Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act of 2002

H.R. 4795, the Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act of 2002, was designed to create a coordinated federal and state response to a contagious neurological disease affecting deer and elk populations. The bill would have established a national database to track the spread of the disease and provided federal funding to state and tribal agencies to develop management and rapid-response strategies. For citizens, this legislation aimed to protect wildlife health and local hunting economies by accelerating scientific research and upgrading laboratory facilities to better monitor and contain the infection.