Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 4, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021
This bill establishes measures to address global public health risks posed by wildlife markets, which are commercial markets that sell or slaughter wildlife for human consumption as food or medicine in communities where alternative nutritional or protein sources are available.
Specifically, the bill prohibits importing, exporting, purchasing, or selling live wild animals in the United States for human consumption as food or medicine. The Department of the Interior must hire, train, and deploy at least 50 new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement attachés around the world, and the U.S. Agency for International Development must increase specified activities to address the threats and causes of zoonotic (animal-to-human transmission) disease outbreaks. Additionally, the United States must work with other United Nations member states to urge a global ban on commercial wildlife markets and enforcement of laws to end wildlife trafficking.
Further, the President may impose sanctions against a foreign country or foreign nationals that the Department of State has determined are taking certain actions that enable or facilitate commercial wildlife markets.
Among other reports required by the bill, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must conduct a study and submit a report that includes an evaluation of (1) the impact that consumption of terrestrial wildlife as food or medicine has on the transmission of novel viral and other pathogens, (2) the role of consuming terrestrial wildlife as food or medicine in the transmission of microbes from animals to humans, and (3) the conditions at live wildlife markets that lead to this transmission.
Cosponsors 188
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2021 to Dec 20, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Jan 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jan 5, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jan 11, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 11, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jan 11, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 11, 2021 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 | |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2021 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2021 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2021 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Feb 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2549 | Mike Quigley D-IL | May 19, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 2, January 4, 2021, page H55.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11822 | Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic Archived | Resource | Jun 11, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 37 | Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jan 25, 2021 |
| HR 8433 | Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Sep 29, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address the public health risks posed by wildlife markets, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Alternative treatments
- Animal and plant health
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Ecology
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Endangered and threatened species
- Farmland
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign property
- Government studies and investigations
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International monetary system and foreign exchange
- International organizations and cooperation
- Land use and conservation
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
- Livestock
- Meat
- Nutrition and diet
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- Trade restrictions
- United Nations
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2021Introduced 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.
