(2) 4 academic representatives from institutions 
of higher education appointed by the Secretary for 
expertise in wildlife population health, epidemiology, 
biology, ecology, conservation, or natural resource 
management; and 
(3) 1 representative of a relevant public or pri-
vate organization appointed by the Secretary for ex-
pertise in wildlife population health, epidemiology, 
biology, ecology, conservation, or natural resource 
management. 
(c) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.—Each council member 
appointed under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) 
shall serve a term of up to 4 years. 
SEC. 10. NATIONAL WILDLIFE DISEASE DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
and maintain the National Wildlife Disease Database to 
centralize data relating to wildlife diseases. 
(b) REQUIRED SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.— 
Each Federal agency and each recipient of a grant under 
section 4 with information relating to domestic wildlife 
diseases shall submit such data to the Database as the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, 
determines appropriate. 
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(c) FORMAT OF INFORMATION.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall establish a uniform format for data submis-
sions to the Database. 
(d) DISEASES INCLUDED.—The Advisory Committee 
and the Interagency Working Group shall jointly, not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, establish and maintain a list of diseases subject to 
reporting under this section. 
(e) FEDERAL AGENCY ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 
provide access to the database to— 
(1) the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control; 
(2) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(3) the Secretary of Commerce; and 
(4) such other heads of Federal, State, and 
Tribal agencies as the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue such 
regulations as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
carry out this section. 
(g) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 
a report to Congress on the most appropriate way to struc-
ture the National Wildlife Disease Database to make data 
as available to the public as possible without disclosing 
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sensitive data relating to Tribal sovereign data, data that 
poses a threat to national security or public health, or sen-
sitive State or private data. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 
thereafter the following amounts: 
(1) to the Director— 
(A) $19,505,000 to carry out section 3; 
(B) $15,000,000 to carry out section 5; 
(C) $5,000,000 to carry out section 6; and 
(D) $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be deposited in the Federal Wild-
life Disease Emergency Response Fund estab-
lished under section 6(b); 
(2) to the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey— 
(A) $20,000,000 to be distributed to the 
Centers for the Study and Diagnostics of Wild-
life Diseases established under section 7; and 
(B) $10,000,000 million to carry out sec-
tion 5; 
(3) to the Secretary— 
(A) $400,000 to carry out section 9; and 
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(B) $10,000,000 for the purposes of car-
rying out section 10. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—There is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated to the Director $27,000,000 for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2025 to carry out section 4. 
(c) REPORT.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
$1,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal year 2023, to re-
main available until expended, to carry out section 5(b)(3). 
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