partments of wildlife, State departments of agri-
culture, colleges and universities, and related re-
search centers conducting scientific applied research 
regarding chronic wasting disease. 
SEC. 1004. SUPPORT FOR STATE EFFORTS TO MANAGE AND 
CONTROL CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall allocate funds made available under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of subsection (e)(1) directly to State and 
Tribal agencies responsible for wildlife management to 
support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement 
management strategies to address chronic wasting disease. 
(b) PETITION PROCESS.—A State or Tribal agency 
shall petition the Secretary for a portion of the funds 
available under subsection (a). 
(c) FUNDING
PRIORITIES.—In determining the 
amounts to be allocated to State and Tribal agencies 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to 
States and Tribal agencies based on the following criteria: 
(1) Relative scope of incidence of chronic wast-
ing disease on lands of the State or Indian Tribe, 
with priority given to those States and Indian Tribes 
with the highest incidence of the disease. 
(2) State or Tribal expenditures on chronic 
wasting disease management, monitoring, surveil-
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lance, and applied research, with priority given to 
those States and Indian Tribes that have shown the 
greatest financial commitment to managing, moni-
toring, surveying, and researching chronic wasting 
disease. 
(3) Comprehensive and integrated State or 
Tribal policies and programs focused on chronic 
wasting disease management between involved State 
or Tribal wildlife and agricultural agencies, with pri-
ority given to those States and Indian Tribes that 
have integrated the programs and policies of all in-
volved agencies related to chronic wasting disease 
management. 
(4) Rapid response to new outbreaks of chronic 
wasting disease, whether occurring in areas in which 
chronic wasting disease is already found or areas 
with first infections, with the intent of containing 
the disease in any new area of infection. 
(d) RAPID RESPONSE FUND.—The Secretary shall 
use funds made available under subsection (e)(1)(C) as 
a rapid response fund to support State and Tribal efforts 
to control the spread of chronic wasting disease upon the 
detection of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, or 
moose populations not previously infected. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $35,000,000 to sup-
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. 1005. 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: 
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(1) Sustainable cervid harvest management 
practices to reduce chronic wasting disease occur-
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. 1006. MULTI-AGENCY COOPERATION WITH STATES TO 
ADDRESS 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. 
TITLE 
XI—CHRONIC 
WASTING 
DISEASE 
TRANSMISSION 
IN 
CERVIDAE STUDY 
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Chronic Wasting Dis-
ease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act’’. 
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