Sec. 7. Interagency Review Council
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The Global Health Security Interagency Review Council (referred to in this section as the Council ) shall be composed of representatives of— the Department of State; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the United States Agency for International Development; the Department of Agriculture, including the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service and the Food Safety and Inspection Service; the Department of Defense, including the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health; the Department of Homeland Security; the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Office of Management and Budget; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and any other agency that the representatives of the agencies set forth in paragraphs
(1)through
(11)determine, by consensus, to be appropriate. The Council shall meet at least 4 times per year to advance its mission and fulfill its responsibilities under this section. The Council shall— provide policy-level guidance to participating agencies on global health security goals, objectives, and implementation; facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral engagement to carry out global health security activities, including the Global Health Security Agenda; provide a forum for raising and working to resolve interagency disagreements concerning the global health security goals, objectives, and benchmarks; develop and set benchmarks for— assessing, measuring, and improving global health security outcomes; and identifying criteria for designating priority partner countries; review the progress toward, and work to resolve challenges to, achieving United States Government commitments to global health security activities, agreements, and organizations, including the Global Health Security Agenda and other commitments to assist other countries in achieving agreed-upon global health security targets; and consider, among other issues— the status of United States financial commitments to global health security in the context of commitments by other donors, and the contributions of partner countries to achieve global health security targets, including the Global Health Security Agenda; progress toward the milestones outlined in global health security national plans for those countries where the United States Government has committed to assist in global health security activities and in annual work plans outlining agency priorities for implementing global health security strategies, including the Global Health Security Agenda; and external evaluations of the capabilities of the United States and partner countries to address infectious disease threats, including— the ability to achieve the targets outlined in the Joint External Evaluation process; and gaps identified by such external evaluations. The heads of the agencies referred to in subsection
(a)shall— make the implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (referred to in this subsection as GHSA ) and successor activities a high priority within their respective agencies, and include GHSA-related activities within their respective agencies’ strategic planning and budget processes; designate a senior level official to be responsible for the implementation of this section; designate an appropriate representative, at the Assistant Secretary level or higher, to represent the agency on the Council; keep the Council apprised of global health security-related activities, including the Global Health Security Agenda, undertaken within their respective agencies; maintain responsibility for agency-related programmatic functions, in coordination with host governments, country teams, and global health security in country teams, and in conjunction with other relevant agencies; coordinate with other agencies referred to in subsection
(a)to satisfy programmatic goals, and further facilitate coordination of country teams, implementers, and donors in host countries; and coordinate across GHSA national plans and with GHSA partners to which the United States is providing assistance. In addition to the roles and responsibilities described in paragraph (1), the heads of agencies referred to in subsection
(a)shall carry out their respective roles and responsibilities described in subsections
(b)through
(i)of section 3 of Executive Order 13747 (81 Fed. Reg. 78701; relating to Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious Disease Threats), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. The Council may not perform any activities or functions that interfere with the foreign affairs responsibilities of the Secretary of State, including the responsibility to oversee the implementation of programs and policies that advance the global health security activities within foreign countries.
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- 81 FR 78701
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