ment of Human Services under the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq); 
‘‘(D) establishing NBAF information-shar-
ing mechanisms to share information with rel-
evant stakeholders, including the National Ani-
mal Health Laboratory Network; and 
‘‘(E) identifying and promoting uniform 
national 
standards 
for 
animal 
disease 
diagnostics. 
‘‘(2) Facilitating the coordination of Federal, 
State, and local governmental research and develop-
ment efforts and resources relating to protecting pub-
lic health and animal health from foreign-animal, 
zoonotic, and, as appropriate, other endemic animal 
diseases. 
‘‘(3) Ensuring public safety during an emer-
gency by developing an emergency response plan 
under which emergency response providers in the 
community are sufficiently prepared or trained to re-
spond effectively and given sufficient notice to allow 
for an effective response. 
‘‘(4) Ensuring NBAF site and facility security. 
‘‘(5) Providing training to develop skilled re-
search and technical staff with the needed expertise in 
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operations conducted at biological and agricultural 
research facilities. 
‘‘(6) Leveraging the expertise of academic insti-
tutions, industry, the Department of Energy National 
Laboratories, State and local governmental resources, 
and professional organizations involved in veterinary, 
medical and public health, and agriculture issues to 
carry out functions describes in (1) and (2). 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary, in designing 
and constructing the NBAF, shall ensure that the facility 
meets the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The NBAF shall consist of state-of-the-art 
biocontainment laboratories capable of performing re-
search and activities at Biosafety Level 3 and 4, as 
designated by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. 
‘‘(2) The NBAF facility shall be located on a site 
of at least 30 acres that can be readily secured by 
physical measure. 
‘‘(3) The NBAF facility shall be at least 500,000 
square feet with a capacity of housing a minimum of 
80 large animals for research, testing and evaluation; 
‘‘(4) The NBAF shall be located at a site with 
a preexisting utility infrastructure, or a utility infra-
structure that can be easily built. 
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‘‘(5) The NBAF shall be located at a site that 
has been subject to an Environmental Impact State-
ment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969. 
‘‘(6) The NBAF shall be located within a reason-
able proximity to a national or regional airport and 
to major roadways. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION TO PROCURE REAL PROPERTY 
AND ACCEPT IN KIND DONATIONS FOR THE NBAF SITE.— 
The Secretary may accept and use donations of real prop-
erty for the NBAF site and may accept and use in-kind 
donations of real property, personal property, laboratory 
and office space, utility services, and infrastructure up-
grades for the purpose of assisting the Director in carrying 
out the responsibilities of the Director under this section. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.— 
‘‘(1) PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACT.—The NBAF shall 
not be considered a ‘‘public building’’ for purposes of 
the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 3301 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(2) LIVE VIRUS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 
RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall enable the study of 
live virus of foot and mouth disease at the NBAF, 
wherever it is sited, notwithstanding section 113a of 
title 21, United States Code. 
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‘‘(g) COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
enter into understandings or agreements with the 
heads of appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies, including the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, to define the respective roles and respon-
sibilities of each Department in carrying out for-
eign-animal, zoonotic, and other endemic animal 
disease research and development at the NBAF 
to protect public health and animal health. 
‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—The 
understanding or agreement entered into with 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall include a pro-
vision describing research programs and func-
tions of the Department of Agriculture and the 
Department of Homeland Security, including 
those research programs and functions carried 
out at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center 
and those research programs and functions that 
will be transferred to the NBAF. 
‘‘(C) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES.—The understanding or agreement en-
tered into with the Department of Health and 
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