House File 624 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 328)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the regulation of livestock moved into this
2 state, including by requiring certain certificates and making
3 penalties applicable.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 163.14A CERTIFICATE OF DRUG
1 2 TREATMENT.
1 3 A person shall not move livestock into this state from a
1 4 foreign country if the livestock has been treated with any
1 5 drug required to be approved by the United States food and
1 6 drug administration for treating livestock in this country,
1 7 and the United States food and drug administration has not
1 8 approved that drug. The person moving livestock into this
1 9 state from a foreign country shall keep a certificate of
1 10 treatment stating that the livestock has not been treated with
1 11 the drug. The certificate shall be signed by the livestock's
1 12 owner or agent, which may be a veterinarian responsible for
1 13 the health of the livestock. A copy of the certificate shall
1 14 be attached to the waybill accompanying a shipment or as part
1 15 of the standard form of a transportation certificate or
1 16 another shipping document as provided in section 172B.3.
1 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 163.14B CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORTATION
1 18 OF FEMALE CATTLE.
1 19 1. A person shall not move female cattle into this state
1 20 from a foreign country, if the cattle are thirty months of age
1 21 or older.
1 22 2. The department may require that a person moving female
1 23 cattle into this state from a foreign country keep a
1 24 certificate which states the age of the female cattle. The
1 25 department may require that the certificate be signed by the
1 26 female cattle's owner or agent, which may be a veterinarian
1 27 responsible for the health of the cattle. A copy of the
1 28 certificate shall be attached to the waybill accompanying a
1 29 shipment or as part of a standard form of a transportation
1 30 certificate or another document as provided in section 172B.3.
1 31 EXPLANATION
1 32 LIVESTOCK MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS BASED ON DRUG TREATMENTS.
1 33 The United States food and drug administration requires that
1 34 animal drug manufacturers show that each new animal drug
1 35 (e.g., a therapeutic, prophylactic, or growth promoter) is
2 1 safe and effective before it is approved for marketing in the
2 2 country (see 21 U.S.C. ch. 9). This bill amends Code chapter
2 3 163 which, in part, provides for the inspection of livestock
2 4 including imported livestock, and requires that shipments of
2 5 livestock be accompanied by a certificate of inspection. The
2 6 bill is modeled on those provisions.
2 7 The bill provides that a person cannot move livestock into
2 8 this state from a foreign country if the livestock has been
2 9 treated with any drug required to be approved by the United
2 10 States food and drug administration for treating livestock in
2 11 this country, and the United States food and drug
2 12 administration has not approved that drug. The bill requires
2 13 that a person moving the livestock keep a certificate of
2 14 treatment stating that the livestock has not been treated with
2 15 the drug. The certificate must be signed by the livestock's
2 16 owner or agent. In addition, a copy of the certificate must
2 17 be attached to the waybill accompanying the shipment or as
2 18 part of the standard form of a transportation certificate or
2 19 another shipping document as approved by the department of
2 20 agriculture and land stewardship.
2 21 FEMALE CATTLE MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS. The bill prohibits a
2 22 person from moving female cattle into this state from a
2 23 foreign country if the cattle are 30 months of age or older.
2 24 The department of agriculture and land stewardship may require
2 25 a person moving the cattle to keep a certificate which states
2 26 the age of the female cattle. The department may require that
2 27 the same procedures which apply to preparing and keeping a
2 28 certificate of drug treatment apply to this certificate.
2 29 PENALTY MADE APPLICABLE. Code section 163.61 provides that
2 30 the department must establish civil penalties for violations
2 31 of the Code chapter's provisions. In general, a person
2 32 violating a provision of the chapter is subject to a civil
2 33 penalty of at least $100 but not more than $1,000. In the
2 34 case of a continuing violation, each day of the continuing
2 35 violation is a separate violation. However, a person cannot
3 1 be subject to a civil penalty totaling more than $25,000.
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