3.0.0 3681 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z Senate S 2018-11-29 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-11-29T16:34:14Z Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 3042 S 2018-06-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470. Related bill CRS 2018-11-29 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-11-29 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 00 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-15T19:48:03Z Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018

This bill establishes the Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support activities to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to animal pests and diseases affecting the economic interests of the livestock industry and related U.S. industries.

The bill also establishes a National Livestock Vaccine Bank within USDA to leverage, as appropriate, the mechanisms and infrastructure that have been developed for the management, storage, and distribution of the National Veterinary Stockpile. The vaccine bank must maintain a sufficient quantity of animal vaccine, antiviral, or therapeutic products: (1) to appropriately respond to the most damaging animal diseases affecting human health and the economy, and (2) be capable of deployment within 24 hours of an outbreak of the animal disease.

]]> Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018 Display Title Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish an Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Program and a National Livestock Vaccine Bank, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3681is/xml/BILLS-115s3681is.xml 2018-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.