-03-09 True 2005-11-04T06:00:00Z S. 572, Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17443 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 27, 2005</p> 2005-11-04T06:00:00Z S. 572, Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17443 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 27, 2005 Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Animal diseases Animals Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Environmental Protection Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Food safety Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Imports International Affairs International cooperation Interstate commerce Labor and Employment Livestock Medical education Minorities Pest control Plant diseases Plant protection Preventive medicine Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Transportation safety Treaties Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2005-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-30T15:04:16Z Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to protect the U.S. agriculture and food supply from agroterrorist acts.

Sets forth related responsibilities for the Secretary and the Undersecretary for Emergency Response and Preparedness.

Directs the Office of State and Local Coordination and Preparedness to make grants for State and local animal health care officials' participation in community emergency planning efforts.

]]> 01 2005-09-27 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2005-12-13T20:28:49Z Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program to protect the U.S. agriculture and food supply from agroterrorist acts.

States that such program shall provide for: (1) advising and coordinating with federal, state, local, regional, and tribal homeland security officials regarding prevention and preparedness for, and the response to, an agroterrorist act; and (2) executing the Secretary's agriculture security responsibilities described in specified Homeland Security Presidential Directives.

Sets forth the Secretary's responsibilities, including: (1) increasing biosecurity communication and coordination among federal, state, local, regional, and tribal emergency response providers and animal health and plant disease specialists; (2) ensuring that such entities execute their respective emergency roles; (3) ensuring that state, local, and tribal officials have adequate access to federal biosecurity information and resources; (4) coordinating with the Secretary of Transportation to develop guidelines on agricultural transportation restrictions in response to an agricultural disease; (5) coordinating with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in considering the potential environmental impact of an agricultural disease response by federal, regional, state, local, and tribal emergency response providers and animal health and plant disease specialists; (6) working with federal agencies (including other elements of the intelligence community and the Department of Agriculture) to improve the ability of employees to identify a biological commodity or product, livestock, or any other good imported from a suspect location; (7) coordinating with the Department of State to provide the President and federal agencies with guidelines for mutual assistance agreements with other countries to provide training for U.S. veterinarians, public health workers, and agriculture specialists in the identification and control of foreign diseases, to provide resources and technical assistance personnel to foreign governments with limited resources, and to participate in a bilateral or multilateral biosecurity training program; (8) cooperating with state, local, and tribal homeland security officials to establish state and regional response plans; and (9) establishing a state and local homeland security task force to identify the best practices for carrying out a regional or state biosecurity program, and to design training for emergency response providers and animal health and plant disease specialists.

Directs the Office of State and Local Coordination and Preparedness to establish a state and local grant program to facilitate the participation of state and local agriculture security experts in community emergency planning efforts. Authorizes FY2006 appropriations for such program.

]]> Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 Display Title Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to give additional biosecurity responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security. Reported to Senate 2005-09-27T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2005-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s572is/xml/BILLS-109s572is.xml 2005-12-15 By Senator Collins from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 109-209. 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.