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- H.R.837
H.R.837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Jan. 29, 2019
- Latest Major Action Feb. 15, 2019
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
32 (4 Democrats, 28 Republicans)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Jan. 29, 2019
Bill 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.
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Feb. 15, 2019 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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| Feb. 15, 2019 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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| Jan. 29, 2019 |
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.
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| Jan. 29, 2019 |
Introduced in the House by Ralph Abraham (R-La.) |