Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to reauthorize the animal disease prevention and management programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023 2. Reauthorization of animal disease prevention and management programs (a) Mandatory funding Section 10409A(d)(1) of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8308a(d)(1) (1) Mandatory funding (A) Fiscal years 2024 through 2028 Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $233,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which— (i) not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for each such fiscal year to carry out subsection (a); (ii) not less than $70,000,000 shall be made available for each such fiscal year to carry out subsection (b); and (iii) not less than $153,000,000 shall be made available for each such fiscal year to carry out subsection (c). (B) Subsequent fiscal years Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, of which not less than $18,000,000 shall be made available for each of those fiscal years to carry out subsection (b). . (b) Authorization of appropriations (1) National animal health laboratory Section 10409A(d)(2)(A) of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8308a(d)(2)(A) (A) by striking $30,000,000 $45,000,000 (B) by striking 2019 through 2023 2024 through 2028 (2) National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program; National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank Section 10409A(d)(2)(B) of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8308a(d)(2)(B) 2019 through 2023 2024 through 2028 (c) Availability and purpose of funding Section 10409A(e)(1) of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8308a(e)(1) 2019 through 2023 2024 through 2028

Summary: Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023 This bill provides additional funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) animal disease prevention and management programs and reauthorizes the programs through FY2028. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes and provides additional funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (a nationally coordinated network and partnership of federal, state, and university-associated animal health laboratories that provides animal health diagnostic testing to detect biological threats to the nation's food animals); the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (which allows APHIS to partner with states, tribes, producer organizations, universities, and others to carry out projects that enhance local, regional, and national capabilities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to animal disease outbreaks); and the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank (which allows the Department of Agriculture to stockpile animal vaccines and related products to use in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease or other high-impact foreign animal diseases).