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Union Calendar No. 411 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5498 
[Report No. 111–659, Part I] 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to prevent, deter, prepare 
for, detect, attribute, respond to, and recover from an attack with a 
weapon of mass destruction, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2010 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Ms. CLARKE, and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Com-
merce, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, 
and Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 
The Committees on Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infra-
structure, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence dis-
charged 
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 3, 2010 
DECEMBER 3, 2010 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 17, 2010 
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DECEMBER 17, 2010 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 21, 2010 
DECEMBER 21, 2010 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 22, 2010 
DECEMBER 22, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Ms. RICHARDSON, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE of Texas, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
and Mr. DENT 
DECEMBER 22, 2010 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 10, 2010] 
A BILL 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to pre-
vent, deter, prepare for, detect, attribute, respond to, 
and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass 
destruction, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Sec. 101. National intelligence strategy for countering the threat from weapons of 
mass destruction. 
Sec. 102. National intelligence strategy for countering biological threats. 
TITLE II—HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Weapons of mass destruction prevention and preparedness. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Dual-use terrorist risks from synthetic genomics. 
Sec. 204. Dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to State, 
local, tribal, and private entities with responsibilities relating to 
homeland security. 
Sec. 205. National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC). 
Sec. 206. Report on establishment of the system assessment and validation for 
emergency responders (SAVER) program. 
Sec. 207. National Academy of Sciences study of forensic science in homeland se-
curity. 
Sec. 208. Harmonization of regulations. 
Sec. 209. Communications planning for weapons of mass destruction information 
dissemination. 
Sec. 210. Environmental recovery from chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear attacks. 
TITLE III—PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS 
Sec. 301. National medical countermeasure dispensing strategy. 
Sec. 302. Material threat assessments and determinations. 
Sec. 303. National pre-event vaccination and antimicrobial dispensing policy re-
view. 
Sec. 304. Designation of tier 1 material threat agents. 
Sec. 305. Background checks. 
Sec. 306. Biotechnology research, development, and procurement. 
TITLE IV—FOREIGN RELATIONS MATTERS 
Sec. 401. International collaboration and information sharing relating to biosecu-
rity. 
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Sec. 402. International engagement to enhance biodefense and biosecurity. 
Sec. 403. Interagency task force on best practices for global biopreparedness. 
Sec. 404. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and any committee of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate having leg-
islative jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 
Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the mat-
ter concerned. 
(2) The term ‘‘weapon of mass destruction’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1403(1) fo the 
Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 
1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302). 
(3) The term ‘‘Intelligence Community’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
(4) The term ‘‘national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders’’ means officials from the Federal, 
State, local, and tribal authorities and individuals 
from the private sector who are involved in efforts to 
prevent, deter, prepare for, detect, attribute, respond, 
and recover from a biological attack or other phe-
nomena that may have serious health consequences for 
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‘‘(3) The Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(4) The Department of Defense. 
‘‘(5) The Department of Energy. 
‘‘(6) The Department of Justice. 
‘‘(7) For-profit research institutions. 
‘‘(8) Academic research institutions. 
‘‘(9) Nonprofit research institutions 
‘‘(10) Other stakeholders, as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) TIME REQUIREMENT.—The procedures for the ne-
gotiated rulemaking referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
conducted in a timely manner to ensure that— 
‘‘(1) any recommendations with respect to pro-
posed regulations are provided to the Secretary and 
the heads of the other appropriate Federal agencies 
not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this section; and 
‘‘(2) a final rule is promulgated not later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In developing 
proposed and final standards pursuant to the negotiated 
rulemaking referred to in subsection (a), the negotiated 
rulemaking committee shall consider— 
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