Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act

A bill to establish and maintain a wildlife global animal information network for surveillance internationally to combat the growing threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other purposes.

4/26/2007--Introduced.
Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act or Wildlife GAINS Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), acting through one or more eligible organizations, to establish and maintain a program to implement a Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance. Requires the Administrator to manage an international surveillance program under which federal and non-federal partners:
(1) monitor and test for the presence or arrival of avian pathogens and other significant pathogens in free-ranging wildlife;
(2) use trained professionals to collect samples and data;
(3) conduct disease surveillance, field investigations, training and capacity-building activities, and research;
(4) send samples for pathogen identification and testing to certified laboratories; and
(5) transmit information related to global distribution and characteristics of significant pathogens to the Administrator.
Requires the Administrator to:
(1) use surveillance reports and other sources to identify and investigate local outbreaks of infectious diseases involving wildlife;
(2) develop a long-term baseline of regional data related to pathogens in migratory birds and other wildlife for analysis between and across sites to create a system to identify when and where outbreaks might occur and paths of dispersal;
(3) provide technical assistance for disease prevention and control programs;
(4) provide analytical disease findings to USAID and other federal partners; and ( 5) manage, map, and make available on an Internet database all results and information gathered under this Act. Directs the Administrator to request accredited colleges of veterinary medicine and other partners to train members of the Network to:
(1) monitor important wildlife areas around the world; and
(2) test for the presence or arrival of avian influenza and other significant pathogens of zoonotic concern or of concern to domestic or wild animals.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1246

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 26, 2007

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• Apr 26, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Apr 26, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5221)
• Introduced on Apr 26, 2007.
• Apr 26, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5221)

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1405

Related Issue Areas:

• Foreign policy
• Animal diseases
• Animals
• Birds
• 26 more
• Communicable diseases
• Communication in medicine
• Data banks
• Epidemiology
• Geographic information systems
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Health information systems
• Health policy
• Health surveys
• Influenza
• Information networks
• International affairs
• International cooperation
• Medical care
• Medical tests
• Medicine
• Nongovernmental organizations
• Preventive medicine
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Trade
• Veterinary medicine
• Wild animal trade
• World health

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