(6) to protect the economic interests of the 
United States and its partners from threats to 
health, agriculture, and natural resources, including 
wildlife itself. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, acting 
in partnership with an eligible organization. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble organization’’ means a nongovernmental wildlife 
conservation organization chartered in the United 
States with— 
(A) extensive global wildlife health experi-
ence in tracking disease in wild birds and other 
wildlife, including free-ranging, captive, and 
wild bird species; 
(B) proven ability in identifying avian in-
fluenza, Ebola virus, and other pathogens in 
wild birds or other wildlife; 
(C) experience managing and implementing 
similar wildlife surveillance activities under the 
auspices of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; and 
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(D) accredited zoological facilities in the 
United States. 
(3) HPAI.—The term ‘‘HPAI’’ means highly 
pathogenic avian influenza. 
(4) WILDLIFE
GAINS.—The term ‘‘Wildlife 
GAINS’’ means the Wildlife Global Animal Informa-
tion Network for Surveillance established under sec-
tion 5(a). 
(5) WILDLIFE
GAINS
PARTNERS.—The term 
‘‘Wildlife GAINS partners’’ means the partners of 
the Wildlife GAINS described in section 5(b). 
SEC. 5. WILDLIFE GLOBAL ANIMAL INFORMATION NET-
WORK FOR SURVEILLANCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
offer to enter into a contract with 1 or more eligible orga-
nizations to establish a Wildlife Global Animal Informa-
tion Network for Surveillance. 
(b) PARTNERS.—In administering the Wildlife 
GAINS, the Administrator and the eligible organization 
shall collaborate with appropriate— 
(1) Federal and State agency partners, includ-
ing— 
(A) the Department of Agriculture, acting 
through— 
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(i) the Agricultural Research Service; 
and 
(ii) the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service; 
(B) the Department of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention; 
(C) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(D) the Department of Defense; 
(E) the Department of the Interior, acting 
through— 
(i) the United States Geological Sur-
vey; and 
(ii) the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service; and 
(F) various State wildlife agencies in the 
United States; 
(2) multilateral agency partners, including— 
(A) the Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tion; 
(B) the World Health Organization; 
(C) the Office International des Epizooties, 
the world animal health organization; and 
(D) the World Conservation Union; 
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(3) conservation organizations with expertise in 
international and domestic wildlife monitoring and 
surveillance; 
(4) accredited colleges of veterinary medicine 
and medicine; and 
(5) other national and international partners, 
as necessary. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE.—The eligible 
organization, in coordination with the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, shall manage an inter-
national surveillance program under which Federal Wild-
life GAINS partners shall, and non-Federal Wildlife 
GAINS partners are encouraged to— 
(1) monitor and test for the presence or arrival 
of avian influenza and other significant avian patho-
gens at important bird areas around the world and 
in marketplaces with intense trade in wild birds; 
(2) monitor and test for the presence or arrival 
of other significant pathogens in free-ranging wild-
life and in places with intense trade in wild animals; 
(3) use trained professionals to collect samples 
and other data and send samples to appropriate di-
agnostic centers; 
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(4) use the Wildlife GAINS, in partnership with 
relevant agencies and organizations, for con-
ducting— 
(A) disease surveillance activities on migra-
tory birds and other wildlife worldwide; 
(B) domestic and international field inves-
tigations on migratory birds and other wildlife; 
(C) training and capacity-building activi-
ties related to the relationships between human 
health, domestic animal health, and wildlife 
health; and 
(D) research on methods and approaches 
for detection and enhanced surveillance of 
HPAI and other pathogens in migratory birds 
and other wildlife; and 
(5) send samples for pathogen identification 
and testing to certified laboratories that— 
(A) meet internationally established meth-
ods standards; 
(B) are located at— 
(i) the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; 
(ii) 
the 
Office 
International 
des 
Epizooties, the world animal health organi-
zation; 
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(iii) the Food and Agriculture Organi-
zation; 
(iv) National Veterinary Services Lab-
oratories of the Department of Agriculture; 
(v) the Agricultural Research Service; 
or 
(vi) other relevant specialized labora-
tories; and 
(C) report the findings back to the eligible 
organization and Wildlife GAINS partners. 
(d) NETWORK.— 
(1) PARTNERS.—Federal Wildlife GAINS part-
ners shall, and non-Federal Wildlife GAINS part-
ners are encouraged to, transmit information related 
to global distribution and characteristics of signifi-
cant pathogens to the Administrator acting through 
the eligible organization. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator, act-
ing through the eligible organization, shall— 
(A) use surveillance reports and other for-
mal and informal sources of information to 
identify and investigate local disease outbreaks 
of avian influenza and other infectious diseases 
involving wildlife, in coordination with Wildlife 
GAINS partners; 
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(B) develop a long-term baseline of re-
gional data related to HPAI and pathogens in 
migratory birds and other wildlife for analysis 
between and across sites to create a system to 
identify when and where outbreaks might occur 
and paths of dispersal; 
(C) provide technical assistance for disease 
prevention and control programs based on sci-
entific understanding of the relationships be-
tween wildlife health, domestic animal health, 
and human health; 
(D) provide analytical disease findings reg-
ularly to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and other Federal Wild-
life GAINS partners to prevent or combat 
human and animal diseases; 
(E) conduct other activities as are nec-
essary to support the Wildlife GAINS network 
and Wildlife GAINS partners; and 
(F) coordinate Wildlife GAINS surveillance 
results at the headquarters of the eligible orga-
nization. 
(e) DATABASE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, acting 
through the eligible organization, shall manage, 
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map, and make available on a database on the Inter-
net all results and information gathered under this 
Act. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The database shall— 
(A) provide geographic data on wildlife 
populations and the movements of the popu-
lations and laboratory test results; and 
(B) be available for viewing by any Federal 
agency, foreign country, multilateral institution, 
organization, or individual. 
(f) TRAINING.—The Administrator shall request ac-
credited colleges of veterinary medicine and medicine and 
other Wildlife GAINS partners to train members of the 
Wildlife GAINS network to— 
(1) monitor important wildlife areas around the 
world; and 
(2) test for the presence or arrival of avian in-
fluenza and other significant pathogens of zoonotic 
concern or of concern to domestic or wild animals. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
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