HR 837
116th Congress
House
Animals
Canada
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Mammals
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Feb 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 29, 2019
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.
Jan 29, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to contract the National Academy of Sciences 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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Cosponsors
29
R
Comer, James
R
Womack, Steve
R
Budd, Ted
Hagedorn, Jim
R
Johnson, Dusty
D
Gottheimer, Josh
KIND, RON
R
Westerman, Bruce
R
Newhouse, Dan
R
Bergman, Jack
Gibbs, Bob
Roby, Martha
R
Stefanik, Elise M.
R
Hudson, Richard
R
Joyce, John
R
Estes, Ron
R
Hill, J. French
R
Stauber, Pete
Tipton, Scott
Duffy, Sean
R
Emmer, Tom
Gianforte, Greg
R
Gosar, Paul A.
Graves, Garret
R
Kelly, Trent
R
Kelly, Mike
King, Steve
R
Thompson, Glenn
D
Veasey, Marc A.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-837/
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