Animal Disease Surveillance and Detection Act of 2019

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Bill Number

HR 5064

Introduced

Nov 13, 2019

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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Topics

Agricultural trade Agriculture and Food Congressional oversight Employee hiring Food supply, safety, and labeling Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Livestock Meat Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

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Summary

Animal Disease Surveillance and Detection Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish an interagency task force to make recommendations regarding inspection requirements and detection protocols for preventing the transmission of animal diseases. The bill also requires the CPB to hire additional agriculture specialists, support staff, agriculture technicians, and canine teams for ports of entry.

Actions

Dec 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Dec 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Nov 13, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Nov 13, 2019

Introduced in House

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