Wildlife GAINS Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
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 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act or Wildlife GAINS Act - Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to offer to enter into a contract with a nongovernmental wildlife conservation organization to establish a Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance. Requires the eligible organization, in coordination with USAID, to manage an international surveillance program under which federal and non-federal partners: (1) monitor and test for the presence or arrival of avian pathogens and other significant pathogens in free-ranging wildlife; (2) use trained professionals to collect samples and data; (3) conduct disease surveillance, field investigations, training and capacity-building activities, and research; (4) send samples for pathogen identification and testing to certified laboratories; and (5) transmit information related to global distribution and characteristics of significant pathogens to the Administrator.
Requires the Administrator, acting through the organization, to: (1) use surveillance reports and other sources to identify and investigate local outbreaks of infectious diseases involving wildlife; (2) develop a long-term baseline of regional data related to pathogens in migratory birds and other wildlife for analysis between and across sites to create a system to identify when and where outbreaks might occur and paths of dispersal; (3) provide technical assistance for disease prevention and control programs; (4) provide analytical disease findings to USAID and other federal partners; and ( 5) manage, map, and make available on an Internet database all results and information gathered under this Act.
Directs the Administrator to request accredited colleges of veterinary medicine and other partners to train members of the Network to: (1) monitor important wildlife areas around the world; and (2) test for the presence or arrival of avian influenza and other significant pathogens of zoonotic concern or of concern to domestic or wild animals.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2007 to Jun 19, 2008; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Nov 15, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007Markup Mar 27, 2007 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2007 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2007 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2007 | |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2007 | |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2007 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
- Mar 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Mar 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
- Mar 27, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 27, 2007Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 11, 2007H.R. 1405, Wildlife GAINS Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 27, 2007</p>
- Apr 11, 2007H.R. 1405, Wildlife GAINS ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 27, 2007
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-40 | VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS187 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 27, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1246 | Wildlife GAINS Act | Related bill | Apr 26, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a wildlife global animal information network for surveillance internationally to combat the growing threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act
- Wildlife GAINS Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Birds
- Communicable diseases
- Communication in medicine
- Data banks
- Epidemiology
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Geographic information systems
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Influenza
- Information networks
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Medical tests
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Preventive medicine
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Veterinary medicine
- Wild animal trade
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced 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.
