Agricultural Terrorism Prevention and Response Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 21, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E427)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 31, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) continue and strengthen cooperation with other agencies; (2) appoint an agricultural liaison on terrorism to report to the Homeland Security Office and serve as a liaison on agricultural security matters; (3) establish an Industry Working Group on Agricultural Terrorism to develop counterterrorism measures to protect the U.S. agricultural production and food supply system; and (4) establish related training and information programs for agricultural producers.
States that: (1) the Department of Agriculture Counterterrorism Policy Council shall continue to serve as the Department's senior policy forum regarding terrorism issues; and (2) greater Federal and State financial and staff resources should be dedicated for the detection and interdiction of agricultural terrorism threats.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Oct 31, 2001 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2001 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E427)
- Nov 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Nov 7, 2001Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Oct 31, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 31, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To respond to the vulnerability of the United States agricultural production and food supply system to international terrorism.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agricultural Terrorism Prevention and Response Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural production
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Crisis management
- Customs administration
- Data banks
- Department of Agriculture
- EBB Terrorism
- Executive reorganization
- Farmers
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Federal-state relations
- Food adulteration and inspection
- Food safety
- Food supply
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- International Affairs
- Laboratories
- Livestock industry
- Marketing of farm produce
- Medical tests
- New York State
- Pest control
- Pest management
- Plant diseases
- Recruiting of employees
- Swine
- Terrorism
- Vaccines
- Veterinary medicine
- Virus diseases
- Zoonoses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
