IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1300 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 30, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make an-
thrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency 
response providers, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘First Responder An-
thrax Preparedness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS. 
(a) ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 
311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 526. ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS. 
‘‘(a) PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.—For the pur-
pose of domestic preparedness for and collective response 
to terrorism, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a 
program to provide anthrax vaccines from the strategic 
national stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)) that will be 
nearing the end of their labeled dates of use at the time 
such vaccines are to be administered to emergency re-
sponse providers who are at high risk of exposure to an-
thrax and who voluntarily consent to such administration, 
and shall— 
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‘‘(1) establish any necessary logistical and 
tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines 
so available; 
‘‘(2) distribute disclosures regarding associated 
benefits and risks to end users; and 
‘‘(3) conduct outreach to educate emergency re-
sponse providers about the voluntary program. 
‘‘(b) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused risk 
analysis and risk assessments of the threats posed 
by anthrax from an act of terror; 
‘‘(2) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security intelligence capabilities and structures to 
enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov-
ery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; 
and 
‘‘(3) share information and provide tailored an-
alytical support on threats posed by anthrax to 
State, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other 
national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by in-
serting at the end of the items relating to title V the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 526. Anthrax preparedness.’’. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the pre- 
event vaccination program authorized in section 
526(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall carry out a pilot 
program to provide anthrax vaccines to emergency 
response providers as so authorized. The duration of 
the pilot program shall be 24 months from the date 
the initial vaccines are administered to participants. 
(2) PRELIMINARY
REQUIREMENTS.—By not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and prior to implementing the pilot pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall— 
(A) establish a communication platform for 
the pilot program; 
(B) establish education and training mod-
ules for the pilot program; 
(C) conduct economic analysis of the pilot 
program; and 
(D) create a logistical platform for the an-
thrax vaccine request process under the pilot 
program. 
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(3) LOCATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro-
gram under this subsection, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall select emergency response pro-
viders based in at least two States for participation 
in the pilot program. 
(4) DISTRIBUTION
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to 
each emergency response provider who participates 
in the pilot program under this subsection disclo-
sures and educational materials regarding the asso-
ciated benefits and risks of any vaccine provided 
under the pilot program and of exposure to anthrax. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until 1 year after the completion of the 
pilot program, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the progress and results of the 
pilot program, including the percentage of eligible 
emergency response providers, as determined by 
each pilot location, that volunteer to participate, the 
degree to which participants obtain necessary vac-
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cinations, as appropriate, and recommendations to 
improve initial and recurrent participation in the 
pilot program. The report shall include a plan under 
which the Secretary plans to continue the program 
to provide vaccines to emergency response providers 
under section 526(a) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, as added by subsection (a). 
(6) DEADLINE
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin imple-
menting the pilot program under this subsection by 
not later than the date that is 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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