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HR 7005 115th Congress House Animals Advisory bodies Animal and plant health Endangered and threatened species Government trust funds Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018

Introduced: September 28, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Oct 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Oct 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 28, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, 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.
Sep 28, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018

This bill provides support for responding to wildlife disease emergencies, including by authorizing the Department of the Interior to declare and respond to wildlife disease emergencies, requiring Interior to implement a grant program for addressing wildlife disease emergencies, and establishing a Wildlife Disease Emergency Fund.

What's happening now October 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7005: Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7005/
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"H.R. 7005: Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7005/.
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H.R. 7005, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7005/.
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[H.R. 7005: Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7005/)
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