US Congress Senate Bill 689 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support state and tribal efforts to address chronic wasting disease. The transmissible disease afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations. In addition, USDA must make grants to research centers to support efforts to expand and accelerate applied research on the disease. Land management agencies of the USDA and the Department of the Interior must work cooperatively with states in researching the disease and implementing state management strategies to reduce the spread and prevalence of the disease.

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB1550 (Related) 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/689/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s689/BILLS-116s689is.pdf