Sec. 14007. Report on the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and Limitation on Use of Funds

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Not later than December 31, 2017, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report, prepared in consultation with the officials listed in subsection (b), on the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (referred to in this section as the NBACC ) containing the following information: The functions of the NBACC. The end users of the NBACC, including end users whose assets may be managed by other agencies. The cost and mission impact for each user identified under paragraph

(2)of any potential closure of the NBACC, including an analysis of the functions of the NBACC that cannot be replicated by other departments and agencies of the Federal Government. In the case of closure of the NBACC, a transition plan for any essential functions currently performed by the NBACC to ensure mission continuity, including the storage of samples needed for ongoing criminal cases. The officials listed in this subsection are the following: The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Attorney General. The Director of National Intelligence. As determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the leaders of other offices that utilize the NBACC. The report submitted under subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. For purposes of this section, the term appropriate Congressional Committees means— the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Judiciary of the Senate; the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The report submitted under subsection

(a)shall include a transition adjustment period of not less than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, or 180 days after the date on which the report required in under this section is submitted to Congress, whichever is later, during which none of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act or any other Act may be used to support the closure, transfer, or other diminishment of the NBACC or its functions.