1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Academy The term Academy means the National Academy of Sciences. (2) Cervid The term cervid means any species within the family Cervidae. (3) Chronic wasting disease The term chronic wasting disease means the animal disease afflicting deer, elk, and moose populations that— (A) is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and (B) belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which group includes scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 3. Chronic wasting disease transmission in cervidae resource study (a) Study (1) In general The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the Academy under which the Academy shall conduct, and submit to the Secretary a report describing the findings of, a special resource study to identify the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of cervids in the United States. (2) Requirements The arrangement under paragraph (1) shall provide that the actual expenses incurred by the Academy in conducting the study under paragraph (1) shall be paid by the Secretary. (b) Contents of the study The study under subsection (a) shall— (1) with respect to wild, captive, and farmed populations of cervids in the United States, identify— (A) (i) the pathways and mechanisms for the transmission of chronic wasting disease within live cervid populations and cervid products; (ii) the infection rates for each pathway and mechanism identified under clause (i); and (iii) the relative frequency of transmission of each pathway and mechanism identified under clause (i)