Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

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Bill Number

HR 6272

Introduced

Jun 28, 2018

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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Topics

Animals Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Infectious and parasitic diseases Livestock Mammals Medical research Neurological disorders Research administration and funding Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

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Summary

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to study the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations in the United States.

Actions

Aug 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jul 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 28, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 28, 2018

Introduced in House

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