Sec. 1004. Support for State efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease
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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. A State or Tribal agency shall petition the Secretary for a portion of the funds available under subsection (a). 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: Relative scope of incidence of chronic wasting 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. State or Tribal expenditures on chronic wasting disease management, monitoring, surveillance, and applied research, with priority given to those States and Indian Tribes that have shown the greatest financial commitment to managing, monitoring, surveying, and researching chronic wasting disease. 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 priority given to those States and Indian Tribes that have integrated the programs and policies of all involved agencies related to chronic wasting disease management. 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. 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. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $35,000,000 to support State and Tribal efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease, of which— $20,000,000 shall be allocated to States under subsection (a); $5,000,000 shall be allocated to Tribal agencies under subsection (a); and $10,000,000 shall be retained for the rapid response fund under subsection (d). Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph
(1)shall remain available until expended. Not more than three percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph
(1)may be used to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary.