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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 388 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Cattle Fever Tick |
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| 6 | 6 | | Eradication Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELACRUZ(for herself, Ms. CROCKETT, and Mr. ELLZEY) introduced |
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| 11 | 11 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Cattle |
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| 14 | 14 | | Fever Tick Eradication Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cattle Fever Tick 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Eradication Program Enhancement Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM RE-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | VIEW AND REPORT. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) P |
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| 23 | 23 | | ROGRAMREVIEW.— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 388 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | retary of Agriculture shall offer to enter into a con-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tract with a covered institution under which the cov-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ered institution shall conduct a review of the Pro-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gram. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | EVIEW ELEMENTS.—The review conducted 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include an evalua-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tion of— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) the effectiveness of the Program with 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | respect to preventing and reducing the spread 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of tick-borne illnesses in cattle; 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) with respect to cattle producers— 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (i) the benefits of the Program; and 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ii) the burden of compliance with the 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Program; 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) the treatment protocols developed and 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | implemented under the Program; and 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (D) the Federal and State funds allocated 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | to support the Program for the most recent fis-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cal year, including the funds allocated to each 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | research project associated with the Program. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) R |
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| 52 | 52 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | on which the Secretary of Agriculture and a covered insti-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | tution enter into a contract pursuant to subsection (a)(1), 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Com-24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 388 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Senate a report that includes— 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) the results of the review conducted pursuant 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | to subsection (a); and 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) recommendations for improvements to the 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Program, including recommendations for reducing 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the burden of compliance with the Program with re-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | spect to cattle producers. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (c) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) C |
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| 71 | 71 | | OVERED INSTITUTION .—The term ‘‘cov-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ered institution’’ means— 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (A) a land-grant college or university; or 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) a non-land-grant college of agriculture. 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) L |
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| 76 | 76 | | AND-GRANT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY .— 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | The term ‘‘land-grant college or university’’ means 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | an institution from among the land-grant colleges 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)). 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (3) N |
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| 83 | 83 | | ON-LAND-GRANT COLLEGE OF AGRI -20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | CULTURE.—The term ‘‘non-land-grant college of ag-21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | riculture’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tion 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | U.S.C. 3103). 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program carried 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | out by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | Service of the Department of Agriculture in coordi-4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | nation with the Texas Animal Health Commission. 5 |
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