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SJM109...............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - Stating findings of the Legislature and supporting
safeguards to prevent movement of Foot and Mouth Disease on persons, on
other animals not directly susceptible to the virus but which could be
passive carriers, and inanimate objects; and supporting a moratorium on all
imports of cloven-hoofed animals and products for a period of three years
or until importers can prove that cloven-hoofed animals and products are
free of Foot and Mouth Disease for the protection of American livestock
owners.
03/20 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/21 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/22 ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
House intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/29 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/30 Sp signed - to Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 109
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
7 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, the dramatic increase in the incidence of Foot and Mouth Disease
9 in Europe, and now present on four continents, has prompted the Animal and
10 Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
11 to issue warnings to all American citizens, especially those traveling abroad,
12 and to American livestock owners to protect their vital industry; and
13 WHEREAS, the Foot and Mouth Disease virus can be spread by equipment,
14 vehicles, shoes, clothing, food items or even by surviving for twenty-eight
15 hours in the human respiratory system; and
16 WHEREAS, should Foot and Mouth Disease enter the United States, the result
17 would be massive outbreaks of the disease in America, with total disruption of
18 the American food supply; and
19 WHEREAS, the United States is currently free from Foot and Mouth Disease
20 which is decimating Europe and spreading worldwide.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
22 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
23 tives concurring therein, that we support safeguards to prevent movement of
24 Foot and Mouth Disease on persons, on other animals not directly susceptible
25 to the virus but which could be passive carriers, and on inanimate objects;
26 and we support a moratorium on all imports of cloven-hoofed animals and prod-
27 ucts thereof, for a period of three years or until importers can prove that
28 cloven-hoofed animals and products thereof are free of Foot and Mouth Disease
29 for the protection of the American livestock owners.
30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
31 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres-
32 ident of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Con-
33 gress, and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the
34 Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11285
The purpose of the Senate Joint Memorial is to support safeguards
to prevent the movement of Foot and Mouth Disease into the United
States on persons, on other animals which could be passive carriers
of the virus, and on inanimate objects and a moratorium on all imports
of cloven-hoofed animals and products thereof for a period of three
years of until importers can prove those animals and products are
free of Foot and Mouth Disease.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the State general fund.
Contact
Name: Ric Branch
Phone: 332-1345
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 109