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S 3681 115th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018

Introduced: November 29, 2018 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 29, 2018
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Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018

This bill establishes the Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support activities to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to animal pests and diseases affecting the economic interests of the livestock industry and related U.S. industries.

The bill also establishes a National Livestock Vaccine Bank within USDA to leverage, as appropriate, the mechanisms and infrastructure that have been developed for the management, storage, and distribution of the National Veterinary Stockpile. The vaccine bank must maintain a sufficient quantity of animal vaccine, antiviral, or therapeutic products: (1) to appropriately respond to the most damaging animal diseases affecting human health and the economy, and (2) be capable of deployment within 24 hours of an outbreak of the animal disease.

What's happening now November 29, 2018

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

 Related & companion bills 2
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  • S 3042 Related bill Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Nov 29, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3681: Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3681/
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