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TICK Act

3073

116th Congress

Health

In Committee

TICK Act

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

June 3, 2019

Latest Action

June 4, 2019

Primary Sponsor

Christopher H. SmithRepublican(NJ)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

51pct

1d open

vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d

Summary

Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout Act or the TICK Act This bill establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Vector-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must develop a national strategy to address, and coordinate the federal response to, Lyme disease and other tick- and vector-borne diseases. The office must support research initiatives, tick- and disease-surveillance programs, and diagnostic-testing development, among other activities. HHS must also award grants to support the establishment of Regional Centers of Excellence in Tick and Vector-Borne Diseases. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must form cooperative agreements with state, local, and tribal health departments to address such diseases.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (6)

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Filing registrants (2)

EDMONDSON HOPKINS GROUP (1)UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (5)

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONclient→UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

2019 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Support for USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) programs in FY 20 appropriations bill including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Act, Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) and McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, support for the Genomes to Phenomes initiative in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for Germplasm Enhancement of Maize in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for new Plant Breeding Facility in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support the Veterinary Services Grant Program, TICKS: Identify, Control, and Knockout Act (HR 3073/S.220), eliminate the Specialty Crop Research Improvement program matching requirement, support for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

Subjects (12)

Department of Health and Human Services

Executive agency funding and structure

Health care coverage and access

Health care quality

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Actions (3)

June 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

June 3, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

June 3, 2019

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Energy and Commerce Committee	House	Referred to	June 3, 2019

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	June 3, 2019	XML

Cosponsors (60)

Name	Party	State
Angie Craig	Democratic	MN
Ann M. Kuster	Democratic	NH
Antonio Delgado	Democratic	NY

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
S 1657	116th	Identical bill

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONclient→UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

2019 · second_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Support for USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) programs in FY 20 appropriations bill including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Act, Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) and McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, support for Genome to Phenome initiative in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for Germplasm Enhancement of Maize in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for new Plant Breeding Facility in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support the Veterinary Services Grant Program, support of the USDA NIFA/ERS move, TICKS: Identify, Control, and Knockout Act (HR 3073/S.220), eliminate the Specialty Crop Research Improvement program matching requirement, support for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 3073

MICHAEL LENN

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONclient→UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

2019 · second_quarter · Agriculture

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Support for USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) programs in FY 20 appropriations bill including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Act, Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) and McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, support for Genome to Phenome initiative in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for Germplasm Enhancement of Maize in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support for new Plant Breeding Facility in the FY 20 appropriations bill, support the Veterinary Services Grant Program, support of the USDA NIFA/ERS move, TICKS: Identify, Control, and Knockout Act (HR 3073/S.220), eliminate the Speciality Crop Research Improvement program matching requirement, support for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 3073

MICHAEL LENN

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE