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Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008

Senate Bill S.3127 Introduced to Senate: June 12, 2008 Sponsor: Senator Richard Burr [NC] Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions June 12, 2008. A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and  Read More »

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The Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act

Senate Bill S.1649 Introduced to Senate: September 8th, 2009 Sponsor: Senator Joseph Lieberman [CT] Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 705 on December 17, 2010. A bill to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to prepare for attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and for other purposes.

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Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

Public Law No. 109-417 Passed: December 19, 2006

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Biosurveillance: National Biosurveillance Capability Needs National Strategy and Designated Leader

The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act directed GAO to report on the state of biosurveillance and resource use in federal, state, local, and tribal governments. This report is one in a series responding to that mandate. This report addresses (1) federal efforts that support a national biosurveillance capability and (2) the extent to  Read More »

Author:
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Publish Date:
June 2010

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Federal Agency Biodefense Funding, FY2010-FY2011

Since 2001, the United States government has spent substantial resources on preparing the nation against a bioterrorist attack. Earlier articles in this series have analyzed civilian biodefense funding by the federal government for fiscal years (FY) 2001 through FY2010. This article updates those figures with budgeted amounts for FY2011, specifically analyzing the budgets and allocations  Read More »

Author:
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Publish Date:
June 2010

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