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103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3791/text/enr#toc-HFDC665053F36439985E73B986ACFCB48:~:text=103.%20Chronic%20Wasting%20Disease%20Task%20Force"},"heading":"Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force","effect":"Amends section 104 of the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act to remove the study-completion condition on the Task Force, set a 90-day deadline after enactment, and change “2025” to “2030” in subsection (d)(1).","partly":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3791/text/es#id7b1df522-dccd-47bd-be87-3d6490251877:~:text=103.%20Chronic%20Wasting%20Disease%20Task%20Force"},"part":"Removes the study-completion condition from Task Force subsection (b)(1) and sets the Task Force deadline at 90 days after enactment, with its efforts not contingent on completing the 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S. 3791, 118th Congress: America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024. House: 366 Yea, 21 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 23 Dec 2024."}}