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HR 4049 109th Congress House

Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments to augment their efforts to conduct early detec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments to augment their efforts to conduct early detection and surveillance to prevent the establishment or spread of plant pests that endanger agriculture, the environment, and the economy of the United States.

Introduced: October 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Ecological surveysEconomics and Public FinanceEnvironmental ProtectionEnvironmental monitoring
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Exotic plantsFederal-local relationsFederal-state relationsFederal-territorial relationsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkGrants-in-aidNon-native speciesPest controlPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesRiskWeeds
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 20, 2005
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Oct 7, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 7, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 20, 2005

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance of domestic shipments, specimen collection, and modeling and mapping of pest populations.

Requires the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such an agreement, to consider specified factors, including: (1) the potential economic risk to the state's people, plants, livestock, property, economy, and environment due to the introduction of a pest; and (2) the likelihood that the early pest detection and surveillance activity will prevent the introduction or facilitate the eradication of a pest.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4049: Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4049/
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"H.R. 4049: Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4049/.
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