3.0.0 573 2019-11-15T21:44:10Z 2019-11-15T21:44:10Z Senate S S 2005-03-09 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-09T19:09:55Z 2005-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9433-9434) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-09 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 S2389-2391) IntroReferral 2005-03-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2387-2388) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 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 Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural education Agricultural machinery Agricultural research Agriculture in foreign trade Animal diseases Animals Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Transportation Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Environmental Protection Epidemiology Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Food safety Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Imports Injunctions International Affairs International cooperation Interstate commerce Labor and Employment Law Livestock Local laws Medical education Minorities Pest control Pharmaceutical research Plant diseases Plant protection Preventive medicine Research and development facilities Science, Technology, Communications State courts State laws Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Transportation safety Treaties Vaccines Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2005-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-29T21:36:17Z Agricultural Security Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) determine the best use of epidemiologists, computer modelers, and statisticians as members of emergency response task forces that handle foreign or emerging agricultural disease emergencies, and identify necessary data for proper modeling and analysis of such emergencies; (2) provide grants to States to use a geographic information system or statistical model for an epidemiological assessment in the event of such an emergency; (3) implement an on-farm biosecurity awareness campaign, and a biosecurity grant pilot program; (4) require that Department of Agriculture-accredited veterinarians be trained to recognize foreign animal diseases; and (5) prepare studies on foreign plant disease vaccines and the establishment of a national plant disease laboratory.

Provides for regional, State, local, and international agricultural preparedness and information sharing. Sets forth responsibilities of the Departments of Agriculture, State, Transportation, and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Directs the Attorney General to review State and local laws relating to agroterrorism and biosecurity to determine: (1) the extent to which the laws facilitate or impede implementation of a Federal agricultural disease response plan; (2) whether a State injunction could delay implementation of such a plan, or affect an agricultural disease's spread; and (3) the legal evidence that may be required by a State court before a response plan may be implemented.

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