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H.R.2431 / 108th Congress

Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Establishment Act of 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 11, 2003

Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Establishment Act of 2003 - Establishes the National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force to: (1) coordinate activities to implement the National Plan (published jointly by the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, and entitled "Plan for Assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes in Managing Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild and Captive Cervids," dated June 26, 2002) in cooperation with State, regional, local, tribal, college, and university and non-governmental partners; (2) plan and host an annual national public conference to review progress made in implementing the Plan; and (3) develop an annual cross-cutting budget to specify sufficient levels of appropriations necessary to implement it.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · D–WI

Committees

  • Natural Resources Committee
  • Agriculture Committee
15 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  6. Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  7. Introduced in House

  8. Introduced in House

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