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introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 & ,=e/ry  ,a  
,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,animal ,heal?       
,protection ,act to e/abli% a grant     
program = rese>* on *ronic wa/+ disease1
 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is
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,disease ,rese>* ,act4  #b4 ,*ronic wa/+
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foll[+3  #ajdji;,b4 ,*ronic wa/+ disease
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,congress f9ds t-- 7#a7 a focus on      
rese>* into ! transmission (1 resi/ance 
to1 & epidemiology ( *ronic wa/+ disease
 is ne$$ to in=m future policies to     
combat ! disease & ensure ! heal? (     
c]vid populations2  7#b7 because ,/ates 

h div]se policies = address+ *ronic wa/+
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policies1 *ronic wa/+ disease rema9s a  
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sci5tific advances t lead to ! ability  
to /op transmission ( *ronic wa/+       
disease are ne$$ to ensure ! long-t]m   
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?is section3 7#a7 ,*ronic wa/+ disease  
,! t]m *ronic wa/+ disease means !      
animal disease afflict+ de]1 elk1 &     
moose populations t-- 7,a7 is a         
transmissible disease ( ! n]v\s sy/em   
result+ 9 di/9ctive lesions 9 ! bra92 & 
7,b7 belongs to ! gr\p ( diseases kn[n z
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encephalopa?y1 & ,cruetzfeldt-,jakob    
disease4  7#b7 ,eligible entity ,! t]m  
eligible entity means-- 7,a7 a ,/ate    

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in/itution ( high] education2 &  7,e7 a 
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program  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,n lat] ?an #ij  
days aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is       
section1 ! ,secret>y %all e/abli% a     
program "u :i* ! ,secret>y %all aw>d    
grants on a competitive basis to        
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diagnosis ( *ronic wa/+ disease4  7#b7  
,crit]ia = selection ,9 aw>d+ grants "u 
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live c]vids1 ! environm5t1 & inorganic  
surfaces2 &  7ii7 to decontam9ate ^?    
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suppression or eradication ( *ronic wa/+
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g5etic resi/ance to *ronic wa/+ disease 
& /rategies = us+ g5etic resi/ance to   
combat ! spread ( ! disease4  7#c7      
,numb] ( grant recipi5ts  7,a7 ,9 g5]al 
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p>agraph4  7d7 ,au?orization (          
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,/ates to manage wildlife & live/ock1   
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incid5ce ( *ronic wa/+ disease4  4  7b7 
,te*nical am5dm5t ,section #ajdjc7h7 ( !
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