Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021
Latest action · Aug 11, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021
This bill directs the President to establish a cabinet-level interagency forum to be known as the National Biodefense Directorate.
The directorate must develop a (1) national biodefense strategy and implementation plan, and (2) national strategy for combating public health misinformation and disinformation that threatens the national security and associated implementation plan.
The directorate must submit to the National Security Council and Congress a report including the National Biodefense Strategy and associated implementation plans.
The Government Accountability Office must review the report and submit to Congress a report that identifies gaps in such strategies and plans and that makes recommendations to address such gaps.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 19, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2021 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2021 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2021 | |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2021 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 16, 2021 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- Jul 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Jul 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
- Jul 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 125, July 16, 2021, page H3634.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an interagency forum for biodefense preparedness, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
