Congress 107 - HR 2002 - Animal Health Protection Act

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Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Animal diseases Animals Civil actions and liability Claims Clothing Collection of accounts Commerce Compensation (Law) Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Evidence (Law) Export controls Federal employees Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Forgery Fraud Government liability Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government service contracts Governmental investigations Health Import restrictions Injunctions Interest International Affairs International agricultural cooperation Interstate commerce Law Licenses Limitation of actions Livestock Livestock industry Medical tests Overtime Pest control Pest management Preventive medicine Prosecution Protection of farm animals Reprogramming of appropriated funds Salaries Searches and seizures Subpoena Transportation and Public Works User charges Veterinarians Veterinary medicine Warrants (Law) Worms

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Animal Health Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation, entry, or further movement in the United States, or order the destruction or removal, of animals (including livestock) and related conveyances and facilities for reasons of livestock pest or disease control, or humane treatment. Authorizes related activities respecting exportation, interstate movement, cooperative agreements, enforcement and penalties, seizure, and quarantine and disease and pest eradication.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a veterinary accreditation program; and (2) enter into reimbursable fee agreements for preclearance abroad of animals or articles for movement into the United States.

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Jun 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jun 6, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 6, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
May 24, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
May 24, 2001

Introduced in House

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