PUBLIC LAW 107-9 —MAY 24, 2001 115 STAT. 13 (26) scientific experts (including scientists at the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the World Health Organization) are studying the possible link (including potential routes of transmission) between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; (27) from October 1996 to December 2000, 87 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease have been reported in the United Kingdom, 3 cases in France, and 1 case in Ireland; and (28) to reduce the risk of human spongiform encephalopathies in the United States, the Commissioner of Food and . Drugs has— (A) banned individuals who lived in Great Britain for at least 180 days since 1980 from donating blood in the United States; and (B) established regulations that prohibit the feeding of most animal-derived proteins to grazing animals. (b) PURPOSE.— The purpose of this Act is to provide the people of the United States and Congress with information concerning— (1) actions by Federal agencies to prevent foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and related diseases; (2) the sufficiency of legislative authority to prevent or control foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and related diseases in the United States; (3) the economic impacts associated with the potential introduction of foot-and-mouth disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and related diseases into the United States; and (4) the risks to public health from possible links between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other spongiform encephalopathies to human illnesses. SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. (a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date Deadline, of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the committees and subcommittees described in paragraph (2) a preliminary report concerning— (A) coordinated interagency activities to assess, prevent, and control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States; (B) sources of information from the Federal Government available to the public on foot-and-mouth disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy; and ¥9 (C) any immediate needs for additional legislative authority, appropriations, or product bans to prevent the « introduction of foot-and-mouth disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States. (2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit the preliminary report to— (A) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate;
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