[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3230-S3231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1705. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN 
                   THE COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS 
                   INNOVATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The United States is authorized to 
     participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness 
     Innovations.
       (b) Investors Council of CEPI.--The Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development is 
     authorized to designate an employee of such agency to serve 
     on the Investors Council of the Coalition for Epidemic 
     Preparedness as a representative of the United States.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that describes 
     the following:
       (1) The United States' planned contributions to the 
     Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Coalition'') and the mechanisms 
     for United States participation in the Coalition.
       (2) The manner and extent to which the United States shall 
     participate in the governance of the Coalition.
       (3) The role of the Coalition in and anticipated benefits 
     of United States participation in the Coalition on--
       (A) the Global Health Security Strategy required by section 
     7058(c)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of 
     Public Law 115-141);
       (B) the applicable revision of the National Biodefense 
     Strategy required by section 1086 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
       (C) any other relevant policy and planning process.
       (d) United States Contributions.--There is authorized to be 
     appropriated $200,000,000 to carry out global health 
     security, for contributions to the Coalition for Epidemic 
     Preparedness Innovations.

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       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section , the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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