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- H.R.4855
H.R.4855: To require studies by the Secretary of Agriculture on the effects of food products from cloned animals entering the food supply.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
- This bill is primarily about animals
- Introduced Dec. 19, 2007
- Latest Major Action April 25, 2008
Bill Sponsor
Bill Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct studies on: (1) the economic and trade impact of exports of food products from cloned animals; (2) Department of Agriculture programs to monitor products from cloned animals in the food supply; (3) the health effects and costs attributable to milk from cloned animals in the food supply; and (4) the safety of food products derived from cloned animals.
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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Referred to House Agriculture
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Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
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Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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| Dec. 19, 2007 |
Introduced in the House by Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa) |