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 PUBLIC LAW 107-9 —MAY 24, 2001 115 STAT. 15 (H) a description of any measures (including any planning or managerial initiatives such as interagency, intergovernmental, international, and public-private sector partnerships) that any Federal agency plans to initiate or continue to assess, prevent, and control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and related diseases in the United States and other countries; (I) plans by Federal agencies (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)— (i) to monitor the incidence and prevalence of the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and related diseases in the United States; and (ii) to assess the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and related diseases in the United States; (J) plans by Federal agencies (including the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, and the National Institutes of Health) to carry out, in partnership with the private sector— (i) research programs into the causes and mechanism of transmission of foot-and-mouth disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy; and (ii) diagnostic tools and preventive and therapeutic agents for foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and related diseases; (K) plans for providing appropriate compensation for affected animals in the event of the introduction of footand-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or related diseases into the United States; and (L) recommendations to Congress for legislation that will improve efforts to assess, prevent, or control the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and related diseases in the United States and in other countries, (c) CONSULTATION.— (1) PRELIMINARY REPORT. —In preparing the preliminary report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with— (A) the Secretary of the Treasury; (B) the Secretary of Commerce; (C) the Secretary of State; (D) the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (E) the Secretary of Defense; (F) the United States Trade Representative; (G) the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (H) representatives of other appropriate Federal agencies; (2) FINAL REPORT. —In preparing the final report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with— (A) the individuals listed in paragraph (1);

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