S. 2695: National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019
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S. 2695: National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-24 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 376. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019
Plain summary
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019 This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to act through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to provide integrated research, development, and response capabilities to defend U.S. agriculture and food against bio- and agro-terrorism threats. Specifically, the bill requires USDA to use the facility to implement research and development objectives to (1) develop veterinary countermeasures for emerging foreign animal diseases and animal transboundary diseases; (2) provide advanced test, diagnostic, and evaluation capability for threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and veterinary countermeasure assessment for animal and zoonotic diseases; and (3) assist with the development, and address vulnerability assessments, of the agriculture and food sectors. USDA must also evaluate the work of the facility and publish an unclassified strategic research plan for the facility based on risk and threat assessment.
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Official text
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · 26 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2695, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019 (2020-01-28)
Cosponsors on this site
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tina Smith (D-MN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Boozman (R-AR), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2695.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s2695 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116