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S 949 110th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Pest control Plant protection Public Lands and Natural Resources

Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act

Introduced: March 21, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 21, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture that agrees to conduct early plant pest detection surveillance activities, including inspection and surveillance of domestic plant shipments between a state and other states.

What's happening now March 21, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 667 Related bill Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 23, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 949: Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-949/
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"S. 949: Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-949/.
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