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 PUBLIC LAW 107-9 —MAY 24, 2001 115 STAT. 11 Public Law 107-9 107th Congress An Act To establish a Federal interagency task force for the purpose of coordinating actions to prevent the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (commonly known as "mad cow disease") and foot-and-mouth disease in the United States. May 24, 2001 [S. 700] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Animal Disease Risk Assessment, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Prevention, and . . 1«A.1T^. -T..1A Control Act of This Act may be cited as the Animal Disease Risk Assessment, 2001. Prevention, and Control Act of 2001", SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (1) it is in the interest of the United States to maintain healthy livestock herds; (2) managing the risks of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and related diseases in the United States may require billions of dollars for remedial activities by consumers, producers, and distributors of livestock and animal and blood products; (3) the potential introduction of those diseases into the United States would cause devastating financial losses to— (A) the agriculture industry and other economic sectors; and (B) United States trade in the affected animals and animal products; (4) foot-and-mouth disease is a severe and highly contagious viral infection affecting cattle, deer, goats, sheep, swine, and other animals; (5) the most effective means of eradicating foot-and-mouth disease is by the slaughter of affected animals; (6) while foot-and-mouth disease was eradicated in the United States in 1929, the virus could be reintroduced by— (A) a single infected animal, an animal product, or a person carrying the virus; (B) an act of terrorism; or (C) other means; (7) once introduced, foot-and-mouth disease can spread quickly through— (A) exposure to aerosols from infected animals; (B) direct contact with infected animals; and (C) contact with contaminated feed, equipment, or humans harboring the virus or carrying the virus on their clothing; 89-194O-03 -2 QL3Part 1

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