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S 2008 IS
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2008
To amend
the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January
20, 2004
Mr. SPECTER
(for himself and Mr. LEAHY) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend
the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.
This Act may
be cited as the `National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act'.
SEC. 2. NATIONWIDE
LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; REVIEW OF USDA RESPONSES TO OUTBREAKS OF
DISEASE IN LIVESTOCK.
Section 10411
of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
`(f) NATIONWIDE
LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM-
`(1) IN GENERAL-
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection,
the Secretary shall establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification
system for the identification of individual animals to enhance the speed
and accuracy of the response of the Department of Agriculture to outbreaks
of disease in livestock.
`(2) CAPABILITIES-
The livestock identification system shall be capable of tracing, within
48 hours, an individual animal from birth to slaughter.
`(3) PARTICIPATION
BY STATES- The States shall provide information for inclusion in, and
shall have access to, the livestock identification system.
`(4) USE OF
EXISTING TECHNOLOGY- The Secretary may use technology developed by private
entities before the date of enactment of this subsection to operate
the livestock identification system.
`(5) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE- The Secretary may provide financial assistance to producers
to assist the producers in complying with the livestock identification
system.
`(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS- There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection for fiscal year 2004 $50,000,000, of which $25,000,000
shall be available to carry out paragraph (5).
`(g) REVIEW OF
RESPONSES TO OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE- The Secretary may appoint an international
panel of scientific experts to provide an objective review of a response
by the Department of Agriculture to an outbreak of disease in livestock
and identify areas for improvements in such responses.'.
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