3.0.0 3127 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z Senate S S 2008-06-12 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-12T20:30:11Z Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 110 6671 HR 2008-10-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2008-06-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-06-12 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-07-11 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-07-30 False Health Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Biological research Biological warfare Communicable diseases Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Labor and Employment Laboratories Medical laboratories Research and development facilities Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Smallpox Standards Terrorism Toxicology Virus diseases Health 00 2008-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-19T20:04:27Z Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 to reauthorize appropriations for the Select Agent Program, which lists and controls biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Requires appropriate training of individuals handling or using such agents and toxins.

Includes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) among the federal agencies limited in the disclosure of information related to listed agents or toxins.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to review and make recommendations for improving the Select Agent Program.

Sets forth additional factors that the Secretary must consider in determining whether to list an agent or toxin, including whether the agent or toxin is endemic to the United States.

Requires the Secretary to issue guidance on inventorying and monitoring listed biological agents.

Directs the Attorney General to issue guidance regarding the scope of the statutory definition of "variola virus."

Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop guidelines for how laboratories and laboratory personnel that do not regularly test for listed agents and toxins may be rapidly accessed and utilized during emergencies; and (2) evaluate national needs of, and oversight of, high containment biological laboratories.

Provides for the development of minimum standards for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity training for relevant personnel of high containment biological laboratories.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Biological Laboratory Incident Reporting System.

]]> Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3127is/xml/BILLS-110s3127is.xml 2008-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.