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-
cluding outbreaks associated with the avian flu. In car-
rying out the review under this section, the Secretary shall 
consider— 
(1) terrorism risk assessments under section 
2102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act, and material threat assess-
ments and determinations under the Project Bio-
shield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–276) and the 
amendments made by that Act; 
(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 federally provided vac-
cines and antimicrobials to dispense to first respond-
ers and the public, on a voluntary basis, in anticipa-
tion of a biological attack; 
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(4) applicability of Federal shelf-life extension 
programs to locally held stockpiles of medical coun-
termeasures, to the extent that information on local 
stockpiles is available; 
(5) making expiring products available to ap-
propriate international organizations or foreign part-
ners once the requests of domestic stakeholders have 
been fulfilled; 
(6) the implications of pre-event vaccination 
and antimicrobial dispensing to livestock; and 
(7) mechanisms to increase coordination be-
tween the Strategic National Stockpile established 
under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247D–6b) and the National Veteri-
nary Stockpile that would enhance vaccination and 
dispensing capabilities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 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. 
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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— 
(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. 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 
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(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 
the end the following: ‘‘In identifying whether an indi-
vidual is within a category specified in subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(II), the Attorney General shall consult 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.’’. 
SEC. 407. STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘State, local, and tribal’’ has 
the same meaning that term has in the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). 
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TITLE V—FOREIGN RELATIONS 
MATTERS 
SEC. 501. INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE BIO-
DEFENSE AND LABORATORY BIOSECURITY. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Spe-
cial Assistant to the President for Biodefense, and the 
heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall, as appro-
priate— 
(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 
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 
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(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 
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; 
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(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-
velop best practices and recommendations for implementa-
tion of a global preparedness architecture could enhance 
global preparedness. 
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(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; 
(E) response and attribution; 
(F) other elements that should be a com-
ponent of such an architecture; and 
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(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 
Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological 
Threats developed under section 202 and the Inter-
national 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; 
(5) the Department of Justice; 
(6) the Department of State; 
(7) the Director of National Intelligence; 
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(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 1 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 
activities and pursuing compliance diplomatically to 
address concerns; 
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