breaks or biological threats, such as the COVID–19 pan-
demic, and provide as appropriate recommendations to ad-
dress the collection and sharing of public health data. 
(b) TOPICS.—The evaluation under subsection (a) 
shall include a review of what is known about— 
(1) the authorities, policies, and operational 
tools used by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to collect public health data from, and share 
public health data with, other Federal agencies, 
State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments, and 
other partners, including— 
(A) how those authorities, policies, and 
tools were used during the COVID–19 public 
health emergency; 
(B) how Federal funds were expended for 
the purpose of public health data collection and 
sharing during the COVID–19 public health 
emergency; 
(C) any challenges posed by redundant 
data reporting requirements placed on State, 
local, territorial, and Tribal governments and 
other partners during the COVID–19 public 
health emergency, including whether these re-
quirements conflicted with the needs of State, 
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local, territorial, or Tribal communities or other 
partners; and 
(D) any publicly available resources to 
track how public health data is being collected, 
shared, and used with other Federal agencies, 
State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments, 
and other partners; 
(2) any limitations on the authorities, policies, 
and tools used during declared public health emer-
gencies, including throughout the COVID–19 public 
health emergency, that affect the Federal Govern-
ment’s ability to respond to declared public health 
emergencies; 
(3) any redundancy or overutilization in the au-
thorities, policies, and tools used during declared 
public health emergencies, including throughout the 
COVID–19 public health emergency, including 
whether any redundant data reporting requirements 
conflicted with the needs of State, local, territorial, 
or Tribal communities or other partners; and 
(4) the Federal Government’s data collection, 
sharing, and epidemiological modeling during the 
COVID–19 public health emergency compared with 
the data collection, sharing, and epidemiological 
modeling of nonprofit and private sector stake-
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holders, including how the Secretary developed tools, 
or used already existing tools, to collect, share, 
model, and disseminate public health data in com-
parison to the development of tools and use of exist-
ing tools for such purposes by the nonprofit and pri-
vate sectors. 
(c) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit a report 
to the Congress on the results of the evaluation under sub-
section (a). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘other 
partners’’ includes— 
(1) hospitals and physician practices; 
(2) health systems and health plans; 
(3) manufacturers and distributors; and 
(4) clinical laboratories. 
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