HR 5064
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural trade
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Livestock
Meat
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Animal Disease Surveillance and Detection Act of 2019
Introduced: November 13, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Dec 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Nov 13, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Nov 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Animal Disease Surveillance and Detection Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish an interagency task force to make recommendations regarding inspection requirements and detection protocols for preventing the transmission of animal diseases. The bill also requires the CPB to hire additional agriculture specialists, support staff, agriculture technicians, and canine teams for ports of entry.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.