(2) any amounts received by the Secretary as 
donations, gifts, or contributions identified for use to 
address wildlife disease emergencies. 
(b) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, amounts in the fund shall 
be available to the Secretary for use in carrying out activi-
ties authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 5. WILDLIFE DISEASE COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may establish 
a Wildlife Disease Committee. The purpose of the Com-
mittee shall be to assist the Secretary in increasing the 
level of preparedness of the United States to address 
emerging wildlife diseases. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The Committee shall— 
(1) advise the Secretary on risk assessment, 
preparation, monitoring, research, and response to 
wildlife diseases that may significantly impact the 
health and sustainability of wildlife populations; and 
(2) draft reports, recommendations, plans, or 
other documents toward accomplishment of these 
purposes as appropriate. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the Committee— 
(1) shall be appointed by the Secretary from 
among individuals who are qualified by education, 
training, and experience; and 
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(2) shall include— 
(A) individuals employed by Federal and 
State agencies and tribal entities who have ex-
pertise in wildlife health, biology, ecology, wild-
life conservation, and natural resource manage-
ment; and 
(B) representatives of public and private 
organizations who have such expertise. 
(d) COMMITTEE CHAIR.—The Committee shall be 
chaired by the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary. 
(e) STAFFING
AND ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall make available to the Committee any staff, informa-
tion, administrative services, or assistance the Secretary 
determines is reasonably required to enable the Committee 
to carry out its functions. 
(f) RENEWAL.—Notwithstanding the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 5 et al.), the Secretary may 
renew the Committee beyond the date it would otherwise 
terminate under that Act. 
SEC. 6. RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS. 
The Secretary, in consultation with the Committee as 
appropriate, may convene rapid response teams to address 
any particular wildlife disease emergency. 
SEC. 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to— 
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(1) limit the Secretary’s authority to respond to 
wildlife disease events that are not declared wildlife 
disease emergencies under this Act; or 
(2) limit, repeal, supersede, or modify any pro-
vision of Federal, State, local, or tribal laws and reg-
ulations. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DISEASE.—The term ‘‘disease’’ means an 
infectious or noninfectious, pathological condition oc-
curring in a susceptible population of wildlife, and 
that is not zoonotic. 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘fund’’ means the Wild-
life Disease Emergency Fund as established by sec-
tion 4. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
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Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin 
Islands. 
(6) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ includes the States and the territories and 
possessions of the United States. 
(7) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means any 
species native to the United States including non-
domesticated mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, rep-
tiles, mollusks, and arthropods. 
(8) WILDLIFE
DISEASE
EMERGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘wildlife disease emergency’’ means a disease 
that is— 
(A) infectious and caused by a newly dis-
covered pathogen or a known infectious disease 
that is expanding its geographic range, species 
impacted, or other recognized impacts; 
(B) posing significant threats to the sus-
tainability of a wildlife species; 
(C) spreading rapidly; or 
(D) posing a significant threat to the 
health of a functioning ecosystem in a priority 
landscape identified as part of the National 
Fish and Wildlife Climate Change Adaptation 
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Plan or another Federal, State, local, or tribal 
law, regulation, or conservation plan. 
Æ 
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