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Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

Introduced: June 28, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Aug 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jul 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 28, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Jun 28, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to study the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations in the United States.

What's happening now August 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Nov 29, 2018
Graves, Garret
· Nov 16, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Nov 16, 2018
Gianforte, Greg
· Sep 27, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Jun 28, 2018
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jun 28, 2018
Marino, Tom
· Jun 28, 2018
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jun 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6272: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6272/
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"H.R. 6272: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6272/.
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H.R. 6272, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6272/.
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