Sec. 6. Global Health Security Special Advisor
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There is established, within the Executive Office of the President, the position of Special Advisor for Global Health Security (referred to in this Act as the Advisor ), who shall be appointed by the President, at a level not lower than that of a Senior Director. The Advisor shall— serve as the President’s principal advisor on global health security and global health emergencies; coordinate the United States Government’s efforts to carry out global health security activities, including participation in the Global Health Security Agenda; convene and chair the Global Health Security Interagency Review Council described in section 7; and submit a report to Congress not less frequently than twice per year that describes the activities and accomplishments of the Advisor during the reporting period.
The duties of the Advisor shall also include— ensuring program and policy coordination among the relevant executive branch agencies and nongovernmental organizations, including auditing, monitoring, and evaluation of all such programs; ensuring that each relevant executive branch agency undertakes programs primarily in areas in which the agency has the greatest expertise, technical capabilities, and potential for success; avoiding duplication of effort; ensuring, through interagency and international coordination, that global health security programs of the United States are coordinated with, and complementary to, the delivery of related global health, food security, development, and education programs; establishing due diligence criteria for all recipients of funds appropriated by the Federal Government for global health security assistance; developing policy that will prioritize global health security, especially the role of building low- and middle-income country capacity to contain pandemic threats, in all relevant future global and national health, research and development, and biodefense strategies, including the National Health Security Strategy, the National Security Strategy, and the National Biodefense Strategy; and articulating assessment standards that— measure countries’ individual status and progress in building the necessary capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, in accordance with agreed bilateral or multilateral targets and in support of full implementation of the International Health Regulations, adopted at Geneva May 23, 2005; are based on a peer-to-peer model in which external experts are invited to work with the country to evaluate capacity; ensure an objective approach and facilitate cross-sectoral learning; and are part of the capacity building cycle designed to inform national priority setting, target resources, and track progress.
In carrying out the duties set forth in subsection (b), the Advisor shall ensure the coordination of United States Government efforts referred to in subsection (b)(2) with relevant international stakeholders and organizations. To ensure that adequate measures are established and implemented, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should— advise the Advisor on monitoring, surveillance, and evaluation activities; and be a key implementer of such activities under this section.
The reports required under subsection (b)(4) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.