HR-837 : Still Just a Bill


Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act

This bill requires the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to contract the National Academy of Sciences to study the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations in the United States.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-02-15CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.House committee actions
2019-02-15CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.House committee actions
2019-01-29IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-01-29IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-01-29IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress