[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1595 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1595

  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to 
                    control bovine Johne's disease.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2001

Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Kohl) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to 
                    control bovine Johne's disease.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TITLE.

    This Act shall be known as the ``Johne's Disease Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. BOVINE JOHNE'S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM.

    Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 
Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 409. BOVINE JOHNE'S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, in coordination with State 
veterinarians and other appropriate State animal health professionals, 
may establish a program to conduct research, testing, and evaluation of 
programs for the control and management of Johne's disease in 
livestock.
    ``(b) Funding.--Within the sums already authorized under this Act, 
the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011.''.
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