Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
Latest action · Feb 15, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 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.
- IntroducedJan 29, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to contract the National Academy of Sciences 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.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2019 to Dec 10, 2019; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Feb 8, 2019 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Feb 13, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 29, 2019 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2019 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 29, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Feb 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 29, 2019Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 18, January 29, 2019, page H1284.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11213 | Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Government Response Archived | Resource | May 17, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 382 | Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize a special resource study on the spread vectors of chronic wasting disease in Cervidae, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced 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.
