118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3748SAFE Act of 2023

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced May 30, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 30, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
Agriculture · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to preemptively negotiate regional export ban agreements for known animal disease threats that apply only to areas affected by animal disease outbreaks to enable the continuation of exports from areas not affected by an outbreak. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Foreign Agricultural Service, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, are authorized to negotiate the regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other trade agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with countries with export markets fo...

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 4 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 30, 2023
Introduced in House
May 30, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 30, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.