Sec. 745. REPORT ON GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY STRATEGY AND THE NATIONAL BIODEFENSE SECURITY

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## SEC. 745 REPORT ON GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY STRATEGY AND THE NATIONAL BIODEFENSE SECURITY ###

(a)Report Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States publishes a review of the National Biodefense Strategy, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of the Global Health Security Strategy and the National Biodefense Strategy. ###

(b)Elements The report under subsection

(a)shall, at a minimum— ####

(1)designate the individual and offices responsible for overseeing the implementation of each strategy referred to in subsection

(a)within the Department of Defense; ####

(2)detail actions that the Department is taking to support implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda; ####

(3)detail actions taken to coordinate the efforts of the Department with the other agencies responsible for the Global Health Security Strategy and National Biodefense Strategy; and ####

(4)with respect to the review of the National Biodefense Strategy conducted by the Comptroller General— #####

(A)detail the recommendations in the review that the Secretary plans on or is currently implementing; #####

(B)specify the official implementing such recommendations and the actions the official is taking to implement the recommendations; #####

(C)specify the recommendations in the review that the Secretary has determined not to implement; and #####

(D)explain the rationale of the Secretary with respect to not implementing such recommendations. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and ####

(3)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.