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Union Calendar No. 32 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3263 

[Report No. 117–49] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department 

of Homeland Security a medical countermeasures program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2021 

Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself, Mr. VAN DREW, and Mr. GIMENEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 1, 2021 

Additional sponsor: Mr. GUEST

JUNE 1, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

in the Department of Homeland Security a medical countermeasures program, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Medical Counter5 measures Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title XIX of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1932. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

12 medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel 

13 readiness, and protection for the Department’s employees 

14 and working animals in the event of a chemical, biological, 

15 radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occur16 ring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support De17 partment mission continuity. 

18 ‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Medical Officer of the 

19 Department shall provide programmatic oversight of the 

20 medical countermeasures program established pursuant to 

21 subsection (a), and shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) develop Department-wide standards for 

23 medical countermeasure storage, security, dis24 pensing, and documentation; 


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1 ‘‘(2) maintain a stockpile of medical counter2 measures, including antibiotics, antivirals, and radio3 logical countermeasures, as appropriate; 

4 ‘‘(3) preposition appropriate medical counter5 measures in strategic locations nationwide, based on 

6 threat and employee density, in accordance with ap7 plicable Federal statutes and regulations; 

8 ‘‘(4) provide oversight and guidance regarding 

9 the dispensing of stockpiled medical counter10 measures; 

11 ‘‘(5) ensure rapid deployment and dispensing of 

12 medical countermeasures in a chemical, biological, 

13 radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally 

14 occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic; 

15 ‘‘(6) provide training to Department employees 

16 on medical countermeasure dispensing; and 

17 ‘‘(7) support dispensing exercises. 

18 ‘‘(c) MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES WORKING

19 GROUP.—The Chief Medical Officer shall establish a med20 ical countermeasures working group comprised of rep21 resentatives from appropriate components and offices of 

22 the Department to ensure that medical countermeasures 

23 standards are maintained and guidance is consistent. 

24 ‘‘(d) MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES MANAGE25 MENT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enVerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 Jul 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3263.RH H3263

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1 actment of this section, the Chief Medical Officer shall de2 velop and submit to the Secretary an integrated logistics 

3 support plan for medical countermeasures, including— 

4 ‘‘(1) a methodology for determining the ideal 

5 types and quantities of medical countermeasures to 

6 stockpile and how frequently such methodology shall 

7 be reevaluated; 

8 ‘‘(2) a replenishment plan; and 

9 ‘‘(3) inventory tracking, reporting, and rec10 onciliation procedures for existing stockpiles and 

11 new medical countermeasure purchases. 

12 ‘‘(e) STOCKPILE ELEMENTS.—In determining the 

13 types and quantities of medical countermeasures to stock14 pile under subsection (d), the Chief Medical Officer shall 

15 utilize, if available— 

16 ‘‘(1) Department chemical, biological, radio17 logical, and nuclear risk assessments; and 

18 ‘‘(2) Centers for Disease Control and Preven19 tion guidance on medical countermeasures. 

20 ‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

22 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home24 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the 

25 plan developed in accordance with subsection (d) and brief 


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1 such Committees regarding implementing the require2 ments of this section. 

3 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘medical 

4 countermeasures’ means antibiotics, antivirals, radio5 logical countermeasures, and other countermeasures that 

6 may be deployed to protect the Department’s employees 

7 and working animals in the event of a chemical, biological, 

8 radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occur9 ring disease outbreak, or pandemic.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

12 amended by adding after the item relating to section 1931 

13 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1932. Medical countermeasures.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 32 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3263 

[Report No. 117–49] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

other purposes. rity a medical countermeasures program, and for establish in the Department of Homeland SecuJUNE 1, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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