Sec. 10. Prevention of wildlife pathogens and parasites
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The Secretary shall have the primary authority to prevent, and the primary responsibility for preventing, the importation of, and interstate commerce in, wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites. In addition to regulations required under section 5(a), the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary— to minimize the likelihood of introduction or dissemination of any disease or harmful parasite of native or nonnative wildlife; and to impose any additional necessary import restrictions, including management measures, health certifications, quarantine requirements, specifications for conveyances, holding water, and associated materials, shipment and handling requirements, and other measures that the Secretary determines to be necessary— to prevent the importation of, and interstate commerce in, wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites; and to address— a particular taxon; the place of origin of a particular taxon; and the conveyance and materials associated with wildlife transport.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall exclude from regulation under this section any pathogen, parasite, or host taxon that is— defined or regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services as a threat to humans under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 264 ); defined or regulated by the Department of Agriculture as a threat to livestock or poultry under the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq. ); or specifically defined or regulated by the Department of Agriculture as a plant pest or approved for biological control purposes under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
The Secretary may regulate a pathogen, parasite, or host taxon described in any of subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph
(1)to the extent that the taxon also poses a wildlife disease risk. In promulgating regulations under and otherwise carrying out this section and section 7, the Secretary shall consult and coordinate with— other Federal agencies and departments with authority to regulate taxa; State wildlife agencies; State veterinarians; and other officials with related authorities. In any case in which the Secretary of Agriculture participates in the World Organization for Animal Health, the Secretary of Agriculture shall confer and consult with the Secretary on any matters relating to prevention of wildlife diseases that may threaten the United States.
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