Sec. 401. National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center
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Section 119A of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3057 ) is amended by striking National Counter Proliferation Center each place it appears and inserting National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center . Subsection
(a)of such section is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking government tools to prevent and inserting “government tools to— prevent ; by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: lead integration and mission management of all intelligence activities pertaining to biosecurity and foreign biological threats. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Director of the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center shall serve as the principal coordinator for the intelligence community, and as the principal advisor to the Director of National Intelligence, with respect to biosecurity and foreign biological threats. . Subsection
(b)of such section is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(7)as subparagraphs
(A)through (G), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking In establishing and inserting the following: In establishing ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In establishing the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, the President shall address the following missions and objectives to ensure that the Center serves as the lead for the intelligence community for the integration, mission management, and coordination of intelligence activities pertaining to biosecurity and foreign biological threats, regardless of origin: Ensuring that the elements of the intelligence community provide timely and effective warnings to the President and the Director of National Intelligence regarding emerging foreign biological threats, including diseases with pandemic potential. Overseeing and coordinating the collection and analysis of intelligence on biosecurity and foreign biological threats in support of the intelligence needs of the Federal departments and agencies responsible for public health, including by conveying collection priorities to elements of the intelligence community. Coordinating intelligence support to the Federal departments and agencies responsible for public health, including by ensuring that intelligence pertaining to biosecurity and foreign biological threats is disseminated among appropriately cleared personnel of such departments and agencies. Coordinating with the Federal departments and agencies responsible for public health to encourage information sharing with the intelligence community. Identifying gaps in the capabilities of the intelligence community regarding biosecurity and countering foreign biological threats and providing to the Director of National Intelligence recommended solutions for such gaps, including by encouraging research and development of new capabilities to counter foreign biological threats. . Such section is further amended— by striking counter proliferation each place it appears and inserting counterproliferation ; and in the section heading, by striking and inserting Counter Proliferation (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such Act accordingly). Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Any reference in any law, regulation, guidance, instruction, or other document of the United States Government to the National Counter Proliferation Center shall be deemed to refer to the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center.
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