To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Agriculture, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HDAA6D12F86C14AAF9B21974732D8B574: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mink: Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act or the Mink VIRUS Act.
- Section HE32BF93D824E43BF8DDCF1E7EE445E40: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The pandemic of the zoonotic coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID–19”), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
- Section HD03DA1864BA543528300BE6391510912: 3. Prohibition on mink farming and requirements for mink termination Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, no fur farm...
- Section H91419626CB334C10A13A6127097980D1: 4. Payment program Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary)...
- Section HE0806E0241D849EE9E3ABB736ED1A479: 5. Definitions In this Act: The term fur means any animal skin or part of an animal skin with hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached, either in its raw or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Agriculture, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To protect public health and human safety by prohibiting the farming of mink for their fur, to compensate farmers as they transition out of the industry, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an operation that farms fur-bearing animals for the value of their fur, including— the land, buildings, support facilities, and other equipment of the operation in which fur-bearing animals are, for the value of their fur, bred, slaughtered, skinned, or sold
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