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S.3759: Global Wildlife Health and Pandemic Prevention Act
About This Bill
- Introduced May 19, 2020
- Latest Major Action May 19, 2020
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- Introduced in Senate - May 19, 2020
Bill Summary
Global Wildlife Health and Pandemic Prevention Act This bill establishes measures to close high-risk wildlife markets and prevent outbreaks of diseases of wildlife origin. A high-risk wildlife market is a commercial market that sells or processes wildlife for human consumption where (1) the species of wildlife or regulation of the market is a risk factor for zoonotic (i.e., naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans) disease...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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May 19, 2020 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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May 19, 2020 |
Introduced in the Senate by Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.) |