Sec. 4. Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council
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The President shall establish a Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council (in this section referred to as the Council ) to perform the general responsibilities described in subsection
(c)and the specific roles and responsibilities described in subsection (e). The Council shall meet not less than four times per year to advance its mission and fulfill its responsibilities. The Council shall be responsible for the following activities: Provide policy-level recommendations to participating agencies on Global Health Security Agenda
(GHSA)goals, objectives, and implementation, and other international efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response. Facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral engagement to carry out GHSA implementation. Provide a forum for raising and working to resolve interagency disagreements concerning the GHSA, and other international efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response. Review the progress toward and work to resolve challenges in achieving United States commitments under the GHSA, including commitments to assist other countries in achieving the GHSA targets. The Council shall consider, among other issues, the following: The status of United States financial commitments to the GHSA in the context of commitments by other donors, and the contributions of partner countries to achieve the GHSA targets. The progress toward the milestones outlined in GHSA national plans for those countries where the United States Government has committed to assist in implementing the GHSA and in annual work-plans outlining agency priorities for implementing the GHSA. The external evaluations of United States and partner country capabilities to address infectious disease threats, including the ability to achieve the targets outlined within the WHO Joint External Evaluation tool, as well as gaps identified by such external evaluations. The Council shall be headed by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the heads of relevant Federal agencies. The Council shall consist of representatives from the following agencies: The Department of State. The Department of Defense. The Department of Justice. The Department of Agriculture. The Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of the Treasury. The Department of Labor. The Department of Homeland Security. The Office of Management and Budget. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The United States Agency for International Development. The Environmental Protection Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Office of Science and Technology Policy. The National Institutes of Health. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Such other agencies as the Council determines to be appropriate. The heads of agencies described in subsection
(d)shall— make the GHSA and its implementation and global pandemic preparedness a high priority within their respective agencies, and include GHSA- and global pandemic preparedness-related activities within their respective agencies’ strategic planning and budget processes; designate a senior-level official to be responsible for the implementation of this Act; designate, in accordance with subsection (d), an appropriate representative at the Assistant Secretary level or higher to participate on the Council; keep the Council apprised of GHSA-related activities undertaken within their respective agencies; maintain responsibility for agency-related programmatic functions in coordination with host governments, country teams, and GHSA in-country teams, and in conjunction with other relevant agencies; coordinate with other agencies that are identified in this section to satisfy programmatic goals, and further facilitate coordination of country teams, implementers, and donors in host countries; and coordinate across national health security action plans and with GHSA and other partners, as appropriate, to which the United States is providing assistance. In addition to the roles and responsibilities described in paragraph (1), the heads of agencies described in subsection
(d)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.
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