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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY FREVERT
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 2449SS BY KIBBIE)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution urging the Congress of the
1 5 United States and the United States Department of
1 6 Agriculture to provide increased federal moneys for
1 7 purposes of supporting enhanced surveillance expenses
1 8 as part of a pseudorabies eradication program.
1 9 WHEREAS, Iowa is the nation's leading pork
1 10 producing state, accounting for approximately one
1 11 quarter of all pork production in the United States;
1 12 and
1 13 WHEREAS, pseudorabies, also known as Aujeszky's
1 14 disease, is a contagious, infectious, and communicable
1 15 disease of livestock, primarily affecting swine; and
1 16 WHEREAS, pseudorabies, a herpes virus, is known to
1 17 cause reproductive problems, including abortion and
1 18 stillborn death, and death in neonatal pigs, and
1 19 occasional death losses in breeding and finishing
1 20 hogs, that cost producers millions of dollars
1 21 annually; and
1 22 WHEREAS, a federal eradication program for
1 23 pseudorabies implemented in the United States in 1989
1 24 represents a cooperative effort involving federal,
1 25 state, and industry participation; and
1 26 WHEREAS, the federal government has accelerated its
1 27 pseudorabies eradication program, including by
1 28 reimbursing producers for enhanced surveillance
1 29 expenses, including testing; and
1 30 WHEREAS, effective January 7, 1999, the United
2 1 States Department of Agriculture declared an
2 2 emergency, and has committed substantial financial
2 3 resources to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
2 4 Service (APHIS) to accelerate the eradication of
2 5 pseudorabies in swine; and
2 6 WHEREAS, the federal government's accelerated
2 7 program was in response to the threat of the spread of
2 8 the disease that has dramatically increased in Iowa;
2 9 and
2 10 WHEREAS, in 2000, the Iowa General Assembly enacted
2 11 Senate File 2312 (2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1110) that
2 12 aggressively regulates the maintenance and movement of
2 13 swine, including swine herds located in counties
2 14 designated in stage II of the national pseudorabies
2 15 eradication program; and
2 16 WHEREAS, under Iowa's pseudorabies eradication
2 17 program, swine in counties designated in stage II of
2 18 the national pseudorabies eradication program are
2 19 subject to additional testing requirements; and
2 20 WHEREAS, the United States Department of
2 21 Agriculture and the state of Iowa contribute to costs
2 22 associated with enhanced surveillance expenses,
2 23 including federal moneys contributed to reimburse
2 24 producers for testing; and
2 25 WHEREAS, in order to effectively carry out an
2 26 accelerated pseudorabies eradication program, while
2 27 providing for the financial viability of producers in
2 28 this state, it is essential that producers be
2 29 reimbursed for conducting a second test for
2 30 pseudorabies as required by Iowa law in counties
3 1 designated in stage II of the national pseudorabies
3 2 eradication program; NOW THEREFORE,
3 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
3 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the United States Department
3 5 of Agriculture increase its allocation of federal
3 6 moneys contributed to costs associated with enhanced
3 7 surveillance expenses in order to reimburse producers
3 8 for additional testing in counties designated in stage
3 9 II of the national pseudorabies eradication program.
3 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
3 11 House send copies of this Resolution to the United
3 12 States Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of
3 13 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and
3 14 the Chief of the National Animal Health Programs Staff
3 15 of Veterinarian Services.
3 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 17 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House to
3 18 the President of the Senate of the United States, the
3 19 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United
3 20 States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
3 21 United States Senate, and the Majority and Minority
3 22 Leaders of the United States House of Representatives.
3 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
3 24 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House to
3 25 Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 26 LSB 2449HH 79
3 27 da/cls/14
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