STUDIES ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 10907. STUDIES ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. (a) Scientific Studies.— (1) In general.—The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct scientific studies on— (A) the transmission of spongiform encephalopathy in deer, elk, and moose; and (B) chronic wasting disease (including the risks that chronic wasting disease poses to livestock). (2) Report..—Die Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the results of any scientific studies conducted under paragraph (1). (b) Vaccines.— (1) Vaccine storage study.—The Secretary may— (A) conduct a study to determine the number of doses of livestock disease vaccines that should be available to protect against livestock diseases that could be introduced into the United States; and (B) compare that number with the number of doses of the livestock disease vaccines that are available as of that date. (2) Stockpiling of vaccines.—If, after conducting the study and comparison described in paragraph (1), the Secretary determines that there is an insufficient number of doses of a particular vaccine referred to in that paragraph, the Secretary may take such actions as are necessary to obtain the required additional doses of the vaccine.