State agriculture laboratories encourage owners to take them in for voluntary testing.
But many potential victims will refuse voluntary testing without safeguards.
"The question is, how will the Government begin to promote widespread voluntary testing?"
Instead, the department will supplement the voluntary testing with its own checks, she said.
The participants broadly agreed on the need for wider voluntary testing.
Another bill would provide $400 million for voluntary testing and counseling.
Opposition to the President's program for voluntary national testing has been growing on both sides of the political spectrum.
His organization now wants to encourage more voluntary testing.
Clearly, written consent is not a barrier to routine voluntary testing.
The only way to insure early and adequate treatment, she said, is through voluntary testing.