To authorize the establishment of a Center for Plant Disease Control in the Department of Agriculture.
Latest action · Mar 19, 2002 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary, if the evaluation supports such need, to establish the Center. Sets forth Center functions, including: (1) development of tools for disease detection and diagnosis, (2) expansion of genomics and plant biotechnology research; and (3) development of foreign and domestic pathogen databases. Provides for Center coordination with Federal and State agencies, in particular the Office of Homeland Security.
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 Mar 14, 2002 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
- Mar 19, 2002Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Mar 14, 2002Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the establishment of a Center for Plant Disease Control in the Department of Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological weapons
- Biotechnology
- Data banks
- Department of Agriculture
- Executive reorganization
- Genetic research
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- Pest control
- Pest management
- Plant diseases
- Plant genetics
- Plant protection
- Remote sensing
- Risk assessment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Space activities
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2002Introduced in House
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