[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1747 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1747

 To provide funding to improve the security of the American people by 
             protecting against the threat of bioterrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2001

Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mr. Specter) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide funding to improve the security of the American people by 
             protecting against the threat of bioterrorism.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF AMOUNTS.

    The following sums shall be made available for fiscal year 2002 
from the amounts appropriated under the 2001 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks 
on the United States (Public Law 107-38):
            (1) Department of health and human services public health 
        and social services emergency fund.--For an additional amount 
        for emergency expenses necessary to support activities to 
        respond to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the 
        United States and to protect Americans from potential acts of 
        bioterrorism and improve public health, $3,375,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended, to be deposited into the 
        Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, of which--
                    (A) $1,150,000,000 shall be for the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention for improving the 
                capacity of State and local public agencies, including 
                improved training of health professionals, improved 
                surveillance, improved public health laboratory 
                capacity and security and expansion of the Health Alert 
                Network;
                    (B) $165,000,000 shall be for grants to hospitals, 
                in collaboration with local governments, to improve 
                bioterrorism response capacity;
                    (C) $185,000,000 shall be for upgrading laboratory 
                and research capacity at the Centers for Disease 
                Control and Prevention;
                    (D) $879,000,000 shall be for the purchase, 
                administration, and related costs of the smallpox 
                vaccine;
                    (E) $10,000,000 shall be for the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention to establish and operate 
                a national system to track biological pathogens;
                    (F) $73,000,000 shall be for improving the security 
                of laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention and the National Institutes of Health;
                    (G) $95,000,000 shall be for improving disaster 
                response teams and systems within the Office of the 
                Secretary;
                    (H) $125,000,000 shall be for the National 
                Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 
                expanded bioterrorism-related research and development 
                and other related needs;
                    (I) $593,000,000 shall be for the National 
                Pharmaceutical Stockpile;
                    (J) $96,000,000 shall be for the construction of 
                laboratories and related infrastructure needs at the 
                National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 
                and
                    (K) $4,000,000 shall be for training and education 
                regarding effective workplace responses to 
                bioterrorism.
        At the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services, amounts described in subparagraphs (A) through (L) 
        may be transferred between such subparagraphs subject to 
        applicable reprogramming procedures.
            (2) Food and drug administration salaries and expenses.--
        For an additional amount for emergency expenses necessary to 
        expand food safety inspection capacity, $250,000,000 to be made 
        available to the Food and Drug Administration.
            (3) Department of agriculture.--
                    (A) Office of the secretary.--For an additional 
                amount for emergency expenses necessary to improve the 
                food safety inspection capacity of the Department of 
                Agriculture, $144,000,000 to be made available to the 
                Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.
                    (B) Agricultural research service.--For an 
                additional amount for emergency expenses necessary to 
                upgrade and modernize existing biosecurity buildings 
                and facilities, $180,000,000 to be made available to 
                the Agricultural Research Service, of which--
                            (i) $100,000,000 shall be used for 
                        renovation, updating and expansion of Biosafety 
                        Level 3 laboratory and animal research 
                        facilities at the Plum Island Animal Disease 
                        Center; and
                            (ii) $80,000,000 shall be used to modernize 
                        animal disease facilities at the Agricultural 
                        Research Service/Animal and Plant Health 
                        Inspection Service Facility at Ames, Iowa.
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