3.0.0 500 2023-01-11T13:35:23Z 2023-01-11T13:35:23Z Senate S 2017-03-02 115 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2018-02-23T15:26:00Z Legislative interest 2018-02-22T16:56:00Z ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2017-04-24T20:17:44Z Markup by 2017-03-15T15:48:01Z Referred to 2017-03-02T17:43:23Z S. Rept. 115-29 Securing our Agriculture and Food Act 115 1238 HR 2017-06-30 Signed by President. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2017-04-24 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38. Calendars 2017-04-24 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-29. Committee 2017-04-24 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-29. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2017-03-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2017-03-02 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2017-03-02 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2017-05-08 False 2017-03-24T20:00:00Z S. 500, Securing our Agriculture and Food Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52532 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 15, 2017 Emergency Management Animal and plant health Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Food supply, safety, and labeling General agriculture matters Homeland security Livestock Terrorism Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Emergency Management 00 2017-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-14T19:19:34Z Securing our Agriculture and Food Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a program to coordinate DHS efforts relating to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems of the United States against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security.

Such program shall:

  • provide oversight and management of DHS's responsibilities under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food;
  • provide oversight and integration of DHS activities relating to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security;
  • lead DHS policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents and to overall domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, agricultural terrorism;
  • coordinate with other DHS components on activities relating to food and agriculture security and screening procedures for domestic and imported products; and
  • coordinate with appropriate federal departments and agencies.
]]> 80 2017-04-24 Reported to Senate without amendment 2017-06-14T19:20:38Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Securing our Agriculture and Food Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a program to coordinate DHS efforts relating to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems of the United States against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security.

Such program shall:

  • provide oversight and management of DHS's responsibilities under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 - Defense of United States Agriculture and Food;
  • provide oversight and integration of DHS activities relating to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security;
  • lead DHS policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents and to overall domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, agricultural terrorism;
  • coordinate with other DHS components on activities relating to food and agriculture security and screening procedures for domestic and imported products; and
  • coordinate with appropriate federal departments and agencies.
]]> Securing our Agriculture and Food Act Display Title Securing our Agriculture and Food Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Securing our Agriculture and Food Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Securing our Agriculture and Food Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s500rs/xml/BILLS-115s500rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s500is/xml/BILLS-115s500is.xml 2017-04-24 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 38. 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.