[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7225 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7225

 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National 
Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global pandemic disease, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2020

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Himes, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Quigley, 
Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of 
  New York, Mr. Welch, Mr. Heck, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Swalwell of 
  California, Ms. Speier, and Mrs. Demings) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National 
Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global pandemic disease, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The Global Pandemic NIE Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON THREAT OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC 
              DISEASE.

    (a) National Intelligence Estimate.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Director of National Intelligence, 
        acting through the National Intelligence Council, shall produce 
        a National Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global 
        pandemic disease, including with respect to the following:
                    (A) An assessment of the possible courses of the 
                COVID-19 pandemic during the 18 months following the 
                date of the Estimate, including--
                            (i) the projected spread of the 2019 novel 
                        coronavirus outside the United States and the 
                        likelihood of a potential second wave of the 
                        virus;
                            (ii) the capacity of countries and 
                        international organizations to combat the 
                        further spread of the virus, including risks 
                        and opportunities for further global 
                        cooperation; and
                            (iii) the risks to the national security 
                        and health security of the United States if the 
                        disease is not contained abroad.
                    (B) An assessment of the global public health 
                system and the responses of the system to the COVID-19 
                pandemic, including--
                            (i) prospects for an effective global 
                        disease surveillance and response system, 
                        opportunities to advance the development of 
                        such a system, and signposts for evaluating 
                        whether or not an effective system has been 
                        developed before a disease outbreak occurs; and
                            (ii) an assessment of health system 
                        capacity.
                    (C) An assessment of--
                            (i) the humanitarian and economic 
                        implications of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
                            (ii) the consequences of the pandemic with 
                        respect to political stability, armed conflict, 
                        democratization, and the global leadership by 
                        the United States of the post-World War II 
                        international system.
                    (D) An assessment of--
                            (i) likely threats by viruses during the 
                        10-year period following the date of the 
                        Estimate;
                            (ii) global readiness to avert a future 
                        global pandemic;
                            (iii) challenges and opportunities for the 
                        policy of the United States to advance global 
                        pandemic preparedness; and
                            (iv) the potential role of non-state and 
                        state-backed global influence activities or 
                        disinformation campaigns involving COVID-19 or 
                        future potential pandemics.
                    (E) Any other matters the Director determines 
                appropriate.
            (2) Submission to congress.--
                    (A) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
                submit to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate the 
                National Intelligence Estimate produced under paragraph 
                (1), including all intelligence reporting underlying 
                the Estimate.
                    (B) Notice regarding submission.--If before the end 
                of the 90-day period specified in subparagraph (A) the 
                Director determines that the National Intelligence 
                Estimate under paragraph (1) cannot be submitted by the 
                end of that period, the Director shall (before the end 
                of that period)--
                            (i) submit to the Permanent Select 
                        Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Select Committee on 
                        Intelligence of the Senate a report setting 
                        forth--
                                    (I) the reasons why the National 
                                Intelligence Estimate cannot be 
                                submitted by the end of that period; 
                                and
                                    (II) an estimated date for the 
                                submission of the National Intelligence 
                                Estimate; and
                            (ii) testify before such committees on the 
                        issues that will be covered by the National 
                        Intelligence Estimate.
                    (C) Form.--The National Intelligence Estimate shall 
                be submitted under subparagraph (A) in classified form.
            (3) Public version.--Consistent with the protection of 
        intelligence sources and methods, at the same time as the 
        Director submits to the congressional intelligence committees 
        the National Intelligence Estimate under paragraph (2), the 
        Director shall submit to the congressional committees specified 
        in paragraph (4), and make publicly available on the internet 
        website of the Director, an unclassified version of the 
        National Intelligence Estimate.
            (4) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional 
        committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and 
                Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland 
                Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
                    (B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Committee on Finance, the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
                Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee 
                on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
            (5) Consultation.--The Director shall prepare the National 
        Intelligence Estimate under paragraph (1) in consultation with 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and any other head 
        of an element of the Federal Government the Director of 
        National Intelligence determines appropriate.
    (b) Future Pandemic Plan.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the 
        congressional committees specified in paragraph (3), and make 
        publicly available on the internet website of the President, a 
        report containing a whole-of-government plan for an effective 
        response to a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic 
        and for other future pandemic diseases.
            (2) Matters included.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall 
        address how to improve the following:
                    (A) Pandemic planning.
                    (B) Homeland preparedness.
                    (C) International disease surveillance.
                    (D) Testing.
                    (E) Contact tracing.
                    (F) The role of the Federal Government with respect 
                to the regulation, acquisition, and disbursement of 
                essential equipment.
                    (G) The provision of personal protective equipment.
                    (H) Early domestic response to future pandemic 
                diseases in the United States.
            (3) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional 
        committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
                of Representatives.
                    (B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Health, 
                Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on 
                Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
    (c) Global Strategy.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination with 
        the Director of National Intelligence, shall transmit to the 
        congressional committees specified in paragraph (2), and make 
        publicly available on the internet website of the President, a 
        report containing a global strategy for mobilizing 
        international institutions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
            (2) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional 
        committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
                and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
                the House of Representatives.
                    (B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
                and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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