Sec. 3. Funding for State and Tribal wildlife disease surveillance
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The purposes described in this subsection are the following: Monitoring wildlife for wildlife diseases. Research and development of monitoring methods and technologies to detect and diagnose wildlife diseases. Participating in information sharing through the Database. The establishment and maintenance of programs, facilities, and workforce development programs to carry out the purposes described in paragraphs
(1)through (3). A State or Tribe may submit a wildlife health action plan, including each of the following, to the Director in such form, time, and manner as the Director determines appropriate: Descriptions of wildlife disease surveillance actions proposed for monitoring wildlife disease in the full array of the State or Tribe’s wildlife and priorities for implementing such actions. Plans for adapting these wildlife disease surveillance actions to respond to new information or changing conditions. Plans for managing a wildlife disease outbreak, including potential containment measures and appropriate biosafety and biosecurity measures. A plan to coordinate with relevant Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments, institutes of higher education, and private organizations. Procedures for reviewing such plan not less frequently than every 5 years. The Director shall, not later than 90 days after receiving a submission under paragraph
(1), approve or deny such wildlife health action plan and, in the case of a denial, provide feedback to the submitting entity. The Director and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall jointly establish a program through which— the Director shall provide grants to States with a demonstrated financial need or lack of institutional incapacity to develop a wildlife health action plan under paragraph
(1); and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide grants to Indian Tribes with a demonstrated financial need or lack of institutional incapacity to develop a wildlife health action plan under paragraph
(1). A recipient may use grant funds received under this paragraph to develop a wildlife health action plan to be submitted under paragraph (1). The Director may not distribute under subparagraph
(A)an amount in any fiscal year that exceeds 20 percent of the total amount of funds available for distribution to States under this section in such fiscal year. The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs may not distribute under subparagraph
(A)) an amount in any fiscal year that exceeds 75 percent of the total amount of funds available for distribution to Indian Tribes under this section in such fiscal year. The Director shall, in each fiscal year beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, distribute not less than $15,500,000 to the States with a wildlife health action plan for the applicable fiscal year approved under subsection (b)(1) . In determining the allocation of such amount among such States, the Director shall take into account— the land area of each such State; the population of each such as determined in the most recent census; the presence of any source of increased risk or occurrence of wildlife diseases affecting a State; and the need to develop capacity to surveil wildlife diseases in each State. The Director of the Bureau of Indian affairs shall, in each fiscal year beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, distribute not less than $3,000,000 to Indian Tribes through a noncompetitive grant program. The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall, in consultation with Indian Tribes, establish criteria for the distribution of funds under paragraph
(1). Each State, Indian Tribe, and grant recipient under this section shall participate in the Wildlife Disease Surveillance Program and contribute wildlife disease data to the Database.