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H.R. 1405 (110th)

Wildlife GAINS Act

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Introduced

8 March 2007

Last action

30 March 2007 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.

Sponsors

Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]

Subjects

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Source updated

5 December 2025

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Summary

Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act or Wildlife GAINS Act - Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to offer to enter into a contract with a nongovernmental wildlife conservation organization to establish a Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance. Requires the eligible organization, in coordination with USAID, 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, acting through the organization, 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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Timeline

  1. 8 March 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 March 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 9 March 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 16 March 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

    Source: Committee

  7. 27 March 2007

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  8. 27 March 2007

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  9. 30 March 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

    Source: Committee

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