I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2356 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to prevent, protect 
against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of 
mass destruction, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
CLARKE of Michigan, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, and Mr. MEEHAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Se-
lect Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to pre-
vent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an 
attack with a weapon of mass destruction, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011’’. 
(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—A NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ENTERPRISE 
Sec. 101. Special Assistant for Biodefense. 
Sec. 102. National Biodefense Plan. 
Sec. 103. National biosurveillance strategy. 
Sec. 104. Comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis. 
TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Sec. 201. National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction. 
Sec. 202. National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. 
TITLE III—HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Weapons of mass destruction prevention and preparedness. 
‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Prevention 
‘‘Sec. 2101. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information 
sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 2102. Risk assessments. 
‘‘Sec. 2103. Periodic homeland security review of criminal statutes. 
‘‘Sec. 2104. Export enforcement for counterproliferation. 
‘‘Sec. 2105. Communication of threat information. 
‘‘Sec. 2106. Individual and community preparedness for chemical, biologi-
cal, radiological, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Protection 
‘‘Sec. 2121. Detection of biological attacks. 
‘‘Sec. 2122. Rapid biological threat detection and identification at ports of 
entry. 
‘‘Sec. 2123. Evaluating detection technology. 
‘‘Sec. 2124. Laboratory biosecurity information sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 2125. Domestic implementation of the Global Nuclear Detection Ar-
chitecture. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Response 
‘‘Sec. 2131. First responder guidance concerning chemical, biological, radi-
ological, and nuclear attacks. 
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‘‘Sec. 2132. Integrated plume modeling for collective response. 
‘‘Sec. 2133. Establishment of the System Assessment and Validation for 
Emergency Responders (SAVER) program. 
‘‘Sec. 2134. Payment for laboratory response services. 
‘‘Sec. 2135. Bioforensics capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2136. Federal law enforcement training to investigate biological 
threats. 
‘‘Sec. 2137. Metropolitan Medical Response System Program. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Recovery 
‘‘Sec. 2141. Identifying and addressing gaps in recovery capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2142. Recovery from a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
attack or incident. 
‘‘Sec. 2143. Exercises. 
Sec. 302. Enhancing laboratory biosecurity. 
Sec. 303. Definitions. 
Sec. 304. Dual-use terrorist risks from synthetic biology. 
Sec. 305. Dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to State, 
local, tribal, and private entities with responsibilities relating to 
homeland security. 
TITLE IV—PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS 
Sec. 401. Sense of Congress regarding Federal coordination on medical coun-
termeasures. 
Sec. 402. National medical countermeasure dispensing strategy. 
‘‘Sec. 319F–5. National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy. 
Sec. 403. National pre-event vaccination and antimicrobial dispensing policy re-
view. 
Sec. 404. Management of short shelf life vaccine and antimicrobial stockpiles. 
Sec. 405. Material threat determinations reviews. 
Sec. 406. Background checks. 
TITLE V—FOREIGN RELATIONS MATTERS 
Sec. 501. International engagement to enhance biodefense and laboratory bio-
security. 
Sec. 502. International collaboration and information sharing relating to bio-
security. 
Sec. 503. Interagency task force on best practices for global biopreparedness. 
Sec. 504. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 
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having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 
over the matter concerned. 
(2) 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)). 
(3) The term ‘‘national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders’’ means officials from the Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal authorities and individ-
uals from the private sector who are involved in ef-
forts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and re-
cover from a biological attack or other phenomena 
that may have serious health consequences for the 
United States, including wide-scale fatalities or in-
fectious disease outbreaks. 
TITLE I—A NATIONAL 
BIODEFENSE ENTERPRISE 
SEC. 101. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR BIODEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall assign a 
member of the National Security Council to serve as Spe-
cial Assistant to the President for Biodefense, who shall— 
(1) serve as the principal advisor to the Presi-
dent regarding coordination of Federal biodefense 
policy including prevention, protection, response, and 
recovery from biological attacks or other phenomena 
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that may have serious health consequences for the 
United States, including wide-scale fatalities or in-
fectious disease outbreaks; 
(2) identify gaps, duplication, and other ineffi-
ciencies in existing biodefense activities and the ac-
tions necessary to overcome these obstacles; 
(3) lead the development of a coordinated Na-
tional Biodefense Plan, in accordance with section 
102; 
(4) lead the development of a coordinated Na-
tional Biosurveillance Strategy, in accordance with 
section 103; 
(5) lead the development of a coordinated na-
tional research and development strategy and imple-
mentation plan for microbial forensics, the latter to 
be updated not less than once every four years; 
(6) oversee, in coordination with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, the develop-
ment of a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense 
budget analysis to inform prioritization of resources 
and ensure that biodefense challenges are adequately 
addressed, in accordance with section 104; and 
(7) conduct ongoing oversight and evaluation of 
implementation of Federal biodefense activities by 
relevant Government departments and agencies. 
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(b) ACCESS BY CONGRESS.—The appointment of the 
Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense shall not 
be construed as affecting access by Congress or commit-
tees of either House of Congress to information, docu-
ments, and studies in the possession of, or conducted by 
or at the direction of, the Special Assistant. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL BIODEFENSE PLAN. 
The Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense 
shall submit to the President a National Biodefense Plan 
that— 
(1) identifies biological risks to the Nation to be 
addressed by the Plan, consistent with section 2102 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended 
by this Act; 
(2) delineates activities and tasks to be per-
formed, including prevention, protection, response, 
and recovery activities, to address the risks identi-
fied under paragraph (1); 
(3) identifies biodefense assets, interdepend-
encies, and capability gaps; 
(4) defines organizational roles, responsibilities, 
and coordination of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
authorities with respect to the activities and tasks 
delineated in (2); 
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(5) integrates and supports the strategies out-
lined in Presidential Policy Directives 2 and 8 and 
Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 9, 10, 
18, 21, and their successors, and other strategy doc-
uments as appropriate; 
(6) is consistent with the National Response 
Framework as published by the Secretary of Home-
land Security in January 2008, and any successors 
thereof; 
(7) incorporates input from Federal, State, 
local, and tribal stakeholders; 
(8) provides planning guidance to biosecurity 
and biodefense stakeholders; and 
(9) shall be delivered to the President and the 
Congress within 18 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and updated as necessary. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY FOR BIOSURVEILLANCE.—The Special 
Assistant to the President for Biodefense shall publish a 
National Strategy for Biosurveillance. 
(b) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In developing 
the strategy required under subsection (a), the Special As-
sistant shall take into consideration— 
(1) the state of biosurveillance domestically and 
internationally; 
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(2) material threat assessments and determina-
tions developed by the Secretary in accordance with 
the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
276) and the amendments made by that Act; 
(3) reports on global trends produced by the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence re-
garding the biological threat; 
(4) information available in biosurveillance sys-
tems and changes to information technology includ-
ing systems used commercially to allow for the incor-
poration and integration of this information; 
(5) Intelligence Community needs as articulated 
in relevant intelligence strategies; and 
(6) costs associated with establishing and main-
taining the necessary infrastructure to integrate bio-
surveillance systems. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—In addition to the 
strategy required under subsection (a), the Special Assist-
ant shall publish an implementation plan for such strategy 
that includes benchmarks for measuring the success of the 
Strategy. The implementation plan shall— 
(1) include a plan for advancing situational 
awareness of biological threats, by rapid detection 
and dissemination of biosurveillance information in 
real time, and through other means; 
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(2) identify key elements of information to be 
shared, critical sensitivities to be protected, and a 
framework for enabling information exchange; 
(3) include a plan for fostering information 
sharing among national biosecurity and biodefense 
stakeholders to identify potential threats, reduce 
vulnerabilities and improve collective response activi-
ties to and investigations of suspected biological at-
tacks; and 
(4) include a plan for enhancing the capability 
of the Federal Government to rapidly identify, char-
acterize, localize, and track a biological event of na-
tional concern by integrating and analyzing data re-
lating to human health, animal, plant, food, and en-
vironmental monitoring systems (both national and 
international). 
(d) DEADLINE; SUBMISSION; UPDATES.—The Spe-
cial Assistant shall— 
(1) publish the strategy, and submit it to the 
appropriate congressional committees, by not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) publish an implementation plan for such 
strategy not later than two years after the date of 
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enactment of this Act, and update the implementa-
tion plan at least once every four years. 
SEC. 104. COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-CUTTING BIODEFENSE 
BUDGET ANALYSIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance strategic 
planning, eliminate redundancies, identify capability gaps, 
and provide for greater transparency, the Special Assist-
ant to the President for Biodefense, in coordination with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, concurrent with the submission of the President’s an-
nual budget to the Congress, a comprehensive cross-cut-
ting biodefense budget analysis that delineates and inte-
grates the biodefense expenditure requests for the depart-
ments and agencies headed by the officials listed in sub-
section (c). 
(b) CONTENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The comprehensive cross- 
cutting biodefense budget analysis shall provide a 
detailed, separate analysis, by budget function, by 
department or agency, and by initiative area (as de-
termined by the Administration), for the prior fiscal 
year, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal years for 
which the budget is submitted, identifying the 
amounts of gross and net appropriations or 
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obligational authority and outlays that contribute to 
biodefense, with separate displays for mandatory 
and discretionary amounts, including— 
(A) summaries of the total amount of such 
appropriations or obligational authority and 
outlays requested for biodefense; 
(B) an estimate of the current service lev-
els of biodefense spending; and 
(C) an indication of how the Federal ac-
tivities or accounts covered by the analysis sup-
port the activities delineated in the National 
Biodefense Plan under section 102(2). 
(2) ACCOUNT-LEVEL AMOUNTS.—With respect 
to subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), 
amounts shall be provided by account for each pro-
gram, project, and activity. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In implementing this section, 
including determining what Federal activities or accounts 
constitute biodefense for purposes of budgetary classifica-
tion, the Special Assistant, in coordination with the Direc-
tor of Office of Management and Budget, shall consult 
with— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(2) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(3) the Secretary of Defense; 
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(4) the Secretary of Energy; 
(5) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices; 
(6) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
(7) the Secretary of State; 
(8) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
(9) the Attorney General; 
(10) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; 
(11) the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation; and 
(12) the Postmaster General of the United 
States. 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Periodically, 
but at least annually, the Special Assistant for Biodefense 
shall consult with the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Appropriations Committees of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and the Congressional 
Budget Office. 
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TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY FOR COUN-
TERING THE THREAT FROM WEAPONS OF 
MASS DESTRUCTION. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the heads of other appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies, shall de-
velop and implement— 
(A) a strategy designed to improve the ca-
pabilities of the United States to collect, ana-
lyze, and disseminate intelligence related to 
weapons of mass destruction; and 
(B) a plan to implement such strategy. 
(2) TITLE.—The strategy required under para-
graph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from 
Weapons of Mass Destruction’’. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) identify and address target capabilities 
needed for successful intelligence collection on weap-
ons of mass destruction; 
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(2) include methods for the recruitment, train-
ing, and retention of a workforce with expertise in 
the collection, analysis, and dissemination of intel-
ligence related to all types of weapons of mass de-
struction and science and technology related to 
weapons of mass destruction, as well as expertise in 
science and technology relating to risks posed by 
weapons of mass destruction; and 
(3) include methods for information sharing 
and collaboration, as appropriate, with non-Federal 
national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The plan for imple-
menting the strategy required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) actions necessary to increase the effective-
ness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence on 
weapons of mass destruction throughout the Intel-
ligence Community and with other Federal partners, 
including a description of statutory, regulatory, pol-
icy, technical, security, or other barriers that impede 
such sharing, and, as appropriate, the development 
of uniform standards across the Intelligence Com-
munity for such sharing; 
(2) methods to disseminate intelligence prod-
ucts to national biosecurity and biodefense stake-
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holders in classified and unclassified formats to in-
crease the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing 
of information; 
(3) actions necessary to provide open-source in-
telligence relating to weapons of mass destruction 
to— 
(A) appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies; 
(B) State, local, and tribal authorities; and 
(C) private entities; 
(4) specific objectives to be accomplished, with 
corresponding schedule, for each year of the five- 
year period that begins on the date on which the 
strategy is submitted to the appropriate congres-
sional committees under subsection (e) and tasks to 
accomplish such objectives, including— 
(A) a list prioritizing such objectives and 
such tasks; and 
(B) a schedule for meeting such objectives 
and carrying out such tasks; 
(5) assignments of roles and responsibilities to 
elements of the Intelligence Community to imple-
ment the strategy; and 
(6) a schedule for assessment of the effective-
ness and efficiency of the strategy, including 
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metrics, and a description of the components of the 
assessment. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall coordinate with State, local, and tribal gov-
ernment authorities, private sector, and nongovernmental 
organizations in the development of the National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons 
of Mass Destruction. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees the strategy and plan 
required under subsection (a). The submission shall be in 
unclassified form but with a classified annex, as appro-
priate. 
(f) UPDATES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall update the implementation plan at least once every 
4 years. 
SEC. 202. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY FOR COUN-
TERING BIOLOGICAL THREATS. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Special Assistant to the Presi-
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dent for Biodefense, and the heads of other appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies, shall de-
velop and implement a strategy and a plan for im-
plementing the strategy that is integrated into the 
National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the 
Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction, as re-
quired under this title. 
(2) TITLE.—The strategy required under para-
graph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats’’. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) identify and address target capabilities 
needed for successful intelligence collection on bio-
logical threats; 
(2) include a plan for establishing in the Intel-
ligence Community a cadre of collectors and analysts 
in all relevant agencies in the Intelligence Commu-
nity that are familiar with biological threats, biologi-
cal science, and biotechnology, including— 
(A) biological scientists; 
(B) biotechnologists; and 
(C) experts with knowledge of the current 
state of technologies that could be used to de-
velop a weapon of mass destruction; 
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(3) include a plan for defining the functions, 
capabilities, and gaps in the Intelligence Community 
workforce with respect to assessing the biological 
threat; 
(4) include methods for collaboration— 
(A) with non-Intelligence Community tech-
nical experts within Federal departments and 
agencies; and 
(B) as appropriate, with individuals with 
expertise described in paragraph (2) who are 
not employed by the Federal Government, in 
particular with State and local biodefense stake-
holders; 
(5) include a plan for defining, integrating, fo-
cusing, and enhancing existing capabilities in the In-
telligence Community dedicated to current and stra-
tegic biological threats; and 
(6) 
include 
a 
plan 
for 
ensuring 
the 
prioritization and sustained commitment of intel-
ligence personnel and resources to address biological 
threats. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The implementation 
plan for the strategy required under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) include actions necessary to increase the ef-
fectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intel-
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ligence throughout the Intelligence Community on 
biological weapons and organisms that could be used 
for biological terrorism, including a description of 
statutory, regulatory, policy, technical, security, or 
other barriers that prevent such sharing, and, as ap-
propriate, the development of uniform standards 
across the Intelligence Community for such sharing; 
(2) address strategic and tactical human intel-
ligence, measurement and signature intelligence, 
technical intelligence, medical intelligence, and open- 
source intelligence activities necessary to implement 
the strategy; 
(3) identify specific objectives to be accom-
plished during each year of the five-year period that 
begins on the date on which the strategy is sub-
mitted to the appropriate congressional committees 
under subsection (d) and tasks to accomplish such 
objectives, including— 
(A) a list prioritizing such objectives and 
such tasks; and 
(B) a schedule for meeting such objectives 
and carrying out such tasks; 
(4) assign roles and responsibilities to elements 
of the Intelligence Community to implement the 
strategy; 
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(5) a schedule for assessment of the effective-
ness and efficiency of the strategy, including 
metrics; and 
(6) a schedule for evaluating on a regular basis 
the efforts of the Intelligence Community and 
progress on understanding and countering biological 
threats. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the strategy and plan required under sub-
section (a). The report shall be in unclassified form but 
with a classified annex, as appropriate. 
(e) UPDATES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall update the implementation plan at least once every 
4 years. 
TITLE III—HOMELAND 
SECURITY MATTERS 
SEC. 301. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new title: 
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‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION 
PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Prevention 
‘‘SEC. 2101. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL-
LIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct intelligence and information shar-
ing activities consistent with the National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from 
Weapons of Mass Destruction under section 201 of 
the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011 
and the National Intelligence Strategy for Coun-
tering Biological Threats under section 202 of that 
Act; 
‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 
their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi-
ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 
the Nation; 
‘‘(3) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 
health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 
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‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security capabilities and structures, including fusion 
centers established pursuant to section 210A, to en-
hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 
efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radio-
logical, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an-
alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 
tribal authorities as well as other national biosecu-
rity and biodefense stakeholders; and 
‘‘(6) perform other responsibilities, as assigned 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—Where appropriate, the Office 
of Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other 
relevant Department components, others in the Intel-
ligence Community, including the National Counter Pro-
liferation Center, and State, local, and tribal authorities, 
including officials from high-threat areas, and enable such 
entities to provide recommendations on optimal informa-
tion sharing mechanisms, including expeditious sharing of 
classified information, and on how they can provide infor-
mation to the Department. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section and 
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annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the 
appropriate congressional committees on— 
‘‘(A) the intelligence and information shar-
ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel-
evant entities within the Department to counter 
the threat from weapons of mass destruction; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Department’s activities in accord-
ance with relevant intelligence strategies, in-
cluding the National Intelligence Strategy for 
Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass 
Destruction and the National Intelligence Strat-
egy for Countering Biological Threats. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
report shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of methods established 
to assess progress of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis in implementing this section; and 
‘‘(B) such assessment. 
‘‘SEC. 2102. RISK ASSESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in coordina-
tion with relevant Department components and other ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies— 
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‘‘(1) produce and update periodically a risk as-
sessment of chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear threats; and 
‘‘(2) produce and update periodically an inte-
grated risk assessment that assesses all of those 
threats and ranks them against one another accord-
ing to their relative risk. 
‘‘(b) METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) convene an interagency task force of 
relevant subject matter experts to assess the 
proposed methodology to be used for assess-
ments required under subsection (a), and to 
provide recommendations to the Secretary as to 
the adequacy of such methodology; 
‘‘(B) conduct sensitivity analysis on each 
assessment to identify and prioritize research 
activities to close knowledge gaps; and 
‘‘(C) consider the evolving threat from an 
intelligent adversary. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN ASSESSMENT.—Each assess-
ment under subsection (a) shall include a description 
of the methodology used for the assessment. 
‘‘(c) USAGE.—The assessments required under sub-
section (a) shall be used to inform and guide— 
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‘‘(1) the threat assessments and determinations 
by the Secretary regarding agents and toxins pursu-
ant to section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service 
Act; 
‘‘(2) prioritization of medical countermeasure 
research, development, acquisition, and distribution 
activities and other national strategic biodefense re-
search; 
‘‘(3) tailored risk assessments, as appropriate, 
on topics such as radiological materials security or 
the economic risks of a biological attack; and 
‘‘(4) other homeland security activities as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary and the heads of 
other agencies. 
‘‘(d) INPUT AND SHARING.—The Secretary shall, for 
each assessment required under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) seek input from national biosecurity and 
biodefense stakeholders, and other State, local, and 
tribal officials involved in efforts to prevent, protect, 
respond to, and recover from chemical, biological, ra-
diological, and nuclear threats; 
‘‘(2) share the risk assessments with Federal, 
State, local and tribal officials with appropriate se-
curity clearances and a need for the information in 
the classified version; and 
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‘‘(3) make available an unclassified version for 
Federal, State, local, and tribal officials involved in 
prevention and preparedness for chemical, biological, 
radiological, and nuclear events. 
‘‘SEC. 2103. PERIODIC HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW OF 
CRIMINAL STATUTES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary and the heads of other Fed-
eral departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall, for 
purposes of enhancing homeland security— 
‘‘(1) periodically review and recommend updates 
to criminal laws to ensure that such laws are well 
suited to the evolving risks of misuse of life sciences 
by terrorists and others; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders at unique risk of exploitation 
have access to guidance regarding actions that can 
reduce the risk of misuse of life sciences by terror-
ists and others. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this section, and biannually 
thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the recommended updates to criminal laws, as 
described in subsection (a)(1). 
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‘‘SEC. 2104. EXPORT ENFORCEMENT FOR COUNTERPRO-
LIFERATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct homeland security investigations 
and enforce criminal violations of customs and ex-
port laws of the United States related to military 
items, controlled commodities, and sanctioned or em-
bargoed countries or persons to prevent individuals, 
terrorist groups, foreign adversaries, and hostile na-
tions from— 
‘‘(A) illegally obtaining sensitive United 
States technology and munitions; and 
‘‘(B) obtaining components, precursors, 
and delivery systems for chemical, biological, 
radiological, and nuclear weapons, including— 
‘‘(i) United States military technical 
data, hardware, small arms and defense 
services; 
‘‘(ii) dual-use technical data/source 
code and commodities; and 
‘‘(iii) deemed exports; and 
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‘‘(2) conduct industry outreach with manufac-
turers and exporters of strategic commodities that 
may be targeted for procurement by terrorist organi-
zations and the countries that support them as well 
as countries identified as weapons proliferators, in a 
manner that acknowledges commerce and trade, 
by— 
‘‘(A) educating companies and individuals 
on the export laws of the United States; 
‘‘(B) discussing export licensing issues and 
requirements; 
‘‘(C) identifying red flag indicators used in 
illegal procurement; 
‘‘(D) identifying the government agencies 
responsible for the licensing of export-controlled 
commodities and technology; and 
‘‘(E) establishing and fostering relation-
ships whereby companies and individuals can 
report suspicious contacts or attempts to violate 
the export laws of the United States. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL EXPORT ENFORCEMENT COORDINA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be main-
tained in the Department the Export Enforcement 
Coordination Center, with capability for national ex-
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port enforcement coordination that is managed by 
the Secretary and coordinates the export enforce-
ment activities among the Department, the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Defense, the Department of En-
ergy, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
State, the Department of the Treasury, the Intel-
ligence Community, and other Federal agencies as 
appropriate. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Center shall— 
‘‘(A) enhance Federal coordination for law 
enforcement counterproliferation investigations, 
including coordination and deconfliction with 
intelligence counterproliferation activities; 
‘‘(B) address licensing inquiries, reviews, 
requests, checks, and verifications; and 
‘‘(C) conduct outreach and provide train-
ing to the export trade community. 
‘‘SEC. 2105. COMMUNICATION OF THREAT INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Ter-
rorism recommended that ‘the Federal Government 
should practice greater openness of public informa-
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tion so that citizens better understand the threat 
and the risk this threat poses to them’. 
‘‘(2) There are unique challenges for commu-
nity preparedness for attacks from weapons of mass 
destruction. 
‘‘(b) COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A communications plan de-
veloped under subsection (a)(4) shall be designed to 
provide information to the public related to pre-
venting, preparing for, and responding to chemical, 
biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘(2) 
CONSULTATION.—As 
appropriate, 
the 
head of each Federal agency shall consult with 
State, local, and tribal authorities and coordinate 
with other Federal departments and agencies in de-
veloping a communications plans under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) PRE-SCRIPTED MESSAGES AND MESSAGE 
TEMPLATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall develop and disseminate, through the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, inte-
grated public alerts and warnings system, pre- 
scripted messages and message templates to be 
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provided to State, local, and tribal authorities 
so that those authorities can quickly and rap-
idly disseminate critical information to the pub-
lic in anticipation of, during, or in the imme-
diate aftermath of a chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear attack, and to be included 
in the Department of Homeland Security’s les-
sons learned information sharing system. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT
AND
DESIGN.—The 
pre-scripted messages or message templates 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be developed in consultation with 
State, local, and tribal authorities and in 
coordination with other appropriate Fed-
eral departments and agencies; 
‘‘(ii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to the population directly af-
fected by an incident, including informa-
tion regarding an evacuation, sheltering in 
place, hospital surge operations, health, 
and safety; 
‘‘(iii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to emergency response pro-
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viders and medical personnel responding to 
an incident; and 
‘‘(iv) include direction for the coordi-
nation of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
communications teams. 
‘‘(C) COMMUNICATIONS
FORMATS.—The 
Administrator shall develop pre-scripted mes-
sages or message templates under this para-
graph in multiple formats to ensure delivery— 
‘‘(i) in cases where the usual commu-
nications infrastructure is unusable; and 
‘‘(ii) to individuals with disabilities or 
other special needs and individuals with 
limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) DISSEMINATION AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that all pre-scripted messages and message 
templates developed under this paragraph are 
made available to State, local, and tribal au-
thorities so that those authorities may incor-
porate them, as appropriate, into their emer-
gency plans. The Administrator shall also make 
available relevant technical assistance to those 
authorities to support communications plan-
ning. 
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‘‘(E) EXERCISES.—To ensure that the pre- 
scripted messages or message templates devel-
oped under this paragraph can be effectively 
utilized in a disaster or incident, the Adminis-
trator shall incorporate Federal, State, local, 
and tribal communications teams that deliver 
such pre-scripted messages or message tem-
plates into exercises, including those conducted 
under the National Exercise Program. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the communications plans required to be 
developed under this subsection, including pre- 
scripted messages or message templates developed in 
conjunction with the plans and a description of the 
means that will be used to deliver these messages 
during such incidents. 
‘‘(c) TERRORISM THREAT AWARENESS.— 
‘‘(1) TERRORISM
THREAT
AWARENESS.—The 
Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General 
and heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall for 
purposes of preparedness and collective response to 
terrorism and for other purposes— 
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‘‘(A) ensure that homeland security infor-
mation concerning terrorist threats is provided 
to State, local, and tribal authorities and the 
public within the United States, as appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(B) establish a process to optimize oppor-
tunities for qualified heads of State, local, and 
tribal government entities to obtain appropriate 
security clearances so that they may receive 
classified threat information when appropriate. 
‘‘(2) THREAT BULLETINS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall, on a timely basis, prepare unclassified 
threat bulletins on chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear threats. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each assessment 
required under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) include guidance to the public for 
preventing and responding to acts of ter-
rorism arising from such threats; and 
‘‘(ii) be made available on the Internet 
Web site of the Department and other 
publicly accessible Internet Web sites, com-
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munication systems, and information net-
works. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 
AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall provide to State, local, and trib-
al authorities written guidance on commu-
nicating terrorism-related threats and risks to 
the public within their jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(B) shall identify and articulate the gov-
ernmental rationale for identifying particular 
communities as being at heightened risk of ex-
ploitation. 
‘‘(4) USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—The Sec-
retary shall use Internet Web sites, communication 
systems, and information networks in operation on 
the date of an assessment under this subsection, and 
shall coordinate with other heads of Federal depart-
ments and agencies to provide information through 
existing channels to satisfy the requirements of 
paragraph (2)(B)(ii). The Secretary shall provide 
guidance on how State, local, tribal, and private en-
tities can partner with public television stations to 
disseminate information provided by the Department 
and shall provide information on best practices on 
disseminating information to residents of local com-
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munities, including leveraging public television sta-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 2106. INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS 
FOR 
CHEMICAL, 
BIOLOGICAL, 
RADIO-
LOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR ATTACKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, shall assist State, local, and tribal authori-
ties in improving and promoting individual and community 
preparedness and collective response to terrorist attacks 
involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
materials against the United States by— 
‘‘(1) developing guidance and checklists of rec-
ommended actions for individual and community 
prevention and preparedness efforts and dissemi-
nating such guidance and checklists to communities 
and individuals; 
‘‘(2) updating new and existing guidance and 
checklists as appropriate; 
‘‘(3) disseminating the guidance developed 
under section 2131 to communities and individuals, 
as appropriate; 
‘‘(4) providing information and training mate-
rials in support of individual and community pre-
paredness efforts; 
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‘‘(5) conducting individual and community pre-
paredness outreach efforts; and 
‘‘(6) such other actions as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—Where appropriate, the Sec-
retary shall coordinate with private sector and nongovern-
mental organizations to promote individual and commu-
nity preparedness and collective response to terrorist at-
tacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear materials against the United States. 
‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—In compiling guidance for 
individual and community preparedness in order to carry 
out subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall give due regard 
to best practices based on the experience of other agencies 
and countries and the expertise of academic institutions 
and nongovernmental organizations. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Protection 
‘‘SEC. 2121. DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram to detect a biological attack or event that poses a 
high risk to homeland security. Through such program, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) deploy detectors to areas, based on risk, to 
indicate the presence of biological agents; 
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‘‘(2) consider multiple deployment strategies in-
cluding surge capability; 
‘‘(3) provide information to participating lab-
oratories for their use in monitoring public health, 
and biological material from these detectors to par-
ticipating laboratories for testing; 
‘‘(4) regularly communicate with, and provide 
information about the presence of biological agents 
to appropriate public health, law enforcement, emer-
gency services, and fire personnel at all levels of gov-
ernment in a manner that ensures transparency with 
the governments served by such personnel; 
‘‘(5) provide advanced planning tools, concepts 
of operations (including alarm resolution protocols 
and response guidance), and training exercises (in-
cluding in collaboration with relevant national level 
exercises) for collective response to and recovery 
from biological attacks; and 
‘‘(6) provide technical assistance to jurisdictions 
hosting the program to improve their ability to re-
spond to a detected pathogen. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Under the pro-
gram required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into memoranda of agreement or 
interagency agreements under the Economy Act of 
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1933 (31 U.S.C. 1535 et seq.) with the Director of 
the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the heads of other Federal departments 
and agencies, setting forth roles and responsibilities, 
including with respect to validating performance and 
developing testing protocols for participating labora-
tories and coordination with appropriate State, local, 
and tribal agencies; 
‘‘(2) establish criteria for determining whether 
plans for biological detector capabilities and coverage 
sufficiently protect the United States population, 
and make such determinations on an annual basis; 
‘‘(3) acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, and in consultation with 
the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, implement an assay equivalency program 
for biological threat assays that— 
‘‘(A) evaluates biological threat detection 
assays, their protocols for use, and their associ-
ated response algorithms for confirmation of bi-
ological threat agents, taking performance 
measures and concepts of operation into consid-
eration; 
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‘‘(B) develops assay equivalency standards 
based on the findings of the evaluation under 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) requires implementation of the stand-
ards developed under subparagraph (B) for all 
Department biological detection programs; 
‘‘(D) makes such standards available and 
promotes their use to support all other Federal 
biological detection programs; and 
‘‘(E) is updated as necessary; and 
‘‘(4) prior to acquiring and deploying biodetec-
tion technology, require— 
‘‘(A) a cost-benefit analysis, including an 
analysis of alternatives, that shall be informed 
by the terrorism risk assessments under section 
2103; 
‘‘(B) operational testing and evaluation; 
and 
‘‘(C) operational assessment by the end 
users of the technology. 
‘‘(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
enter into contracts with participating laboratories for— 
‘‘(1) the provision of laboratory services for 
purposes of this section on a fee-for-service basis or 
on a prepayment or other similar basis; and 
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‘‘(2) administrative and other costs related to 
hosting program personnel and equipment in these 
laboratories. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘participating laboratory’ means 
a laboratory that has been accepted as a member of 
the Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism 
that— 
‘‘(A) is fully equipped to detect and re-
spond quickly to acts of biological terrorism; 
‘‘(B) provides biocontainment and micro-
biological analysis in support of the Depart-
ment, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
other law enforcement agencies with responsibil-
ities for investigating biological incidents; and 
‘‘(C) supports threat agent characteriza-
tion studies and assay evaluation, research and 
development. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘assay’ means any scientific test 
that is designed to detect the presence of a biological 
threat agent that is of a type selected under criteria 
established by the Secretary. 
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‘‘SEC. 2122. RAPID BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTION AND 
IDENTIFICATION AT PORTS OF ENTRY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in consulta-
tion with the heads of other relevant operational compo-
nents of the Department, to assess whether the develop-
ment of technological screening capabilities for biological 
agents, pandemic influenza, and other infectious diseases 
should be undertaken by the Science and Technology Di-
rectorate to support entry and exit screening at ports of 
entry and for other purposes. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS.—If the Under 
Secretary determines that the development of such screen-
ing capabilities should be undertaken, the Secretary shall, 
to the extent possible, initiate development of safe and ef-
fective methods to— 
‘‘(1) rapidly screen incoming individuals at 
ports of entry for biological agents, pandemic influ-
enza, and other infectious diseases; and 
‘‘(2) obtain results of such screening near the 
point of screening. 
‘‘SEC. 2123. EVALUATING DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. 
‘‘The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, may 
carry out a program to— 
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‘‘(1) establish near-term performance metrics, 
based to the greatest extent practicable on voluntary 
consensus standards, to evaluate the effectiveness of 
detection technology for high-priority biological 
agents and toxins and high-priority chemical agents; 
‘‘(2) establish a process for voluntary testing 
and evaluation of technology by an accredited lab-
oratory for the effective detection of high-priority bi-
ological agents and toxins and high-priority chemical 
agents, 
including 
the 
collection 
of 
fees 
and 
incentivization for the program through potential for 
SAFETY Act certification or placement on the au-
thorized equipment list; and 
‘‘(3) with permission from the detection tech-
nology manufacturer, make available to Federal de-
partments and agencies, State, territorial, local, and 
tribal entities, and the private sector the results of 
detection system testing and evaluation under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘SEC. 2124. LABORATORY BIOSECURITY INFORMATION 
SHARING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
procedures, with appropriate controls on access, for the 
sharing of homeland security information, including bio-
logical laboratory vulnerability assessments, security 
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plans, best practices, and other laboratory biosecurity-re-
lated information, as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, with State, local, and tribal government authori-
ties, including law enforcement authorities and emergency 
response providers. 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN DATABASES.—In 
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall have access 
to information from the national databases established 
under section 212(d)(2) of the Agricultural Bioterrorism 
Protection Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8401(d)(2)) and sub-
section (d)(2) of section 351A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 262a). 
‘‘(c) CLASSIFIED AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that any information dissemi-
nated under this section is handled consistent with— 
‘‘(1) the authority of the Director of National 
Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and meth-
ods under the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and related procedures or simi-
lar authorities of the Attorney General concerning 
sensitive law enforcement information; 
‘‘(2) section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Privacy Act of 1974); 
and 
‘‘(3) other relevant laws. 
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‘‘SEC. 2125. DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL 
NUCLEAR DETECTION ARCHITECTURE. 
‘‘(a) SECURING THE CITIES.—The Director of the 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office shall establish and 
maintain a multilayered system of detection technologies, 
programs, and guidelines designed to enhance the Na-
tion’s ability to detect and prevent a radiological or nu-
clear attack in high-risk United States cities, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) SURGE CAPABILITIES.—The Director shall de-
velop a surge capability for radiological and nuclear detec-
tion systems that can be deployed within the United States 
rapidly in response to actionable intelligence or warnings, 
and includes procurement of appropriate technology, 
training, and exercises. 
‘‘(c) INTEGRATION.—The programs under sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall be integrated into the Global 
Nuclear Detection Architecture and shall inform architec-
ture studies, technology gaps, and research activities of 
the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Response 
‘‘SEC. 2131. FIRST RESPONDER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 
CHEMICAL, 
BIOLOGICAL, 
RADIOLOGICAL, 
AND NUCLEAR ATTACKS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
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of this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, and the heads of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, as appropriate, shall— 
‘‘(1) develop for police, fire, emergency medical 
services, emergency management, medical and public 
health personnel, voluntary guidance for responding 
to a release of chemical, biological, radiological, or 
nuclear material; 
‘‘(2) make such guidance available to State, 
local, and tribal authorities, including primary and 
secondary school administrators, nongovernmental 
organizations, the private sector, and the public; and 
‘‘(3) in developing the guidance under para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(A) review the experiences of other coun-
tries and the expertise of academic institutions 
and nongovernmental organizations; and 
‘‘(B) consider the unique needs of children 
and other vulnerable populations. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance developed under 
subsection (a)(1) shall be voluntary, risk-based guidance 
that shall include— 
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‘‘(1) protective action guidance for ensuring the 
security, health, and safety of emergency response 
providers and their families and household contacts; 
‘‘(2) specific information regarding the effects 
of the chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear 
material on those exposed to the agent; and 
‘‘(3) best practices for emergency response pro-
viders to effectively diagnose, handle, and otherwise 
manage individuals affected by an incident involving 
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) review the guidance developed under sub-
section (a)(1) at least once every 2 years; 
‘‘(2) make revisions to the guidance as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(3) make any revised guidance available to 
State, local, and tribal authorities, nongovernmental 
organizations, the private sector, and the public. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING AND REVISING 
GUIDANCE.—In carrying out the requirements of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish procedures to— 
‘‘(1) enable members of the first responder and 
first provider community to submit recommendations 
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of areas in which guidance is needed and could be 
developed under subsection (a)(1); 
‘‘(2) determine which entities should be con-
sulted in developing or revising the guidance; 
‘‘(3) prioritize, on a regular basis, guidance 
that should be developed or revised; and 
‘‘(4) develop and disseminate the guidance in 
accordance with the prioritization under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘SEC. 2132. INTEGRATED PLUME MODELING FOR COLLEC-
TIVE RESPONSE. 
‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ac-
quire, use, and disseminate the best available inte-
grated plume models to enable rapid response activi-
ties following a chemical, biological, nuclear, or radi-
ological attack or event. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) identify Federal, State, and local 
needs regarding plume models and ensure the 
rapid development and distribution of inte-
grated plume models that meet those needs to 
appropriate officials of the Federal Government 
and State, local, and tribal authorities to enable 
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immediate response to a chemical, biological, or 
radiological attack or event; 
‘‘(B) establish mechanisms for dissemina-
tion by appropriate emergency response officials 
of the integrated plume models described in 
paragraph (1) to nongovernmental organiza-
tions and the public to enable appropriate col-
lective response activities; 
‘‘(C) ensure that guidance and training in 
how to appropriately use such models are pro-
vided; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that lessons learned from as-
sessing the development and dissemination of 
integrated plume models during exercises ad-
ministered by the Department are put into the 
lessons learned information sharing system 
maintained by the Department. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘plume model’ means the assess-
ment of the location and prediction of the spread of 
agents following a chemical, biological, radiological, 
or nuclear attack or event. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘integrated plume model’ means 
a plume model that integrates protective action guid-
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ance and other information as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 2133. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SYSTEM ASSESSMENT 
AND 
VALIDATION 
FOR 
EMERGENCY 
RE-
SPONDERS (SAVER) PROGRAM. 
‘‘The Secretary shall carry out a program for system 
assessment and validation of emergency response equip-
ment at the Department, to be known as the ‘SAVER Pro-
gram’. The Secretary shall ensure that such program— 
‘‘(1) conducts objective, impartial, practitioner- 
relevant, and operationally oriented assessments and 
validations of commercial emergency responder 
equipment and systems, including hand-held detec-
tors for chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear agents; 
‘‘(2) is supported by a network of scientists 
who, in coordination with subject matter experts, 
perform the assessment and validation activities 
using strict scientific and testing protocols; 
‘‘(3) provides results along with other relevant 
equipment information to the emergency response 
provider community in an operationally useful form; 
‘‘(4) provides information on equipment that 
falls within the categories listed in the Department’s 
authorized equipment list; 
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‘‘(5) provides information that enables decision- 
makers and responders to better select, procure, use, 
and maintain emergency responder equipment; and 
‘‘(6) shares such information nationally with 
the emergency response provider community. 
‘‘SEC. 2134. PAYMENT FOR LABORATORY RESPONSE SERV-
ICES. 
‘‘In carrying out their functions, responsibilities, au-
thorities, and duties to counter biological terrorism, the 
Secretary, the Attorney General, and the heads of other 
participating Federal agencies are authorized, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, to enter into contracts 
with the State and local public health laboratories that 
compose the Laboratory Response Network for Bioter-
rorism, and any other qualified laboratories, for the provi-
sion of laboratory testing services on a fee-for-service basis 
or on a prepayment or other similar basis. Prior to enter-
ing into such a contract with any laboratory in such net-
work, the Secretary, the Attorney General, or the head 
of any other participating Federal agency shall inform the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘SEC. 2135. BIOFORENSICS CAPABILITIES. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL
BIOFORENSICS
ANALYSIS
CEN-
TER.—There is established in the Department a National 
Bioforensics Analysis Center that shall serve as the lead 
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Federal facility in support of law enforcement investiga-
tions and actions to— 
‘‘(1) provide definitive forensic examination of 
biothreat agents and related evidence; 
‘‘(2) provide necessary biocontainment; 
‘‘(3) integrate bioforensics requirements for law 
enforcement, emergency response, national security, 
and homeland security; 
‘‘(4) provide bioforensics analysis in support of 
the executive agencies with primary responsibilities 
for preventing, deterring, responding to, attributing, 
and recovering from biological attacks; 
‘‘(5) adhere to appropriate bioforensics stand-
ards; 
‘‘(6) maintain the national bioforensics reposi-
tory collection as a distributed reference collection of 
biological agents and toxins for bioforensics compari-
sons and identifications; and 
‘‘(7) other related bioforensic activities. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL BIOFORENSICS REPOSITORY COL-
LECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Bioforensics 
Analysis Center shall maintain a distributed national 
bioforensics repository collection. 
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‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The national bioforensics re-
pository collection shall— 
‘‘(A) receive, store, and distribute biologi-
cal threat agents and toxins; 
‘‘(B) serve as a distributed reference col-
lection for comparative bioforensics identifica-
tions and characterizations; and 
‘‘(C) support threat agent characterization 
studies and the development of bioforensics as-
says, genomic analyses, organic and inorganic 
chemical analyses, electron microscopy analyses, 
and other relevant assays, analyses, and tests. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
the head of any other appropriate executive 
agency with a biological agent or toxin collec-
tion that is useful for the bioforensics analysis 
of biological attacks, performance of biological 
threat agent identification and characterization 
studies, or evaluation and development of 
bioforensics assays and methods shall provide to 
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the distributed national bioforensics repository 
collection authenticated replicate samples of, or 
information on, all relevant biological strains 
and toxins, as determined by the Secretary, in 
consultation with the head of the executive 
agency possessing the agent or toxin. 
‘‘(B) OTHER
BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS
AND 
TOXINS.—The Secretary shall require the con-
tribution to the national bioforensics repository 
collection of authenticated replicate samples of, 
or information on, all relevant biological strains 
and toxins, as determined by the Secretary, 
from public and private biological agent and 
toxin collections that were collected or created 
with support from a Federal grant or contract 
and that support the functions described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide any Federal department or 
agency that submits a biological agent or toxin, 
or information on a biological agent or toxin, to 
the national bioforensics repository collection 
with access to the collection; and 
‘‘(B) establish a mechanism to provide 
public and private entities with access to agents 
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or toxins in, or information regarding, the na-
tional bioforensics repository collection, as de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary, with ap-
propriate protection of classified or law enforce-
ment sensitive information and intellectual 
property rights. 
‘‘(c) DETAILEE PROGRAM.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Secretary may implement a 
detailee program to detail from governmental entities na-
tional biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders with appro-
priate clearances, on a reimbursable basis, to the National 
Bioforensics Analysis Center for the purpose of— 
‘‘(1) providing training and other educational 
benefits for such stakeholders to help them to better 
understand the policies, procedures, and laws gov-
erning national bioforensics activities; and 
‘‘(2) bolstering the capabilities and information 
sharing activities of the National Bioforensics Anal-
ysis Center with national biosecurity and biodefense 
stakeholders. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF BIOFORENSICS.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘bioforensics’ means the scientific discipline 
dedicated to analyzing evidence from an attack with a bio-
logical weapon of mass destruction, an act of bioterrorism, 
a biological agent- or toxin-based criminal act, the inad-
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vertent release of a biological agent or toxin for attribution 
purposes, or pre-event investigative actions of such evi-
dence. 
‘‘SEC. 2136. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING TO IN-
VESTIGATE BIOLOGICAL THREATS. 
‘‘The Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney 
General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies, shall make 
available to law enforcement, public health, emergency 
first responders, and security personnel at the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center training on recognizing 
and responding to situations involving potential biological 
threats, including performing joint criminal and epidemio-
logical investigations, and shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that tailored tactics, techniques, 
and procedures are made available, including access 
to the tools needed to respond to biological threats; 
‘‘(2) promote the use of simulation among Fed-
eral partners to exercise capabilities, refine oper-
ational concepts, and strengthen relationships across 
the Government; and 
‘‘(3) make training available that will ensure 
that law enforcement, public health, emergency first 
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responder, and agricultural investigations of biologi-
cal threats are coordinated. 
‘‘SEC. 2137. METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, that 
shall assist State and local governments in preparing for 
and responding to public health and mass casualty inci-
dents resulting from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, 
and other man-made disasters. 
‘‘(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
through the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, may make 
grants under this section to State and local gov-
ernments to assist in preparing for and re-
sponding to mass casualty incidents resulting 
from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and 
other man-made disasters. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing guid-
ance for grants authorized under this section, 
the Administrator shall consult with the Chief 
Medical Officer. 
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‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made under this 
section may be used to support the integration of 
emergency management, health, and medical sys-
tems into a coordinated response to mass casualty 
incidents caused by any hazard, including— 
‘‘(A) to strengthen medical surge capacity; 
‘‘(B) to strengthen mass prophylaxis capa-
bilities including development and maintenance 
of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile sufficient 
to protect first responders, their families, and 
immediate victims from a chemical or biological 
event; 
‘‘(C) to strengthen chemical, biological, ra-
diological, nuclear, and explosive detection, re-
sponse, and decontamination capabilities; 
‘‘(D) to develop and maintain mass triage 
and pre-hospital treatment plans and capabili-
ties; 
‘‘(E) for planning; 
‘‘(F) to support efforts to strengthen infor-
mation sharing and collaboration capabilities of 
regional, State, and urban areas in support of 
public health and medical preparedness; 
‘‘(G) for medical supplies management and 
distribution; 
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‘‘(H) for training and exercises; 
‘‘(I) for integration and coordination of the 
activities and capabilities of public health per-
sonnel and medical care providers with those of 
other emergency response providers as well as 
other Federal agencies, the private sector, and 
nonprofit organizations, for the forward move-
ment of patients; and 
‘‘(J) for such other activities as the Ad-
ministrator provides. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), any jurisdiction that received 
funds through the Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System Program in fiscal year 2009 
shall be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) UNREPRESENTED STATES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Except as 
provided in subparagraph (C), the Ad-
ministrator may make grants under 
this section to the metropolitan statis-
tical area with the largest population 
in any State in which no jurisdiction 
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received funds through the Metropoli-
tan Medical Response Program in fis-
cal year 2009, or in which funding 
was received only through another 
State. 
‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—For each of 
fiscal years 2012 through 2014, no 
jurisdiction that would otherwise be 
eligible to receive grants under sub-
clause (I) shall receive a grant under 
this section if it would result in any 
jurisdiction under subparagraph (A) 
receiving less funding than such juris-
diction received in fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER JURISDICTIONS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subparagraph (C), the Administrator 
may determine that additional juris-
dictions are eligible to receive grants 
under this section. 
‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—For each of 
fiscal years 2012 through 2014, the 
eligibility of any additional jurisdic-
tion to receive grants under this sec-
tion is subject to the availability of 
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appropriations beyond that necessary 
to— 
‘‘(aa) ensure that each juris-
diction eligible to receive a grant 
under subparagraph (A) does not 
receive less funding than such ju-
risdiction received in fiscal year 
2009; and 
‘‘(bb) provide grants to ju-
risdictions eligible under clause 
(i). 
‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT AFTER 
FISCAL YEAR 2012.—A jurisdiction shall not be 
eligible for a grant under this subsection from 
funds available after fiscal year 2012 unless the 
Secretary determines that the jurisdiction main-
tains a sufficient measured degree of capability 
in accordance with the performance measures 
issued under subsection (c). 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall distribute grant funds under this section 
to the State in which the jurisdiction receiving 
a grant under this section is located. 
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‘‘(B) PASS
THROUGH.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (C), not later than 45 days after the 
date on which a State receives grant funds 
under subparagraph (A), the State shall provide 
the jurisdiction receiving the grant 100 percent 
of the grant funds, and not later than 45 days 
after the State releases the funds, all fiscal 
agents shall make the grant funds available for 
expenditure. 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
Administrator 
may permit a State to provide to a jurisdiction 
receiving a grant under this section 97 percent 
of the grant funds awarded if doing so would 
not result in any jurisdiction eligible for a grant 
under paragraph (3)(A) receiving less funding 
than such jurisdiction received in fiscal year 
2009. 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL COORDINATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that each jurisdiction that re-
ceives a grant under this section, as a condition of 
receiving such grant, is actively coordinating its pre-
paredness efforts with surrounding jurisdictions, 
with the official with primary responsibility for 
homeland security (other than the Governor) of the 
government of the State in which the jurisdiction is 
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located, and with emergency response providers from 
all relevant disciplines, as determined by the Admin-
istrator, to effectively enhance regional prepared-
ness. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordi-
nation with the Chief Medical Officer, and the National 
Metropolitan Medical Response System Working Group, 
shall issue performance measures within one year after the 
date of enactment of this section that enable objective 
evaluation of the performance and effective use of funds 
provided under this section in any jurisdiction. 
‘‘(d) METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM 
WORKING GROUP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘National Metropolitan Medical Response System Working 
Group’ means— 
‘‘(1) 10 Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Program grant managers, who shall— 
‘‘(A) include one such grant manager from 
each region of the Agency; 
‘‘(B) comprise a population-based cross 
section of jurisdictions that are receiving grant 
funds under the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System Program; and 
‘‘(C) include— 
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‘‘(i) 3 selected by the Administrator of 
the 
Federal 
Emergency 
Management 
Agency; and 
‘‘(ii) 3 selected by the Chief Medical 
Officer; and 
‘‘(2) 3 State officials who are responsible for 
administration of State programs that are carried 
out with grants under this section, who shall be se-
lected by the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $42,000,000 to carry out 
the program for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Recovery 
‘‘SEC. 2141. IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING GAPS IN RE-
COVERY CAPABILITIES. 
‘‘(a) RISK ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) TAILORED RISK ASSESSMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct risk assessments to inform 
prioritization of national recovery activities for 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear inci-
dents, to be updated as necessary. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the risk 
assessments under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall— 
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‘‘(A) consult with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the 
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies; 
‘‘(B) consider recovery of both indoor 
areas and outdoor environments; and 
‘‘(C) consider relevant studies previously 
prepared by other Federal agencies, or other 
appropriate stakeholders. 
‘‘(3) COLLABORATION.—Upon completion of the 
risk assessments required by this section, the Sec-
retary shall provide the findings to the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
heads of other relevant Federal agencies in order to 
inform ongoing and future work, including research 
and guidance development, undertaken by those 
agencies in recovery and remediation from chemical, 
biological, radiological, or nuclear incidents. 
‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—The results of the risk assessment 
under this section, shall inform appropriate Federal re-
search to address the high-risk capability gaps uncovered 
by each assessment. 
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‘‘(c) SUBMISSION
TO CONGRESS.—The results of 
each risk assessment shall be submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees within 30 days after completion 
of the assessment. 
‘‘SEC. 2142. RECOVERY FROM A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, 
RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR ATTACK OR 
INCIDENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF GUIDANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall develop and issue guidance for clean-up and 
restoration of indoor and outdoor areas, including subways 
and other mass transportation facilities, that have been 
exposed to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear 
materials. The Secretary shall develop and issue the guid-
ance in consultation with— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Commerce; 
‘‘(3) the Secretary of Education; 
‘‘(4) the Secretary of the Interior; 
‘‘(5) the Attorney General; 
‘‘(6) the Secretary of Labor; 
‘‘(7) the Secretary of Transportation; 
‘‘(8) the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; 
‘‘(9) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices; 
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‘‘(10) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
‘‘(11) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
‘‘(12) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; and 
‘‘(13) the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance developed under 
subsection (a) shall clarify Federal roles and responsibil-
ities for assisting State, local, and tribal authorities and 
include risk-based recommendations for— 
‘‘(1) standards for effective decontamination of 
affected sites; 
‘‘(2) standards for safe post-event occupancy of 
affected sites, including for vulnerable populations 
such as children and individuals with health con-
cerns; 
‘‘(3) requirements to ensure that the decon-
tamination procedures for responding organizations 
do not conflict; 
‘‘(4) requirements that each responding organi-
zation uses a uniform system for tracking costs and 
performance of clean-up contractors; 
‘‘(5) maintenance of negative air pressure in 
buildings; 
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‘‘(6) standards for proper selection and use of 
personal protective equipment; 
‘‘(7) air sampling procedures; 
‘‘(8) development of occupational health and 
safety plans that are appropriate for the specific risk 
to responder health; and 
‘‘(9) waste disposal. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) not less frequently than once every 2 
years, review the guidance developed under sub-
section (a); 
‘‘(2) make revisions to the guidance as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(3) make the revised guidance available to the 
Federal Government, State, local, and tribal authori-
ties, nongovernmental organizations, the private sec-
tor, and the public. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING AND REVISING 
GUIDANCE.—In carrying out the requirements of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish procedures to— 
‘‘(1) prioritize issuance of guidance based on 
the results of the risk assessment under section 
2131; 
‘‘(2) inventory existing relevant guidance; 
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‘‘(3) enable the public to submit recommenda-
tions of areas in which guidance is needed; 
‘‘(4) determine which entities should be con-
sulted in developing or revising the guidance; 
‘‘(5) prioritize, on a regular basis, guidance 
that should be developed or revised; and 
‘‘(6) develop and disseminate the guidance in 
accordance with the prioritization under paragraph 
(5). 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The Secretary shall develop 
and revise the guidance developed under subsection (a), 
and the procedures required under subsection (d), in con-
sultation with— 
‘‘(1) the heads of other Federal departments 
and agencies, as appropriate; 
‘‘(2) State, local, and tribal authorities; and 
‘‘(3) nongovernmental organizations and private 
industry. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall provide appropriate congressional com-
mittees with— 
‘‘(1) a description of the procedures established 
under subsection (d); 
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‘‘(2) any guidance in effect on the date of the 
report; 
‘‘(3) a list of entities to which the guidance de-
scribed in paragraph (2) were disseminated; 
‘‘(4) a plan for reviewing the guidance de-
scribed in paragraph (2), in accordance with sub-
section (e); 
‘‘(5) the prioritized list of the guidance required 
under subsection (d)(4), and the methodology used 
by the Secretary for such prioritization; and 
‘‘(6) a plan for developing, revising, and dis-
seminating the guidance. 
‘‘SEC. 2143. EXERCISES. 
‘‘To facilitate recovery from a chemical, biological, ra-
diological, or nuclear attack or other incident involving 
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials and 
to foster collective response to terrorism, the Secretary 
shall develop exercises in consultation with State, local, 
and tribal authorities and other appropriate Federal agen-
cies, and, as appropriate, in collaboration with national 
level exercises, including exercises that address, to the best 
knowledge available at the time, analysis, indoor environ-
mental cleanup methods, and decontamination stand-
ards.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following new items: 
‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Prevention 
‘‘Sec. 2101. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 2102. Risk assessments. 
‘‘Sec. 2103. Periodic homeland security review of criminal statutes. 
‘‘Sec. 2104. Export enforcement for counterproliferation. 
‘‘Sec. 2105. Communication of threat information. 
‘‘Sec. 2106. Individual and community preparedness for chemical, biological, 
radiological, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Protection 
‘‘Sec. 2121. Detection of biological attacks. 
‘‘Sec. 2122. Rapid biological threat detection and identification at ports of 
entry. 
‘‘Sec. 2123. Evaluating detection technology. 
‘‘Sec. 2124. Laboratory biosecurity information sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 2125. Domestic implementation of the Global Nuclear Detection Architec-
ture. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Response 
‘‘Sec. 2131. First responder guidance concerning chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘Sec. 2132. Integrated plume modeling for collective response. 
‘‘Sec. 2133. Establishment of the System Assessment and Validation for Emer-
gency Responders (SAVER) program. 
‘‘Sec. 2134. Payment for laboratory response services. 
‘‘Sec. 2135. Bioforensics capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2136. Federal law enforcement training to investigate biological threats. 
‘‘Sec. 2137. Metropolitan Medical Response System Program. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Recovery 
‘‘Sec. 2141. Identifying and addressing gaps in recovery capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2142. Recovery from a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear at-
tack or incident. 
‘‘Sec. 2143. Exercises.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 316 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 195b), and the 
item relating to such section in section 1(b) of such Act, 
are repealed. 
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(d) METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE PROGRAM 
REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Chief 
Medical Officer of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, and the National Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System Working Group shall conduct a re-
view of the Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Program authorized under section 2138 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this 
section, including an examination of— 
(A) the extent to which the program goals 
and objectives are being met; 
(B) the performance metrics that can best 
help assess whether the Metropolitan Medical 
Response System Program is succeeding; 
(C) how the Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System Program can be improved; 
(D) how the Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System Program complements and en-
hances other preparedness programs supported 
by the Department of Homeland Security and 
the Department of Health and Human Services; 
(E) the degree to which the strategic goals, 
objectives, and capabilities of the Metropolitan 
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Medical Response System Program are incor-
porated in State and local homeland security 
plans; 
(F) how eligibility for financial assistance, 
and the allocation of financial assistance, under 
the Metropolitan Medical Response System Pro-
gram should be determined, including how allo-
cation of assistance could be based on risk; 
(G) implications for the Metropolitan Med-
ical Response System Program if it were man-
aged as a contractual agreement; and 
(H) the resource requirements of the Met-
ropolitan Medical Response System Program. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and 
the Chief Medical Officer shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 
on the results of the review under this section. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall con-
sult with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices in the implementation of paragraph (1)(E). 
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(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection the term 
‘‘National Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Working Group’’ has the meaning that term has in 
section 2138 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
as added by this section. 
SEC. 302. ENHANCING LABORATORY BIOSECURITY. 
(a) 
FEDERAL
EXPERTS
SECURITY
ADVISORY 
PANEL.— 
(1) PANEL.— 
(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President 
shall establish a permanent advisory panel to be 
known as the Federal Experts Security Advi-
sory Panel to make technical and substantive 
recommendations on biological agent and toxin 
security. 
(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the 
Panel— 
(i) shall consist of the voting members 
appointed under subparagraph (D) and the 
nonvoting members appointed under sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(ii) shall each be an official or em-
ployee of the Federal Government. 
(C) CO-CHAIRS.—The voting members of 
the Panel appointed under clauses (i), (v), and 
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(vi) of subparagraph (D) shall serve jointly as 
the Co-Chairs of the Panel. 
(D) VOTING MEMBERS.—The voting mem-
bers of the Panel shall consist of 1 voting rep-
resentative of each of the following Government 
entities, appointed (except with respect to the 
National Security Council) by the head of the 
respective entity: 
(i) The Department of Agriculture. 
(ii) The Department of Commerce. 
(iii) The Department of Defense. 
(iv) The Department of Energy. 
(v) The Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
(vi) The Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
(vii) The Department of Justice. 
(viii) The Department of Labor. 
(ix) The Department of State. 
(x) The Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(xi) The Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
(xii) The Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
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(xiii) The National Security Council, 
which shall be represented by the Special 
Assistant to the President for Biodefense. 
(xiv) The Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence. 
(xv) Any other department or agency 
designated by the Co-Chairs. 
(E) NONVOTING
MEMBERS.—The non-
voting members of the Panel shall consist of 
such additional representatives of the Govern-
ment entities listed in subparagraph (D) as 
may be appointed by the heads of the respective 
entities. 
(F) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall pro-
vide to the Panel such facilities, staff, and sup-
port services as may be necessary for the Panel 
to carry out its responsibilities under paragraph 
(2). 
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Panel shall, with respect to biological agent 
and toxin security, deliver to the Secretaries of Agri-
culture, Health and Human Services, and Homeland 
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Security plurality recommendations, including any 
statements of dissent, concerning— 
(A) the designation as highest risk of that 
subset of biological agents and toxins listed pur-
suant to section 351A(a)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262a(a)(1)) that 
presents the greatest risk of deliberate misuse 
with significant potential for mass casualties or 
devastating effects to the economy, informed 
by— 
(i) any biological or bioterrorism risk 
assessments conducted by the Department 
of Homeland Security and relevant assess-
ments by other agencies; and 
(ii) determinations made by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security pursuant to 
section 319F–2(c)(2)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(2)(A)); 
(B) the development of a set of minimum 
risk-based prescriptive laboratory security per-
formance standards based on the risk at the 
lowest level, allowing for enhancements as risk 
increases; 
(C) the establishment of appropriate stand-
ards and practices to improve vetting and moni-
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toring of, and ensure reliability of, personnel 
with access to highest risk biological agents and 
toxins at facilities registered under section 
351A(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 262a(d)); 
(D) the establishment of appropriate prac-
tices for physical security and cyber security for 
facilities that possess highest risk biological 
agents or toxins; 
(E) standards for training of laboratory 
personnel in security measures; 
(F) other emerging policy issues relevant 
to the security of biological agents and toxins; 
(G) adequacy of information sharing proto-
cols with biodefense and biosecurity stake-
holders; and 
(H) any other security standards deter-
mined necessary. 
(b) REVISION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.— 
(1) PROPOSED
RULES.—The Secretaries of 
Health and Human Services and Agriculture, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
no later than 12 months after the date of receipt of 
recommendations under subsection (a)(2), shall, as 
appropriate, propose rules under section 351A of the 
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Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262a) estab-
lishing security standards and procedures that are 
specific to highest risk biological agents and toxins. 
(2) FINAL RULES.—The Secretaries of Health 
and Human Services and Agriculture, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, no 
later than 24 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, shall promulgate final rules de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(c) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT.—To 
ensure that the Federal Government provides for com-
prehensive and effective oversight of biological agents and 
toxins security, the heads of the Government entities listed 
in subsection (a)(1)(D) shall, no later than 6 months after 
the submission of recommendations under subsection 
(a)(2), develop and implement a plan for the coordination 
of biological agents and toxins security oversight that— 
(1) articulates a mechanism for coordinated in-
spections of and harmonized administrative practices 
for facilities registered under section 351A(d) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262a(d)), pur-
suant to subsection (d) of this section; and 
(2) ensures consistent and timely identification 
and resolution of biological agents and toxins secu-
rity and compliance issues. 
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(d) COMMON INSPECTION PROCEDURES.—The heads 
of the entities listed in subsection (a)(1)(D) shall coordi-
nate laboratory inspections and ensure that such inspec-
tions are conducted using a common set of inspection pro-
cedures across such entities in order to minimize the ad-
ministrative burden on such laboratory. 
(e) INSPECTION REPORTS.—Any inspection report 
resulting from an inspection described in paragraph (1) 
shall be available to— 
(1) each Federal agency that supports biological 
agent or toxin laboratory activities at the laboratory 
that is the subject of the inspection report; and 
(2) the laboratories that are the object of in-
spection. 
(f) LABORATORY BIOSECURITY INFORMATION SHAR-
ING.— 
(1) FEDERAL
SHARING.—The Secretaries of 
Health and Human Services and Agriculture shall— 
(A) share relevant information pertaining 
to biological agents and toxins, including identi-
fication of laboratories possessing highest risk 
biological agents and toxins, and compliance 
issues with the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
and 
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(B) share relevant information pertaining 
to biological agents and toxins, including identi-
fication of laboratories possessing highest risk 
biological agents and toxins, with appropriate 
State, local, and tribal government authorities, 
including law enforcement authorities and 
emergency response providers. 
(2) CLASSIFIED
AND
SENSITIVE
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretaries of Agriculture, Health and 
Human Services, and Homeland Security shall en-
sure that any information disseminated under this 
section is handled consistently with— 
(A) the authority of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence to protect intelligence sources 
and methods under the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and related 
procedures or similar authorities of the Attor-
ney General concerning sensitive law enforce-
ment information; 
(B) section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Privacy 
Act of 1974’’); and 
(C) other relevant laws. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The terms ‘‘biological agent’’ and ‘‘toxin’’ 
refer to a biological agent or toxin, respectively, list-
ed pursuant to section 351A(a)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(1)). 
(2) The term ‘‘highest risk’’ means, with re-
spect to a biological agent or toxin, designated as 
highest risk as described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 
(3) The term ‘‘Panel’’ means the Federal Ex-
perts Security Advisory Panel under subsection (a). 
SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(19) The term ‘Intelligence Community’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
‘‘(20) The term ‘national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders’ means officials from the Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal authorities and individ-
uals from the private sector who are involved in ef-
forts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and re-
cover from a biological attack or other biological in-
cidents that may have serious health or economic 
consequences for the United States, including wide- 
scale fatalities or infectious disease outbreaks.’’. 
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SEC. 304. DUAL-USE TERRORIST RISKS FROM SYNTHETIC 
BIOLOGY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the field of synthetic biology has the potential 
to facilitate enormous gains in fundamental discovery and 
biotechnological applications, but it also has inherent dual- 
use homeland security risks that must be managed. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Science and Technology, shall ex-
amine and report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the homeland security implications of the dual- 
use nature of synthetic biology, and if the Under Secretary 
determines that such research is appropriate, may conduct 
research in that area, including— 
(1) determining the current capability of syn-
thetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differen-
tiate a legitimate customer from a potential terrorist 
or other malicious actor; 
(2) determining the current capability of syn-
thetic nucleic acid providers to effectively screen or-
ders for sequences of homeland security concern; 
and 
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(3) making recommendations regarding screen-
ing software, protocols, and other remaining capa-
bility gaps uncovered by the study. 
SEC. 305. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 
THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB-
AL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPON-
SIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECU-
RITY. 
Section 201(d)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
to agencies of State’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘to State, local, tribal, and private entities with such re-
sponsibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order 
to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts 
of terrorism against the United States.’’. 
TITLE IV—PUBLIC HEALTH 
MATTERS 
SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FEDERAL CO-
ORDINATION 
ON 
MEDICAL 
COUNTER-
MEASURES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and 7 years after enactment of the 
Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
276), coordination among Federal agencies involved 
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in activities relating to researching, developing, and 
acquiring medical countermeasures still needs im-
provement; and 
(2) aggressive action should be taken by the 
Department of Health and Human Services (in par-
ticular, the heads of the National Institutes of 
Health, the Biomedical Advanced Research and De-
velopment Authority, the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Admin-
istration), the Department of Homeland Security, 
and the Department of Defense to foster greater co-
ordination with respect to such activities, including 
adoption of an interagency agreement that sets forth 
the relative areas of responsibility with respect to es-
tablishing medical countermeasure requirements and 
researching, developing, and acquiring medical coun-
termeasures to meet those requirements. 
SEC. 402. NATIONAL MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE DIS-
PENSING STRATEGY. 
Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 319F–4 (42 U.S.C. 247d–6e) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 319F–5. NATIONAL MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE DIS-
PENSING STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘dispense’ means to provide med-
ical countermeasures to an affected population in re-
sponse to a threat or incident; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘medical countermeasure’ means 
a qualified countermeasure (as defined in section 
319F–1(a)(2)). 
‘‘(b) STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and other appropriate Fed-
eral agencies, shall develop, implement, and, as ap-
propriate, periodically update a National Medical 
Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy to enhance 
preparedness and collective response to a terrorist 
attack on humans or animals with any chemical, bio-
logical, radiological, or nuclear material, that delin-
eates Federal, State, and local responsibilities. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The strategy shall be 
sufficiently flexible to meet the unique needs of dif-
ferent communities, including first responders, and 
shall consider— 
‘‘(A) a variety of options for dispensing 
medical countermeasures; 
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‘‘(B) post-incident requirements for emer-
gency 
use 
authorizations 
before 
counter-
measures can be distributed legally; 
‘‘(C) the inclusion of locally held caches of 
countermeasures in event-specific authorizations 
covering federally held countermeasures of the 
same type; and 
‘‘(D) distribution to the public of home 
medical kits for personal stockpiling purposes, 
within 30 days after a domestic or international 
bioterrorist attack resulting in human infection. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate 
with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, State, local, and tribal authorities, rep-
resentatives from the private sector, and nongovernmental 
organizations on the National Medical Countermeasures 
Dispensing Strategy. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
submit the National Medical Countermeasures Dispensing 
Strategy to the appropriate congressional committees.’’. 
SEC. 403. NATIONAL PRE-EVENT VACCINATION AND ANTI-
MICROBIAL DISPENSING POLICY REVIEW. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary of 
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Homeland Security and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
review the adequacy of domestic vaccination and anti-
microbial dispensing policy, guidance, and information 
provided to the public in light of any known terrorist risk 
of a biological attack or other phenomena that may have 
serious health consequences for the United States, includ-
ing wide-scale fatalities or infectious disease outbreaks. In 
carrying out the review under this section, the Secretary 
shall consider— 
(1) material threat assessments and determina-
tions conducted by the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(2) reports on global trends and intelligence 
produced by the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence and the Intelligence Community regard-
ing biological threats; 
(3) the availability of domestic vaccine and 
antimicrobials to dispense to first responders and 
the public, on a voluntary basis, in anticipation of a 
biological attack; 
(4) applicability of Federal shelf-life extension 
programs to locally held stockpiles of medical coun-
termeasures; 
(5) making expiring products available to ap-
propriate international organizations or foreign part-
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ners once the requests of domestic stakeholders have 
been fulfilled; and 
(6) the implications of pre-event vaccination 
and antimicrobial dispensing to livestock. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the review required by subsection 
(a), together with any recommendations relating to the 
availability of domestic vaccine and antimicrobials for dis-
bursing to the public and voluntary immunization by first 
responders. 
SEC. 404. MANAGEMENT OF SHORT SHELF LIFE VACCINE 
AND ANTIMICROBIAL STOCKPILES. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
make available surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and 
vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives, from the 
strategic national stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)) to 
State, local, and tribal first responders, including health 
care responders, for administration to such responders 
who voluntarily consent to such administration, and 
shall— 
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(1) establish any necessary logistical and track-
ing systems to facilitate making such vaccines and 
antimicrobials so available; and 
(2) distribute disclosures regarding associated 
risks to end users. 
SEC. 405. MATERIAL THREAT DETERMINATIONS REVIEWS. 
Section 319F–2(c)(2)(A) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. Sec 247d–6b(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) establish criteria for the issuance 
of a material threat determination;’’; 
(4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) review and reassess determina-
tions under clause (iii) to determine wheth-
er agents continue to present a material 
threat against the United States popu-
lation sufficient to affect national security 
and homeland security.’’. 
SEC. 406. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
Section 351A(e)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 262a(e)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at 
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the end the following: ‘‘In identifying whether an indi-
vidual is within a category specified in subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(II), the Attorney General shall coordinate with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, 
and the Secretary of State to determine whether these offi-
cials possess any information relevant to the identification 
of such an individual by the Attorney General.’’. 
TITLE V—FOREIGN RELATIONS 
MATTERS 
SEC. 501. INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE BIO-
DEFENSE AND LABORATORY BIOSECURITY. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal agencies, shall, as appropriate— 
(1) support efforts of other countries to estab-
lish and build capacity to effectively implement legis-
lation criminalizing the development or use of bio-
logical weapons or acts of bioterrorism; 
(2) engage other countries and international 
nongovernmental entities to develop and establish 
common standards, guidance, and best practices for 
actions relevant to preventing acts of bioterrorism 
and the illicit use of life sciences; 
(3) support the efforts of other countries to en-
hance biosecurity and safety practices at laboratories 
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and other facilities with materials that could be used 
in biological weapons or in an act of bioterrorism; 
(4) promote the development and adoption of 
international guidance for the safety and security of 
high-risk pathogens and toxins; and 
(5) promote information sharing relating to 
threats and best practices between the intelligence 
community, Federal law enforcement, and inter-
national law enforcement and security officials. 
SEC. 502. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND INFORMA-
TION SHARING RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the 
heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall, as ap-
propriate— 
(1) support efforts in other countries and re-
gions to develop mechanisms and capabilities for re-
porting to United Nations organizations validated 
data on biological attacks or other phenomena that 
may have serious health consequences for the United 
States, including wide-scale fatalities or infectious 
disease outbreaks; 
(2) engage other Federal and nongovernmental 
entities and other countries to advance awareness 
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and understanding of the risk posed by information 
derived from the life sciences that has the potential 
for misuse to cause harm, and advance recommenda-
tions on how best to address such risk; 
(3) engage such entities and countries to pro-
mote greater awareness and understanding of the 
global availability of and access to life science tech-
nologies and materials; and 
(4) promote the development and use of mecha-
nisms for reporting, preserving, and sharing data on 
Federal programs and investments in international 
scientific, agricultural, medical, and public health 
collaborations in support of efforts to enhance global 
biosecurity. 
SEC. 503. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON BEST PRACTICES 
FOR GLOBAL BIOPREPAREDNESS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that preparedness for a chemical, biological, radio-
logical, or nuclear incident must be undertaken not only 
domestically but also internationally. Specifically, there is 
a need for a global preparedness architecture for such an 
event. Congress supports efforts to provide an inter-
national forum for discussion of key health security poli-
cies with international dimensions, and the establishment 
of a formal United States interagency task force to de-
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velop best practices and recommendations for implementa-
tion of a global preparedness architecture could enhance 
global preparedness. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—The Sec-
retary of State shall convene and lead an interagency task 
force to examine— 
(1) the state of global biopreparedness for a 
major biological event; 
(2) necessary components of a global bio-
preparedness architecture that would advance inter-
national health security, including considerations 
of— 
(A) risk assessments; 
(B) prevention; 
(C) protection; 
(D) regional stockpiling of medical coun-
termeasures, including considerations of— 
(i) security of the stockpile; 
(ii) preservation of the stockpile 
through effective detection and diagnosis, 
shelf life extension programs, and other 
means; 
(iii) delivery planning; and 
(iv) legal considerations for imple-
menting such an architecture; 
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(E) response and attribution; 
(F) other elements that should be a com-
ponent of such an architecture; and 
(G) obstacles to implementing such an ar-
chitecture; 
(3) best practices for preparedness based on 
lessons learned from domestic efforts to address the 
above issues, and that may be applicable internation-
ally; 
(4) activities undertaken through the National 
Strategy for Countering Biological Threats and the 
International Health Regulations 2005, as well as 
other activities deemed relevant by the task force; 
and 
(5) the utility of working through existing inter-
national forums as a mechanism for distributing this 
information to the international community. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the task force shall 
include representatives from— 
(1) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(2) the Department of Health and Human 
Services, including the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; 
(3) the Department of Agriculture; 
(4) the Department of Defense; 
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(5) the Department of Justice; 
(6) the Department of State; 
(7) the Director of National Intelligence; 
(8) other Federal departments and agencies, as 
determined appropriate by the Secretary; and 
(9) national biosecurity and biodefense stake-
holder community, including from the pharma-
ceutical and biotechnology industries, and the diag-
nostic laboratory community, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the findings of the task force established under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 504. BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION. 
The Secretary of State shall— 
(1) promote confidence in effective implementa-
tion of and compliance with the Convention on the 
Prohibition of the Development, Production and 
Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin 
Weapons and on their Destruction (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Biological and Toxin Weapons 
Convention’’) by the States party to the Convention 
by promoting transparency with respect to legitimate 
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activities and pursuing compliance diplomatically to 
address concerns; 
(2) promote universal membership in the Con-
vention; 
(3) develop an action plan for increasing inter-
national adherence to the Convention; and 
(4) ensure that United States participation in 
Convention meetings is broadly inclusive of rep-
resentatives of relevant Federal departments and 
agencies. 
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