Sec. 202. Biodefense review and strategy
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Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 311 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 515 ( 6 U.S.C. 321d ) the following new section: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders representing Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, academic, private sector, and nongovernmental entities, shall conduct a Department-wide review of biodefense activities and strategies. The review required under subsection
(a)shall— identify with specificity the biodefense lines of effort of the Department, including relating to biodefense roles, responsibilities, and capabilities of components and offices of the Department; assess how such components and offices coordinate internally and with public and private partners in the biodefense enterprise; identify any policy, resource, capability, or other gaps in the Department’s ability to assess, prevent, protect against, and respond to biological threats; and identify any organizational changes or reforms necessary for the Department to effectively execute its biodefense mission and role, including with respect to public and private partners in the biodefense enterprise. Not later than one year after completion of the review required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue a biodefense strategy for the Department that is informed by such review and is aligned with section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104 ; relating to the development of a national biodefense strategy and associated implementation plan, including a review and assessment of biodefense policies, practices, programs, and initiatives) or successor strategy. Such strategy shall— describe the Department’s biodefense mission and role, as well as how such relates to the biodefense lines of effort of the Department; clarify, as necessary, biodefense roles, responsibilities, and capabilities of the Department’s components and offices involved in the biodefense lines of effort of the Department; establish how biodefense lines of effort of the Department are to be coordinated within the Department; establish how the Department engages with public and private partners in the biodefense enterprise, including other Federal agencies, national laboratories and sites, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial entities, with specificity regarding the frequency and nature of such engagement by Department components and offices with State, local, Tribal and territorial entities; and include information relating to— milestones and performance metrics that are specific to the Department’s biodefense mission and role described in paragraph (1); and implementation of any operational changes necessary to carry out paragraphs
(3)and (4). Beginning not later than five years after the issuance of the strategy and implementation plans required under subsection
(c)and not less often than once every five years thereafter, the Secretary shall review and update, as necessary, such strategy and plans. . Not later than 30 days after the issuance of the biodefense strategy and implementation plans for the Department of Homeland Security required under section 516(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding such strategy and plans. The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 515 the following new item: Sec. 516. Department-wide biodefense review and strategy. .
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