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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6765 

To create a coordinated domestic wildlife disease surveillance framework for 

State, Tribal, and local governments to monitor and respond to wildlife 

disease outbreaks to prevent pandemics, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 13, 2023 

Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To create a coordinated domestic wildlife disease surveillance 

framework for State, Tribal, and local governments to 

monitor and respond to wildlife disease outbreaks to 

prevent pandemics, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Wildlife Disease Surveillance for Pandemic Prevention 

6 Act’’. 

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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Funding for State and Tribal wildlife disease surveillance. 

Sec. 4. Grant program. 

Sec. 5. Wildlife Disease Surveillance Program. 

Sec. 6. Wildlife Disease Emergency Response Program. 

Sec. 7. Centers for Study and Diagnostics of Wildlife Diseases. 

Sec. 8. Federal One Health Interagency Working Group. 

Sec. 9. Wildlife Disease Surveillance Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 10. National Wildlife Disease Database. 

Sec. 11. Authorization of appropriations. 

2 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

3 In this Act: 

4 (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi5 sory Committee’’ means the Wildlife Disease Surveil6 lance Advisory Committee established under section 

7 9. 

8 (2) DATABASE.—The term ‘‘Database’’ means 

9 the National Wildlife Diseases Database established 

10 under section 10(a). 

11 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

12 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

13 Service. 

14 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

15 has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 

16 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

17 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

18 (5) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The term 

19 ‘‘Interagency Working Group’’ means the Federal 

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1 One Health Interagency Working Group established 

2 under section 8. 

3 (6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

4 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

5 meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 

6 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

7 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

10 the several States, the District of Columbia, and 

11 each of the United States Territories. 

12 (9) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

13 means the Disease in Wildlife Trade Task Force es14 tablished under section 5(b). 

15 (10) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means 

16 any animal that is not livestock or poultry (as such 

17 terms are defined in section 2(a) of the Packers and 

18 Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 183(a)). 

19 (11) WILDLIFE DISEASES.—The term ‘‘wildlife 

20 diseases’’ means any infectious disease of wildlife 

21 that can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from 

22 an infected animal, host or vector, inanimate source, 

23 or other sources. 

24 (12) WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PRO25 GRAM.—The term ‘‘Wildlife Disease Surveillance 

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1 Program’’ means the program established under sec2 tion 5(a). 

3 SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE DIS4 EASE SURVEILLANCE. 

5 (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in this sub6 section are the following: 

7 (1) Monitoring wildlife for wildlife diseases. 

8 (2) Research and development of monitoring 

9 methods and technologies to detect and diagnose 

10 wildlife diseases. 

11 (3) Participating in information sharing 

12 through the Database. 

13 (4) The establishment and maintenance of pro14 grams, facilities, and workforce development pro15 grams to carry out the purposes described in para16 graphs (1) through (3). 

17 (b) WILDLIFE HEALTH ACTION PLAN.— 

18 (1) SUBMISSION FOR APPROVAL.—A State or 

19 Tribe may submit a wildlife health action plan, in20 cluding each of the following, to the Director in such 

21 form, time, and manner as the Director determines 

22 appropriate: 

23 (A) Descriptions of wildlife disease surveil24 lance actions proposed for monitoring wildlife 

25 disease in the full array of the State or Tribe’s 

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1 wildlife and priorities for implementing such ac2 tions. 

3 (B) Plans for adapting these wildlife dis4 ease surveillance actions to respond to new in5 formation or changing conditions. 

6 (C) Plans for managing a wildlife disease 

7 outbreak, including potential containment meas8 ures and appropriate biosafety and biosecurity 

9 measures. 

10 (D) A plan to coordinate with relevant 

11 Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments, 

12 institutes of higher education, and private orga13 nizations. 

14 (E) Procedures for reviewing such plan not 

15 less frequently than every 5 years. 

16 (2) APPROVAL PROCESS.—The Director shall, 

17 not later than 90 days after receiving a submission 

18 under paragraph (1), approve or deny such wildlife 

19 health action plan and, in the case of a denial, pro20 vide feedback to the submitting entity. 

21 (3) PILOT FUNDING FOR WILDLIFE HEALTH

22 PLANNING.— 

23 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director and 

24 the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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1 shall jointly establish a program through 

2 which— 

3 (i) the Director shall provide grants to 

4 States with a demonstrated financial need 

5 or lack of institutional incapacity to de6 velop a wildlife health action plan under 

7 paragraph (1); and 

8 (ii) the Director of the Bureau of In9 dian Affairs shall provide grants to Indian 

10 Tribes with a demonstrated financial need 

11 or lack of institutional incapacity to de12 velop a wildlife health action plan under 

13 paragraph (1). 

14 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient may use 

15 grant funds received under this paragraph to 

16 develop a wildlife health action plan to be sub17 mitted under paragraph (1). 

18 (C) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FUNDS.— 

19 (i) STATE FUNDS.—The Director may 

20 not distribute under subparagraph (A) an 

21 amount in any fiscal year that exceeds 20 

22 percent of the total amount of funds avail23 able for distribution to States under this 

24 section in such fiscal year. 

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1 (ii) FUNDS FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—The 

2 Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

3 may not distribute under subparagraph 

4 (A)) an amount in any fiscal year that ex5 ceeds 75 percent of the total amount of 

6 funds available for distribution to Indian 

7 Tribes under this section in such fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (c) DISTRIBUTION TO STATES.—The Director shall, 

10 in each fiscal year beginning after the date that is 1 year 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, distribute not 

12 less than $15,500,000 to the States with a wildlife health 

13 action plan for the applicable fiscal year approved under 

14 subsection (b)(1). In determining the allocation of such 

15 amount among such States, the Director shall take into 

16 account— 

17 (1) the land area of each such State; 

18 (2) the population of each such as determined 

19 in the most recent census; 

20 (3) the presence of any source of increased risk 

21 or occurrence of wildlife diseases affecting a State; 

22 and 

23 (4) the need to develop capacity to surveil wild24 life diseases in each State. 

25 (d) DISTRIBUTION TO INDIAN TRIBES.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 

2 of Indian affairs shall, in each fiscal year beginning 

3 after the date that is 1 year after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act, distribute not less than 

5 $3,000,000 to Indian Tribes through a noncompeti6 tive grant program. 

7 (2) CRITERIA.—The Director of the Bureau of 

8 Indian Affairs shall, in consultation with Indian 

9 Tribes, establish criteria for the distribution of funds 

10 under paragraph (1). 

11 (e) PARTICIPATION IN INFORMATION SHARING.— 

12 Each State, Indian Tribe, and grant recipient under this 

13 section shall participate in the Wildlife Disease Surveil14 lance Program and contribute wildlife disease data to the 

15 Database. 

16 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a 

18 grant program to provide grants to eligible entities for the 

19 purposes described in section 3(a). 

20 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Director may 

21 not expend more than 3 percent of the amounts made 

22 available to carry out this section for administrative ex23 penses. 

24 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of this 

25 subsection, the term ‘‘eligible entities’’ means an entity 

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1 with expertise in carrying out the purposes described in 

2 section 3(a) that is— 

3 (1) an organization described in section 

4 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

5 is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 

6 such Code; 

7 (2) an institution of higher education (as such 

8 term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); 

10 (3) a part B institution (as such term is defined 

11 in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

12 (20 U.S.C. 1061)); 

13 (4) a Tribal College or University (as such term 

14 is defined in section 317(d) of the Higher Education 

15 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(d)); 

16 (5) a partnership of State, local, and Tribal 

17 agencies or governments that includes at representa18 tion from not less than 2 States or 1 State and 1 

19 Tribe; or 

20 (6) a partnership between entities described in 

21 paragraph (1) or (2). 

22 SEC. 5. WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, acting through 

24 the Wildlife Health Office of the United States Fish and 

25 Wildlife Service and in consultation with the Director of 

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1 the United States Geological Survey, shall establish a pro2 gram to— 

3 (1) monitor wildlife disease threats to evaluate 

4 the risk posed by and impact of such diseases on the 

5 United States; 

6 (2) conduct research and development to create 

7 statistically supported sampling frameworks for 

8 broad-scale surveillance of wildlife disease threats; 

9 (3) conduct research on wildlife disease trans10 mission and on effective outreach to stakeholders to 

11 help manage wildlife disease; 

12 (4) conduct statistical modeling to understand 

13 and predict wildlife disease movement; and 

14 (5) develop testing protocols for samples sus15 pected of carrying wildlife diseases. 

16 (b) WILDLIFE TRADE TASK FORCE.— 

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall, not 

18 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, establish the Disease in Wildlife Trade 

20 Task Force to carry out the following purposes: 

21 (A) Develop a comprehensive surveillance 

22 system of wildlife imports to the United States. 

23 (B) Perform risk analysis of wildlife dis24 eases. 

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1 (C) Perform data analysis relating to wild2 life disease surveillance. 

3 (D) Provide technical assistance to Fed4 eral, State, Tribal, and local governments car5 rying out wildlife disease prevention and en6 forcement with respect to the wildlife trade. 

7 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be 

8 composed of a representative of each of the fol9 lowing: 

10 (A) The United States Fish and Wildlife 

11 Service. 

12 (B) The United States Geological Survey. 

13 (C) The Secretary of State. 

14 (D) The Administrator of the United 

15 States Agency for International Development. 

16 (E) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 

17 (F) Such State and Tribal wildlife agencies 

18 that submit a request to the Secretary to par19 ticipate in the Task Force as do not exceed 1 

20 State representative per regions of the United 

21 States as identified by the Director and 1 Trib22 al representative per region of the United 

23 States identified by the Director of the Bureau 

24 of Indian Affairs. 

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1 (G) The Director of the Centers for Dis2 ease Control. 

3 (H) The Secretary of Agriculture. 

4 (I) The Secretary of Commerce. 

5 (3) REPORT.—The Task Force shall, not later 

6 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, submit to Congress a report on— 

8 (A) the available quarantine facilities for 

9 animals with wildlife diseases, including 

10 through public-private partnerships; 

11 (B) the sufficiency of such facilities to ful12 fill the purposes of this Act; and 

13 (C) legislative and regulatory recommenda14 tions, determined in consultation with the Advi15 sory Committee, to improve the availability of 

16 such facilities for Federal, State, and Tribal 

17 users. 

18 SEC. 6. WILDLIFE DISEASE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRO19 GRAM. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 

21 the Wildlife Disease Emergency Response Program to— 

22 (1) provide and coordinate Federal incident 

23 command training, operations, and resources specific 

24 to wildlife health issues; 

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1 (2) support emergency containment and re2 search activities in response to wildlife disease emer3 gencies; and 

4 (3) establish and provide training to Federal, 

5 State, and Tribal agencies on animal welfare best 

6 practices during wildlife disease emergency planning 

7 and response activities. 

8 (b) FEDERAL WILDLIFE DISEASE EMERGENCY RE9 SPONSE FUND.—There is hereby established in the Treas10 ury an account to be known as the ‘‘Federal Wildlife Dis11 ease Emergency Response Fund’’ which shall be available 

12 to the Secretary for the purposes described in subsection 

13 (c). 

14 (c) AUTHORITY.— 

15 (1) DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.—The Sec16 retary may declare a wildlife health emergency at 

17 the request of a Governor of a State or the head of 

18 a Tribal Government. During the period of such an 

19 emergency, the Secretary may— 

20 (A) use the authorities and the resources 

21 granted to the Secretary under Federal law to 

22 support State, Tribal, and local wildlife disease 

23 emergency management efforts relating to such 

24 emergency; 

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1 (B) coordinate emergency assistance (in2 cluding voluntary assistance) provided by Fed3 eral agencies, private organizations, and State, 

4 Tribal, and local governments relating to such 

5 emergency; 

6 (C) provide technical and advisory assist7 ance to affected State, Tribal, and local govern8 ments relating to— 

9 (i) wildlife health and safety meas10 ures; 

11 (ii) issuance of warnings of risks or 

12 hazards; and 

13 (iii) providing public information re14 lating to wildlife health and safety; 

15 (D) authorize Federal spending from the 

16 Federal Wildlife Disease Emergency Response 

17 fund established under subsection (b) to carry 

18 out the activities described in this paragraph or 

19 distributions of funds from such fund to States 

20 and Tribes to carry out such activities. 

21 (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

22 emergency costs for the activities described in para23 graph (1) with respect to 1 emergency may not ex24 ceed the lesser of— 

25 (A) 80 percent of such costs; or 

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1 (B) $3,000,000, or such amount as the 

2 Secretary determines appropriate if the Sec3 retary determines, in consultation with relevant 

4 Federal agencies with responsibilities relating to 

5 human health, that there is an immediate risk 

6 to human health or that no other source of as7 sistance is available to address such emergency 

8 in a timely manner. 

9 (d) WILDLIFE DISEASE EMERGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘wildlife disease emergency’’ means the occurrence of a 

11 wildlife disease that has been identified by an appropriate 

12 State agency that— 

13 (1) is caused by— 

14 (A) a newly discovered pathogen; 

15 (B) a known wildlife disease that is ex16 panding its geographic range; or 

17 (C) a wildlife disease that is affecting a 

18 previously unaffected population of a wildlife 

19 species; 

20 (2) poses significant threats to the sustain21 ability of wildlife populations; or 

22 (3) poses a significant threat to ecosystem func23 tion, including ecosystem processes or resilience. 

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1 SEC. 7. CENTERS FOR STUDY AND DIAGNOSTICS OF WILD2 LIFE DISEASES. 

3 (a) APPLICATION.—Institutions of Higher Education 

4 may submit an application to the Director of the United 

5 States Geological Survey in such time, place, and manner 

6 as the Director determines appropriate to enter into a co7 operative agreement to operate a Center for the Study and 

8 Diagnostics of Wildlife Diseases. 

9 (b) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.—The Director of 

10 the United States Geological Survey, in consultation with 

11 the Interagency Working Group and the Advisory Com12 mittee, shall establish criteria for evaluation of applica13 tions submitted under subsection (a), including— 

14 (1) including laboratory capabilities; 

15 (2) strength of veterinary, public health, and 

16 ecology programs; 

17 (3) dedicated expert staff; and 

18 (4) working relationships with State agencies, 

19 Indian Tribes, and other key partners. 

20 (c) MINIMUM NUMBER OF CENTERS.—The Director 

21 shall, not later than 2 years after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, approve not less than 3 complete applica23 tions submitted under subsection (a). 

24 (d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In approving ap25 plications under this section, the Director shall ensure 

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1 that the centers are geographically distributed across the 

2 United States. 

3 (e) PURPOSE.—Each center established under this 

4 section shall— 

5 (1) provide technical assistance to States and 

6 Indian Tribes to carry out the purposes described in 

7 section 3(a); 

8 (2) establish partnerships with local institutions 

9 of higher education to conduct surveillance and 

10 treatment of wildlife diseases and research, including 

11 relevant ecological research; 

12 (3) advance wildlife disease surveillance work13 force development; 

14 (4) develop, validate, and deploy diagnostic 

15 tests for wildlife diseases; 

16 (5) provide diagnostic services to Federal, 

17 State, and Tribal government agencies. 

18 SEC. 8. FEDERAL ONE HEALTH INTERAGENCY WORKING 

19 GROUP. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior, 

21 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the Sec22 retary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture 

23 shall establish the Federal One Health Interagency Work24 ing Group to strengthen One Health collaboration related 

25 to the prevention, detection, control, and response for the 

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1 prioritized zoonotic diseases and related One Health work 

2 across the Federal Government. 

3 (b) CHAIR.—The members of the Interagency Work4 ing Group shall rotate serving as Chair of such Unit at 

5 a frequency to be determined jointly by such members. 

6 (c) DETERMINATION OF AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.— 

7 The Interagency Working Group shall determine the re8 sponsibilities of each member agency with respect to the 

9 surveillance and treatment of and research and develop10 ment programs relating to wildlife diseases. 

11 (d) PARTICIPATION OF OTHER FEDERAL AGEN12 CIES.—The Interagency Working Group may invite a Fed13 eral agency with a mission related to the purposes of this 

14 Act to participate as a member in such working group. 

15 (e) UNIT COORDINATOR.—Each Federal agency that 

16 is a member of the Interagency Working Group shall ap17 point a dedicated coordinator to coordinate the activities 

18 of such agency with such working group. 

19 (f) COORDINATOR FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.— 

20 The Coordinator appointed by the Secretary of the Inte21 rior under subsection (e) shall be a direct subordinate of 

22 such Secretary. 

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1 SEC. 9. WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE ADVISORY COM2 MITTEE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 the Wildlife Disease Surveillance Advisory Committee 

5 within the Department of the Interior. 

6 (b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Advisory 

7 Committee shall be composed of— 

8 (1) representatives of— 

9 (A) the Chairperson of the Association of 

10 Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Fish and Wildlife 

11 Health Committee; 

12 (B) the Director of the United States Geo13 logical Survey; 

14 (C) the Director of the Animal and Plant 

15 Health Inspection Service; 

16 (D) the Director of the National Oceanic 

17 and Atmospheric Administration; 

18 (E) the Director; 

19 (F) each of the regional Associations of 

20 Fish And Wildlife Agencies; 

21 (G) each of the Wildlife Disease Centers; 

22 and 

23 (H) Indian Tribes from each region of the 

24 United States identified by the Director of the 

25 Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

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1 (2) 4 academic representatives from institutions 

2 of higher education appointed by the Secretary for 

3 expertise in wildlife population health, epidemiology, 

4 biology, ecology, conservation, or natural resource 

5 management; and 

6 (3) 1 representative of a relevant public or pri7 vate organization appointed by the Secretary for ex8 pertise in wildlife population health, epidemiology, 

9 biology, ecology, conservation, or natural resource 

10 management. 

11 (c) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.—Each council member 

12 appointed under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) 

13 shall serve a term of up to 4 years. 

14 SEC. 10. NATIONAL WILDLIFE DISEASE DATABASE. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 and maintain the National Wildlife Disease Database to 

17 centralize data relating to wildlife diseases. 

18 (b) REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.— 

19 Each Federal agency and each recipient of a grant under 

20 section 4 with information relating to domestic wildlife 

21 diseases shall submit such data to the Database as the 

22 Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, 

23 determines appropriate. 

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1 (c) FORMAT OF INFORMATION.—The Advisory Com2 mittee shall establish a uniform format for data submis3 sions to the Database. 

4 (d) DISEASES INCLUDED.—The Advisory Committee 

5 and the Interagency Working Group shall jointly, not later 

6 than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, establish and maintain a list of diseases subject to 

8 reporting under this section. 

9 (e) FEDERAL AGENCY ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 

10 provide access to the database to— 

11 (1) the Director of the Centers for Disease 

12 Control; 

13 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

14 (3) the Secretary of Commerce; and 

15 (4) such other heads of Federal, State, and 

16 Tribal agencies as the Secretary determines appro17 priate. 

18 (f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue such 

19 regulations as the Secretary determines appropriate to 

20 carry out this section. 

21 (g) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, not later than 180 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 

23 a report to Congress on the most appropriate way to struc24 ture the National Wildlife Disease Database to make data 

25 as available to the public as possible without disclosing 

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1 sensitive data relating to Tribal sovereign data, data that 

2 poses a threat to national security or public health, or sen3 sitive State or private data. 

4 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby authorized to be 

6 appropriated for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 

7 thereafter the following amounts: 

8 (1) to the Director— 

9 (A) $19,505,000 to carry out section 3; 

10 (B) $15,000,000 to carry out section 5; 

11 (C) $5,000,000 to carry out section 6; and 

12 (D) $10,000,000, to remain available until 

13 expended, to be deposited in the Federal Wild14 life Disease Emergency Response Fund estab15 lished under section 6(b); 

16 (2) to the Director of the United States Geo17 logical Survey— 

18 (A) $20,000,000 to be distributed to the 

19 Centers for the Study and Diagnostics of Wild20 life Diseases established under section 7; and 

21 (B) $10,000,000 million to carry out sec22 tion 5; 

23 (3) to the Secretary— 

24 (A) $400,000 to carry out section 9; and 

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1 (B) $10,000,000 for the purposes of car2 rying out section 10. 

3 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—There is hereby authorized to 

4 be appropriated to the Director $27,000,000 for fiscal 

5 years 2024 through 2026 to carry out section 4. 

6 (c) REPORT.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

7 $1,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal year 2024, to re8 main available until expended, to carry out section 5(b)(3). 

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