Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act

Bill: 116-hr-6505
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-04-14
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight

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Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the National Biosurveillance Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security to detect, as early as possible, an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event (currently, limited to a biological event) of national concern that presents a risk to the United States or U.S. infrastructure or key assets.</p> <p> The center shall report to the National Security Council and the congressional homeland security committees within 72 hours of confirmation of such infectious disease event being detected.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6505 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2020 Ms. Jackson Lee 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 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify the role of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security regarding an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event of national concern, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act . 2. National Biosurveillance Integration Center (a) In general Subsection (c) of section 316 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 195b ) is amended by inserting , including an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event, after biological event . (b) Reporting Section 316 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by— (1) redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively; and (2) inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: (h) Reporting The Directing Officer of the NBIC shall report to the National Security Council, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate within 72 hours of confirmation of an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event of national concern being detected. .