3.0.0 4749 2023-01-11T13:44:40Z 2023-01-11T13:44:40Z Senate S 2020-09-29 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-29T22:12:54Z Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 116 8433 HR 2020-09-29 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-09-29 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-09-29 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-11-30 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-11-30 False International Affairs Agricultural marketing and promotion Alternative treatments Animal and plant health Animal protection and human-animal relationships Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Crimes against animals and natural resources Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Ecology Emergency medical services and trauma care Endangered and threatened species Farmland Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Foreign aid and international relief Foreign property Government studies and investigations Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases International law and treaties International monetary system and foreign exchange International organizations and cooperation Land use and conservation Law enforcement officers Licensing and registrations Livestock Meat Nutrition and diet Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sanctions Smuggling and trafficking Trade agreements and negotiations Trade restrictions United Nations Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Visas and passports War and emergency powers Wildlife conservation and habitat protection World health International Affairs 00 2020-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-05T14:52:00Z Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020

This bill establishes measures to address global public health risks posed by wildlife markets, which are commercial markets that sell or slaughter wildlife for human consumption as food or medicine in communities where alternative nutritional or protein sources are available.

Specifically, the bill prohibits importing, exporting, purchasing, or selling live wild animals in the United States for human consumption as food or medicine. The Department of the Interior must hire, train, and deploy at least 50 new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement attachés around the world, and the U.S. Agency for International Development must increase specified activities to address the threats and causes of zoonotic (animal-to-human transmission) disease outbreaks. Additionally, the United States must work with other United Nations member states to urge a global ban on commercial wildlife markets and enforcement of laws to end wildlife trafficking.

Further, the President may impose sanctions against a foreign country or foreign nationals that the Department of State has determined are taking certain actions that enable or facilitate commercial wildlife markets.

Among other reports required by the bill, the State Department must conduct a study and submit a report that includes an evaluation of (1) the impact that consumption of terrestrial wildlife as food or medicine has on the transmission of novel viral and other pathogens, (2) the role of consuming terrestrial wildlife as food or medicine in the transmission of microbes from animals to humans, and (3) the conditions at live wildlife markets that lead to this transmission.

]]> Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 Display Title Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address the public health risks posed by wildlife markets, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4749is/xml/BILLS-116s4749is.xml 2020-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.