applicable requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and of 
section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 262), shall develop a plan to receive and dis-
pense medical countermeasures to individuals em-
ployed by the executive agency— 
(A) if the individuals work in a covered 
Federal facility that is likely the target, or lo-
cated in an area that is likely a target, of an 
act of terrorism involving a biological agent or 
toxin; or 
(B) in the event of a naturally occurring 
outbreak of an infectious disease that may re-
sult in a national epidemic. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The plans developed under 
paragraph (1) shall identify individuals in the cov-
ered Federal facility who will be performing receiv-
ing and dispensing of medical countermeasures to 
employees. 
(3) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall review and approve the 
plans developed under paragraph (1). 
(4) EXERCISES.—On a biennial basis, the head 
of each executive agency shall conduct exercises of 
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the plan developed by the head of the executive 
agency under paragraph (1). 
(c) OTHER EMPLOYERS.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in coordination with Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall establish a set of best practices 
to guide and promote medical countermeasure dispensing 
capabilities among private sector entities. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on the implementation of this 
section. 
SEC. 205. PERSONAL MEDKITS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
PROVIDERS AND MEMBERS OF PREPARED-
NESS ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), as amended by 
section 106, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 320. PERSONAL MEDKITS FOR EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE PROVIDERS AND MEMBERS OF PRE-
PAREDNESS ORGANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘immediate family member’ 
means an individual who is a cohabitating family 
member or domestic partner; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘preparedness organization’ 
means an organization that contributes to State or 
local preparedness for an emergency or major dis-
aster (as those terms are defined in section 102 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), including 
Community Emergency Response Teams, the Med-
ical Reserve Corps, the Fire Corps, and the citizen 
preparedness programs of the American Red Cross; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘medkit’ means a cache of anti-
biotics and other medical countermeasures to be 
used during a public health emergency; 
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