3.0.0 3302 2022-02-09T02:56:03Z 2022-02-09T09:25:01Z Senate S 2020-02-13 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-13T19:46:54Z 2020-02-13 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-05-14 False International Affairs Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Environmental health Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Veterinary medicine and animal diseases World health International Affairs 00 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-23T16:53:57Z Global Health Security Act of 2020

This bill establishes a permanent, presidentially appointed position to manage outbreak response efforts.

Specifically, the bill establishes the role of Special Advisor for Global Health Security who shall (1) serve as the President's principal advisor on global health security and global health emergencies (2) coordinate U.S. efforts to carry out global health security activities, and (3) convene the Global Health Security Interagency Review Council. The bill establishes such council to provide policy guidance to participating agencies on global health security matters and to facilitate the implementation of the existing Global Health Security Agenda.

The Special Advisor must also develop a strategy to advance global health security and other specified policy objectives and coordinate a whole-of-government approach to the implementation of such strategy.

In addition, the Department of State must coordinate and facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral activities outside of the United States in response to a declared global health emergency.

]]> Global Health Security Act of 2020 Display Title Global Health Security Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Global Health Security Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve global health security, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3302is/xml/BILLS-116s3302is.xml 2020-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.