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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 25, 2001
Food Supply Protection Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture for: (1) Department of Agriculture biosecurity initiatives required under presidential directive PDD-67, to be used to secure resources at existing facilities of the Agricultural Research Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (2) research in support of bioterrorism response initiatives; (3) continuation of joint research initiatives between the Agricultural Research Service, universities, and industry on counter-bioterrorism efforts; (4) competitive grants to universities and qualified research institutions for counter-bioterrorism research; (5) specified biosafety laboratories and animal research facilities at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Greenport, New York; (6) the Agricultural Research Service/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service facility in Ames, Iowa; (7) planning and design of an Agricultural Research Service biocontainment laboratory for poultry research in Athens, Georgia; (8) planning, updating, and renovation of the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Laboratory in Laramie, Wyoming; (9) collaborative research with the Oklahoma City Counter-Terrorism Institute, the Department of Justice, and other law enforcement and emergency preparedness organizations; and (10) the purchase of and training for rapid detection field test kits to be distributed by the Secretary to State and local agencies engaged in defending against agroterrorism.
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Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] · D–ND
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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