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H.R.4819
Sponsor: Rep Udall, Tom(introduced 7/10/2000)
Latest Major Action: 8/16/2000 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Wildlife Services Program of the Department of Agriculture to emphasize the use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection and to target assistance under the program to operators of small farms and ranches through grants, training, and research regarding the use of nonlethal methods to predator control.
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STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
7/10/2000:
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
8/16/2000:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
7/10/2000--Introduced.

Amends Federal law to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to: (1) make grants to small farm operators and related associations to implement nonlethal predator control methods for livestock protection; (2) provide such operators with related training and technical assistance; (3) conduct research to determine the extent of predatory damage to livestock, particularly in western States and with respect to sheep losses; and (4) emphasize nonlethal predator control under the Wildlife Services Program.