Wildlife GAINS Act
Latest action · Apr 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act or Wildlife GAINS Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), acting through one or more eligible organizations, to establish and maintain a program to implement a Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance. Requires the Administrator 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 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 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2007 to Jul 16, 2008, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Apr 26, 2007 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Apr 26, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 16, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Apr 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5221)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1405 | Wildlife GAINS Act | Related bill | Mar 30, 2007 |
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.
- Apr 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
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