port State and tribal efforts to manage and control 
chronic wasting disease, of which— 
(A) $20,000,000 shall be allocated to 
States under subsection (a); 
(B) $5,000,000 shall be allocated to tribal 
agencies under subsection (a); and 
(C) $10,000,000 shall be retained for the 
rapid response fund under subsection (d). 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in para-
graph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
(3) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
Not more than three percent of the amount appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in paragraph (1) may be used to cover admin-
istrative expenses incurred by the Secretary. 
SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR APPLIED RESEARCH REGARDING 
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE. 
(a) EXPANSION OF APPLIED RESEARCH GRANTS.— 
The Secretary shall make grants to support efforts to ex-
pand and accelerate applied research on chronic wasting 
disease, including (but not limited to) research regarding 
the following: 
(1) Sustainable cervid harvest management 
practices to reduce chronic wasting disease occur-
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rence and to prevent or limit spatial spread of 
chronic wasting disease. 
(2) Management experiments and strategies de-
signed for long-term suppression of chronic wasting 
disease. 
(3) Harvest management practices and other 
practices that exacerbate chronic wasting disease oc-
currence, with an emphasis on retrospective analyses 
of available harvest management and chronic wast-
ing disease trend data. 
(4) Factors contributing to local emergence of 
chronic wasting disease, increased prevalence of 
chronic wasting disease, and distribution of chronic 
wasting disease, including mechanisms of disease 
transmission and effective barriers to transmission. 
(5) Methods and products to effectively detect 
infectious prions in, and decontaminate infectious 
prions from natural environments and inorganic sur-
faces. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 to make 
grants under subsection (a). 
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(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in para-
graph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
(3) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
Not more than three percent of the amount appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in paragraph (1) may be used to cover admin-
istrative expenses incurred by the Secretary. 
SEC. 6. MULTI-AGENCY COOPERATION WITH STATES TO AD-
DRESS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE. 
Land management agencies of the Department of Ag-
riculture and the Department of the Interior shall work 
cooperatively with States— 
(1) in the conduct of applied research regarding 
chronic wasting disease; and 
(2) in the implementation of State chronic 
wasting disease response plans to reduce the spread 
and prevalence of chronic wasting disease. 
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