107th Congress

Session I - P.L. 107-9  Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention and Control Act

On May 24, 2001, the President signed S. 700, the Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention and Control Act of 2001, as P.L. 107-9. This law establishes an interagency task force for the purpose of coordinating actions to prevent the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease," and foot-and-mouth disease in the United States. S. 700 mandates that the Secretary of Agriculture submit to Congress a final report on plans by Federal agencies, which include the NIH, to carry out in partnership with the private sector research programs into the causes and mechanism of transmission of BSE and foot-and-mouth disease, and the diagnostic tools and preventive and therapeutic agents needed for BSE, foot-and-mouth disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and other related diseases. For more information, go to the Thomas Web Site.

Legislative Updates: Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act of 2001

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