Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act This bill establishes a task force and requires the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to take specified measures to respond to and prevent zoonotic (animal-to-human) disease outbreaks. Specifically, the bill establishes the Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force to ensure an integrated approach to preventing, detecting, preparing for, and responding to zoonotic spillover and zoonotic disease outbreaks that may pose a threat to global health security. The bill directs the State Department and the USAID to work with international stakeholders on measures that include (1) preventing zoonotic spillover events, (2) preventing degradation and fragmentation of forests and other ecosystems to minimize interactions between wildlife and human populations, and (3) strengthening global capacity for detection of zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential. Further, the USAID must develop and publish a strategy for food security, global health, and biodiversity protection, including information about zoonotic disease surveillance. To help implement and finance the strategy, the USAID must establish a Conservation Corps to provide Americans eligible for service abroad to deliver technical and strategic assistance. The bill also authorizes a program within the USAID to prevent spillover events, epidemics, and pandemics through specified activities.
Advisory bodiesAgricultural educationAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural tradeAnimal and plant healthAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightConsumer affairsEcologyEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingForeign aid and international reliefForests, forestry, treesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGrainHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLand use and conservationLaw enforcement administration and fundingLivestockMeatMultilateral development programsNational and community serviceNutrition and dietRacial and ethnic relationsSmuggling and traffickingSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTrade restrictionsUrban and suburban affairs and developmentVeterinary medicine and animal diseasesWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWorld health
Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act
USA117th CongressHR-3424| House
| Updated: 5/28/2021
Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act This bill establishes a task force and requires the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to take specified measures to respond to and prevent zoonotic (animal-to-human) disease outbreaks. Specifically, the bill establishes the Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force to ensure an integrated approach to preventing, detecting, preparing for, and responding to zoonotic spillover and zoonotic disease outbreaks that may pose a threat to global health security. The bill directs the State Department and the USAID to work with international stakeholders on measures that include (1) preventing zoonotic spillover events, (2) preventing degradation and fragmentation of forests and other ecosystems to minimize interactions between wildlife and human populations, and (3) strengthening global capacity for detection of zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential. Further, the USAID must develop and publish a strategy for food security, global health, and biodiversity protection, including information about zoonotic disease surveillance. To help implement and finance the strategy, the USAID must establish a Conservation Corps to provide Americans eligible for service abroad to deliver technical and strategic assistance. The bill also authorizes a program within the USAID to prevent spillover events, epidemics, and pandemics through specified activities.
Advisory bodiesAgricultural educationAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural tradeAnimal and plant healthAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightConsumer affairsEcologyEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingForeign aid and international reliefForests, forestry, treesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGrainHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLand use and conservationLaw enforcement administration and fundingLivestockMeatMultilateral development programsNational and community serviceNutrition and dietRacial and ethnic relationsSmuggling and traffickingSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTrade restrictionsUrban and suburban affairs and developmentVeterinary medicine and animal diseasesWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWorld health