S. 689

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Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

Introduced 3/6/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

3/6/2019 • Senate

Summary

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act

This bill 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.

Introduced in Senate • 3/6/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Animals

Animal and plant healthInfectious and parasitic diseasesLivestockMammalsMedical researchNeurological disordersResearch administration and fundingVeterinary medicine and animal diseasesWildlife conservation and habitat protection