SAFE CATTLE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7466 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7466

    To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
     Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding or other
 interagency agreement, to carry out, and coordinate on, activities to
  prevent, control, and eradicate New World screwworm in wildlife and
  non-livestock species of animals on certain Federal lands, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2026

  Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms.
    Hageman, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

    To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
     Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding or other
 interagency agreement, to carry out, and coordinate on, activities to
  prevent, control, and eradicate New World screwworm in wildlife and
  non-livestock species of animals on certain Federal lands, and for
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding America's Food Economy
and Controlling Agricultural Threats to Livestock and Enterprises Act''
or the ``SAFE CATTLE Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ON NEW WORLD SCREWWORM ERADICATION AND
              MONITORING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other
interagency agreement, to carry out, and coordinate on, activities to
prevent, control, and eradicate New World screwworm in wildlife and
non-livestock species of animals on covered lands. Such activities
shall include--
            (1) coordinating joint surveillance and monitoring
        protocols for early detection of New World screwworm in
        wildlife and non-livestock species of animals on covered lands;
            (2) for purposes of controlling and containing New World
        screwworm in all species of animals on covered lands in the
        event of an outbreak, coordinating with (as appropriate) State
        wildlife and livestock health officers with respect to response
        procedures, the distribution of information, and notification
        procedures;
            (3) coordinating New World screwworm eradication protocols
        to protect wildlife and non-livestock species of animals on
        covered lands, stabilize and reduce the threat to domestic
        animal agriculture, and safeguard the domestic food supply and
        the economy; and
            (4) developing science-based and risk-based approaches and
        systems to facilitate continuity of business for non-infected
        animals of all species and non-contaminated areas on covered
        lands.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date on which
the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to the Congress that the New
World screwworm has been quarantined south of the Darien Gap in Panama,
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall
jointly submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report detailing the following:
            (1) the extent of interagency coordination between each
        Federal agency involved in the prevention, control, and
        eradication of New World screwworm on covered lands;
            (2) any progress made in the surveillance and prevention of
        New World screwworm outbreaks;
            (3) any incidents of infestation of New World screwworm in
        the United States and Federal collaborative activities
        undertaken to control the spread of such infestation; and
            (4) any recommendations for legislative or administrative
        action to improve the Federal response capacity to the threat
        of New World screwworm.
    (c) Covered Lands Defined.--In this Act, the term ``covered lands''
means lands managed by the National Park Service, the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of
Reclamation, or the Forest Service.
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