[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4267. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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. 1064. 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 (referred to in this section as ``CEPI'') as a 
     Member of the Investors Council.
       (b) Investors Council and Board of Directors.--
       (1) Initial designation.--The President shall designate an 
     employee of the United States Agency for International 
     Development--
       (A) to represent the United States on the Investors 
     Council; and
       (B) if such employee is nominated to the Board of Directors 
     of CEPI, to represent the United States on the Board of 
     Directors during the period beginning on the date of such 
     designation and ending on September 30, 2022.
       (2) Ongoing designations.--The President may designate an 
     employee of the relevant Federal department or agency with 
     fiduciary responsibility for United States contributions to 
     CEPI--
       (A) to represent the United States on the Investors 
     Council; and
       (B) if such employee is nominated to the Board of Directors 
     of CEPI, to represent the United States on the Board of 
     Directors.
       (3) Qualifications.--Any employee designated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) or (2) shall have demonstrated knowledge and 
     experience in the fields of development and public health, 
     epidemiology, or medicine from the Federal department or 
     agency with primary fiduciary responsibility for United 
     States contributions under subsection (c).
       (c) Consultation.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the employee designated pursuant 
     to subsection (b)(1) shall consult with the appropriate 
     congressional committees regarding--
       (1) the manner and extent to which the United States plans 
     to participate in CEPI, including through the governance of 
     CEPI;
       (2) any planned financial contributions to CEPI from the 
     United States; and
       (3) how participation in CEPI is expected to support--
       (A) the United States Government Global Health Security 
     Strategy;
       (B) the applicable revision of the National Biodefense 
     Strategy required under section 1086 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
       (C) any other relevant programs relating to global health 
     security and biodefense.
       (d) United States Contributions.--
       (1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President, consistent with section 10003(a)(1) of the 
     American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, should immediately make a 
     $300,000,000 contribution to CEPI to expand the research and 
     development of vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19 
     variants.
       (2) Notification.--Not later than 15 days before a 
     contribution is made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
     President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees of the amount of such contribution and the 
     purposes and national interests served by such contribution.
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