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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 9597 (Introduced in House) — To create a coordinated domestic wildlife disease surveillance framework for State, Tribal, and local governments to... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Advisory Committee means the Wildlife Disease Surveillance Advisory Committee established under section 9 . The term Database means the National Wildlife Diseases Database established under section 10(a) . The term Director means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term Interagency Working Group means the Federal One Health Interagency Working Group established under section 8 .
The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each of the United States Territories. The term Task Force means the Disease in Wildlife Trade Task Force established under section 5(b) . The term wildlife means any animal that is not livestock or poultry (as such terms are defined in section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 ( 7 U.S.C. 183(a) ).
The term wildlife diseases means any infectious disease of wildlife that can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from an infected animal, host or vector, inanimate source, or other sources. The term Wildlife Disease Surveillance Program means the program established under section 5(a) .
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