(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(e) SUBMISSION OF UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY AND 
CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially there-
after, the Director shall submit an unclassified report and 
a classified annex summarizing the review or update to— 
(1) the Committee on Agriculture of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of the Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives; and 
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(6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
(f) SUNSET DATE.—The requirements specified in 
subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section shall terminate 
five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL BIOSECURITY. 
(a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AU-
THORIZED.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and other appropriate agen-
cies, shall provide technical and financial assistance, in-
cluding the activities described in subsection (b), to coun-
tries or regions identified by the Threat Assessment man-
dated in section 301. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) REDUCING
AND
SECURING
DANGEROUS 
PATHOGEN COLLECTIONS.—The Secretary of State 
shall— 
(A) provide assistance to remove or con-
solidate an agent or toxin designated as a Tier 
I agent under section 351A(a)(2) of the Public 
Health Service Act or section 212(a)(2) of the 
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 
2002 (in this subtitle referred to as a ‘‘Tier I 
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agent’’) and other dangerous pathogen collec-
tions spread among multiple locations within a 
country or region into facilities with appropriate 
safety and security; 
(B) provide assistance to replace dan-
gerous or obsolete pathogen isolation techniques 
with modern diagnostic tools to improve safety 
and security and to reduce the number and size 
of dangerous pathogen collections in high risk 
regions and countries; 
(C) encourage countries to eliminate stores 
of Tier I agents and other dangerous pathogen 
collections in exchange for facilitating access to 
state-of-the-art civilian research at international 
facilities; 
(D) provide assistance to identify and se-
cure Tier I agents and other dangerous patho-
gen collections in high risk regions and coun-
tries; and 
(E) carry out such other activities as the 
Secretary of State considers necessary to 
achieve the purposes of this subtitle. 
(2) PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall— 
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(A) raise awareness of international bio-
logical threats with foreign governments, aca-
demic institutions, and industrial laboratories 
that possess, use, or transfer Tier I agents and 
other dangerous pathogen collections through 
conferences, seminars and workshops; 
(B) provide biosecurity upgrades at high 
risk laboratories; 
(C) train foreign partners in high risk re-
gions on best laboratory biosecurity practices 
within facilities that possess, use, or transfer 
Tier I agents and other dangerous pathogen 
collections; 
(D) assist foreign countries in establishing 
personnel reliability measures, as part of a com-
prehensive laboratory management system; 
(E) partner with foreign governments, lab-
oratories, and scientists in activities that 
strengthen and reinforce best biological safety 
and security practices within facilities that pos-
sess, use, or transfer Tier I agents and other 
dangerous pathogen collections; 
(F) enhance information sharing through 
regular meetings of relevant United States and 
foreign government agencies with subject mat-
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ter expertise on pathogen security and labora-
tory best practices in high risk regions; 
(G) increase support for United States 
science and technology agreements and initia-
tives in high risk regions and countries, includ-
ing collaborative projects in the areas of bioter-
rorism prevention, infectious disease control, 
disease surveillance, bioforensics, laboratory bio-
safety, and hazardous waste management; and 
(H) develop laboratory biosafety and bio-
security standards and guidelines, including 
personnel reliability measures, for facilities that 
possess, use, or transfer Tier I agents and 
other dangerous pathogen collections. 
(3) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE.— 
The Secretary of State shall— 
(A) promote research and development col-
laboration on highly infectious human, animal 
and plant disease agents in facilities with ap-
propriate safety and security measures; 
(B) provide opportunities for foreign sci-
entists, particularly those located in highest risk 
countries identified in section 301, to receive 
training in the United States on biological safe-
ty and security best practices, standard oper-
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