Sec. 190402. Measures to address species that pose a risk to human health
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The Secretaries shall, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Geological Survey, and other relevant Federal agencies, identify wildlife species (or larger taxonomic groups, if appropriate) that could pose a biohazard risk to human health, and perform a risk analysis with respect to each such species for the purposes of determining whether such species is injurious within the meaning of section 42 of title 18, United States Code.
The Secretaries shall, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish a draft of the list required by paragraph (1). The Secretaries shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, publish a final list required by paragraph (1). The Secretaries shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, provide assistance to foreign countries to end the trade of wildlife that poses a risk to humans because of transmission of pathogens that cause disease.
The Secretary of the Interior shall complete development on the electronic permitting system of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and provide for law enforcement inspection and interdiction of any injurious wildlife species. There is authorized to be appropriated $21,000,000 to remain available until expended for fiscal year 2020 to carry out this section. In this section the term Secretaries means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.