Sec. 102. National Biodefense Plan
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The Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense shall submit to the President a National Biodefense Plan that— defines the scope and purpose of a national biodefense capability; identifies biological risks to the Nation to be addressed by the Plan, consistent with section 2102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act; delineates activities and tasks to be performed, including prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities, to address the risks identified under paragraph (2); defines research and development needs for improving the capacity for threat awareness and prevention, protection, response, and recovery; identifies biodefense assets, interdependencies, capability gaps, and gaps in the integration of capabilities; provides goals, activities, milestones, and performance measures; identifies resource and investment needs; defines organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination of Federal, State, local, and tribal authorities (as those terms are defined in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq. )) with respect to the activities and tasks delineated in paragraph (3); integrates and supports the strategies outlined in Presidential Policy Directives 2 and 8 and Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 9, 10, 18, 21, and their successors, the National Biosurveillance Strategy published under section 103 of this Act, the National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy developed under section 319F–5 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act, and other strategy documents as appropriate; is consistent with the National Response Framework as published by the Secretary of Homeland Security in May 2013, and any successors thereof; incorporates input from Federal, State, local, and tribal stakeholders; provides planning guidance to biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders, including leveraging of existing guidance; and shall be submitted to the President and the Congress within 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and updated as necessary.
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