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(1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub-
clauses (I) and (II), respectively; 
(2) by moving each of such subclauses two ems 
to the right; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(A) MATERIAL THREAT.—The 
Homeland Security Secretary’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) MATERIAL THREAT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following clauses: 
‘‘(ii) USE OF EXISTING RISK ASSESS-
MENTS.—For the purpose of satisfying the 
requirements of clause (i) as expeditiously 
as possible, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall, as practicable, utilize existing 
risk assessments that the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the Secretaries of Health and Human 
Services, Defense, and Agriculture, and the 
heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies, considers credible. 
‘‘(iii) ORDER OF ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(I) GROUPINGS TO FACILITATE 
ASSESSMENT
OF
COUNTER-
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MEASURES.—In conducting threat as-
sessments and determinations under 
clause (i) of chemical, biological, radi-
ological, and nuclear agents, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall, to 
the extent practicable and appro-
priate, consider the completion of such 
assessments and determinations for 
groups of agents toward the goal of 
facilitating the assessment of counter-
measures under paragraph (3) by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
‘‘(II) CATEGORIES OF COUNTER-
MEASURES.—The grouping of agents 
under subclause (I) by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall be de-
signed to facilitate assessments under 
paragraph (3) by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services regarding 
the following two categories of coun-
termeasures: 
‘‘(aa) Countermeasures that 
may address more than one 
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agent identified under clause 
(i)(II). 
‘‘(bb) Countermeasures that 
may address adverse health con-
sequences that are common to 
exposure to different agents. 
‘‘(III) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.—A 
particular 
grouping 
of 
agents pursuant to subclause (II) is 
not required under such subclause to 
facilitate assessments of both cat-
egories of countermeasures described 
in such subclause. A grouping may 
concern one category and not the 
other. 
‘‘(iv) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF 
CERTAIN MATERIAL THREAT DETERMINA-
TIONS.—With respect to chemical, biologi-
cal, radiological, and nuclear agents known 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security as 
of the day before the date of the enactment 
of this clause, and which such Secretary 
considers to be capable of significantly af-
fecting national security, such Secretary 
shall complete the determinations under 
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clause (i)(II) not later than December 31, 
2007. 
‘‘(v) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security com-
pletes a material threat assessment under 
clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report containing the results of 
such assessment. 
‘‘(vi) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph, the term ‘risk assess-
ment’ means a scientific, technically-based 
analysis of agents that incorporates threat, 
vulnerability, and consequence informa-
tion.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
521(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
321j(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2006,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2009,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS
REGARDING
CERTAIN
THREAT
ASSESS-
MENTS.—For the purpose of providing an additional 
amount to the Secretary to assist the Secretary in 
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meeting the requirements of clause (iv) of section 
319F–2(c)(2)(A) of the Public Health Service Act 
(relating to time frames), there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis-
cal year 2008, in addition to the authorization of ap-
propriations established in paragraph (1). The pur-
poses for which such additional amount may be ex-
pended include conducting risk assessments regard-
ing clause (i)(II) of such section when there are no 
existing risk assessments that the Secretary con-
siders credible.’’. 
SEC. 603. STUDY ON NATIONAL BIODEFENSE TRAINING. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary for Health and Human Services, 
conduct a joint study to determine the staffing and train-
ing requirements for pending capital programs to con-
struct biodefense laboratories (including agriculture and 
animal laboratories) at Biosafety Level 3 and Biosafety 
Level 4 or to expand current biodefense laboratories to 
such biosafety levels. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study, the Secre-
taries shall address the following: 
(1) The number of trained personnel, by dis-
cipline and qualification level, required for existing 
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biodefense laboratories at Biosafety Level 3 and Bio-
safety Level 4, including the number trained in 
Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). 
(2) The number of research and support staff, 
including researchers, laboratory technicians, animal 
handlers, facility managers, facility or equipment 
maintainers, safety and security personnel (including 
biosafety, physical security, and cybersecurity per-
sonnel), and other safety personnel required to man-
age biodefense research efforts to combat bioter-
rorism at the planned biodefense laboratories de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(3) The training required to provide the per-
sonnel described by paragraphs (1) and (2), includ-
ing the type of training (whether classroom, labora-
tory, or field training) required, the length of train-
ing required by discipline, and the curriculum re-
quired to be developed for such training. 
(4) Training schedules necessary to meet the 
scheduled openings of the biodefense laboratories de-
scribed in subsection (a), including schedules for re-
fresher training and continuing education that may 
be necessary for that purpose. 
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