Wildlife Health Coordination and Zoonotic Disease Prevention Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4451 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4451 To support Federal, State, and Tribal coordination and management efforts relating to wildlife disease and zoonotic disease surveillance and ongoing and potential wildlife disease and zoonotic disease outbreaks, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2026 Ms. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support Federal, State, and Tribal coordination and management efforts relating to wildlife disease and zoonotic disease surveillance and ongoing and potential wildlife disease and zoonotic disease outbreaks, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Wildlife Health Coordination and Zoonotic Disease Prevention Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) zoonotic diseases are a significant threat to humans, livestock, domestic animals, and wildlife, which is evidenced by the fact that-- (A) more than 6 out of every 10 known infectious diseases in human populations originated in animals; and (B) 3 out of every 4 new or emerging infectious diseases in human populations originate from animals; (2) zoonotic diseases are capable of transmitting between animal populations, including wildlife, livestock, and domestic animals, and human populations; (3) the majority of recent emerging and transboundary infectious diseases have originated in wildlife, such as the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak since 2022; (4) zoonotic disease spillover events are occurring more frequently, particularly