House
Oct 20, 2005

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local governments to augment their efforts to conduct early detection and surveillance to prevent the establishment or spread of plant pests that endanger agriculture, the environment, and the economy of the United States.

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Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance of domestic shipments, specimen...

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Introduced(10/7/05)
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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RP

Mr. POMBO

(R) CA – 11

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Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Oct 20, 2005