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Union Calendar No. 168 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1300 
[Report No. 114–222, Part I] 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines 
and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2015 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, 
and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JULY 22, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BYRNE, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. NUNES, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Ms. MCSALLY, 
Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. LONG, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WALKER, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Mr. KEATING, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. COLE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MIL-
LER of Florida, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. 
GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. DELANEY, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania 
JULY 22, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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JULY 22, 2015 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 4, 2015] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make an-
thrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency 
response providers, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘First Responder Anthrax 
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 fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 526. ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS. 
‘‘(a) PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.—For the purpose 
of domestic preparedness for and collective response to ter-
rorism, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, shall establish a program 
to provide surplus anthrax vaccines from the strategic na-
tional stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)) to emergency 
response providers for administration to such providers who 
voluntarily consent to such administration, and shall— 
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‘‘(1) establish any necessary logistical and track-
ing 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 se-
curity intelligence capabilities and structures to en-
hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 
efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; and 
‘‘(3) share information and provide tailored ana-
lytical 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 insert-
ing at the end of the items relating to title V the fol-
lowing 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 sub-
section (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 pro-
viders as so authorized. The duration of the pilot pro-
gram shall be at least 18 months. 
(2) PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS.—By not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and prior to implementing the pilot program 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity 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 pro-
gram. 
(3) LOCATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro-
gram under this subsection, the Secretary of Home-
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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 sub-
section (a). 
(6) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall begin imple-
menting the pilot program under this subsection by 
not later than the date that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 168 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1300 
[Report No. 114–222, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials avail-
able to emergency response providers, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 22, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
with an amendment 
JULY 22, 2015 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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