Sec. 8. Federal One Health Interagency Working Group
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The Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish the Federal One Health Interagency Working Group to strengthen One Health collaboration related to the prevention, detection, control, and response for the prioritized zoonotic diseases and related One Health work across the Federal Government. The members of the Interagency Working Group shall rotate serving as Chair of such Unit at a frequency to be determined jointly by such members.
The Interagency Working Group shall determine the responsibilities of each member agency with respect to the surveillance and treatment of and research and development programs relating to wildlife diseases. The Interagency Working Group may invite a Federal agency with a mission related to the purposes of this Act to participate as a member in such working group. Each Federal agency that is a member of the Interagency Working Group shall appoint a dedicated coordinator to coordinate the activities of such agency with such working group.
The Coordinator appointed by the Secretary of the Interior under subsection
(e)shall be a direct subordinate of such Secretary.