Sec. 401. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Section 2811 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–10 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)by inserting utilize experience related to public health emergency preparedness and response, biodefense, medical countermeasures, and other relevant topics to after shall ; and in paragraph
(4)by adding at the end the following: Coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and other relevant Federal officials, such as the Secretary of Agriculture, to maintain a current assessment of national security threats and inform preparedness and response capabilities based on the range of the threats that have the potential to result in a public health emergency. ; and by adding at the end the following: In carrying out the duties under subsection (b)(3), the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response shall implement strategic initiatives or activities to address threats, including pandemic influenza, that pose a significant level of risk to public health and national security based on the characteristics of such threat, which may also include a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agent, including threats with a significant potential to become a pandemic. Such initiatives shall include activities to accelerate and support the advanced research, development, manufacturing capacity, procurement, and stockpiling of countermeasures, including initiatives under section 319L(c)(4)(F). Such activities may also include those related to readiness to respond to pandemic influenza threats by supporting the development and manufacturing of influenza virus seeds, clinical trial lots, and stockpiles of novel influenza strains. For purposes of carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall be used to supplement and not supplant funds provided under section 319L(e) and section 319F–2(g). The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response shall, as required under subsection (b)(7), document amounts expended for purposes of carrying out this subsection, including amounts appropriated to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund under title II of Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ), as applicable to section 319L(c)(4)(F). .
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Sec. 401
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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