General, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the head of any other 
appropriate executive agency that will partici-
pate 
in 
or 
contribute 
to 
the 
national 
bioforensics repository collection, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
port regarding the national bioforensics reposi-
tory collection. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) discuss the status of the estab-
lishment of the national bioforensics repos-
itory collection; 
‘‘(ii) identify domestic and inter-
national biological agent and toxin collec-
tions that would prove useful in carrying 
out 
the 
functions 
of 
the 
national 
bioforensics repository collection; 
‘‘(iii) examine any access or participa-
tion issues affecting the establishment of 
the national bioforensics repository collec-
tion or the ability to support bioforensic 
analysis, threat characterization studies, or 
bioforensic assay development, including— 
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‘‘(I) intellectual property con-
cerns; 
‘‘(II) access to collected or cre-
ated biological agent or toxin collec-
tions funded by a Federal grant or 
contract; 
‘‘(III) costs for the national 
bioforensics repository collection asso-
ciated with accessing domestic and 
international biological agent and 
toxin collections; 
‘‘(IV) costs incurred by domestic 
and international biological agent and 
toxin collections to allow broad access 
or contribute biological agents or tox-
ins to the national bioforensics reposi-
tory collection; and 
‘‘(V) access to the national 
bioforensics repository collection by 
public and private researchers to sup-
port threat characterization studies 
and bioforensic assay development; 
and 
‘‘(iv) other issues determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(d) NATIONAL BIOFORENSIC STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Defense, and the head of 
any other appropriate executive agency, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, shall develop, coordinate, 
and maintain a national bioforensics strategy. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The national bioforensics 
strategy shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for a coordinated approach 
across all executive agencies with responsibil-
ities for analyzing evidence from a bioterrorism 
act, biological agent or toxin based criminal act, 
or inadvertent biological agent or toxin release 
for attribution purposes; 
‘‘(B) describe the roles and responsibilities 
of all relevant executive agencies; 
‘‘(C) establish mechanisms, in coordination 
with State, local, and tribal governments, for 
coordinating with law enforcement agencies in 
analyzing bioforensic evidence; 
‘‘(D) include guidance for collecting, proc-
essing, and analyzing samples; and 
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