Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . International Pandemic Preparedness and COVID–19 Response Act of 2021 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Purpose. TITLE I—Enhancing the United States international response to COVID–19 and future pandemics Sec. 101. Statement of policy regarding international cooperation to end the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 102. Oversight of United States foreign assistance to end the COVID–19 pandemic.
Sec. 103. United States contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria COVID–19 response mechanism. Sec. 104. Global COVID–19 vaccine distribution and delivery. Sec. 105. Leveraging United States bilateral global health programs for the international COVID–19 response. Sec. 106. Report on humanitarian response to the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 107. Safeguarding democracy and human rights during the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 108. Public diplomacy and combating disinformation and misinformation about COVID–19.
Sec. 109. Findings and sense of Congress regarding the United States International Development Finance Corporation. Sec. 110. Sense of Congress regarding international cooperation to prevent and respond to future pandemics. Sec. 111. Roles of the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in pandemic response. Sec. 112. USAID disaster surge capacity. Sec. 113. Statement of policy on humanitarian assistance to countries affected by pandemics.
TITLE II—International pandemic prevention and preparedness Sec. 201. Partner country defined. Sec. 202. Global health security strategy and report. Sec. 203. Committee on Global Health Security and Pandemic and Biological Threats. Sec. 204. United States overseas global health security and diplomacy coordination and strategy. Sec. 205. Resilience. Sec. 206. Strengthening health systems. Sec. 207. Additional authorities. Sec. 208. Authorization for United States participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
Sec. 209. National intelligence estimate and briefing regarding novel diseases and pandemic threats. Sec. 210. Pandemic early warning network. Sec. 211. International emergency operations. TITLE III—Financing mechanism for global health security and pandemic prevention and preparedness Sec. 301. Eligible partner country defined. Sec. 302. Establishment of Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness. Sec. 303. Authorities. Sec. 304. Administration.
Sec. 305. Advisory Board. Sec. 306. Reports to Congress. Sec. 307. United States contributions. Sec. 308. Compliance with the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016.