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Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002

Introduced: May 15, 2002 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
May 22, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
May 21, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
May 21, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
May 15, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
May 15, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to establish and coordinate a national research program to assess chronic wasting disease (the transmissible animal disease that afflicts deer and elk).

Includes among program elements requirements that the Secretary: (1) provide States with technical and financial assistance and timely information to prevent disease expansion; (2) design a national program for disease monitoring and surveillance; (3) conduct research to determine how the disease is transmitted; (4) develop new non-lethal detection and diagnostic methods to identify the disease in free-ranging cervid populations; (5) develop safe methods of disposal of infected carcasses; (6) instruct Federal land managers to determine the presence of the disease, the likelihood of transmission to adjacent non-Federal lands, and management options for infestations; and (7) develop a public outreach and education strategy for the hunting community and the public.

What's happening now May 22, 2002

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3