National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2005 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 10, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act - Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system to enhance the Department of Agriculture's response to outbreaks of livestock disease. Requires that such system: (1) be capable of tracing, within 48 hours, livestock from birth to slaughter; (2) provide for access by States and inclusion of State information; and (3) apply to all livestock born or imported into the United Sates, and to interstate and intrastate commerce.
Exempts, with specified exceptions, system information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act or other release into the public domain.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide producer participation assistance; and (2) appoint an international panel of scientific experts to review the Department's response to an outbreak of livestock disease.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2005 to Feb 1, 2006, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 1, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2005Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Mar 28, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Commerce
- Confidential communications
- Data banks
- Electronic government information
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal preemption
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Identification devices
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Law
- Livestock
- Performance measurement
- Public health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientists
- State laws
- Trade secrets
- Veterinary medicine
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced 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.