Authorizing Legislation

PUBLIC LAW 109–417—DEC. 19, 2006

120 STAT. 2831

Public Law 109–417
109th Congress
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health security
and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

Dec. 19, 2006
[S. 3678]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pandemic and
All-Hazards
Preparedness Act.
42 USC 201 note.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic
and All-Hazards Preparedness Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, LEADERSHIP,
ORGANIZATION, AND PLANNING
Sec. 101. Public health and medical preparedness and response functions of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 102. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
Sec. 103. National Health Security Strategy.
TITLE II—PUBLIC HEALTH SECURITY PREPAREDNESS
Sec. 201. Improving State and local public health security.
Sec. 202. Using information technology to improve situational awareness in public
health emergencies.
Sec. 203. Public health workforce enhancements.
Sec. 204. Vaccine tracking and distribution.
Sec. 205. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.
Sec. 206. Revitalization of Commissioned Corps.
TITLE III—ALL-HAZARDS MEDICAL SURGE CAPACITY
Sec. 301. National disaster medical system.
Sec. 302. Enhancing medical surge capacity.
Sec. 303. Encouraging health professional volunteers.
Sec. 304. Core education and training.
Sec. 305. Partnerships for State and regional hospital preparedness to improve
surge capacity.
Sec. 306. Enhancing the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
TITLE IV—PANDEMIC AND BIODEFENSE VACCINE AND DRUG
DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 401. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
Sec. 402. National Biodefense Science Board.
Sec. 403. Clarification of countermeasures covered by Project BioShield.
Sec. 404. Technical assistance.
Sec. 405. Collaboration and coordination.
Sec. 406. Procurement.

PUBLIC LAW 113–5—MAR. 13, 2013

127 STAT. 161

Public Law 113–5
113th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security
and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as

the ‘‘Pandemic
and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:

Mar. 13, 2013
[H.R. 307]

Pandemic and
All-Hazards
Preparedness
Reauthorization
Act of 2013.
42 USC 201 note.

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—STRENGTHENING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
Sec. 101. National Health Security Strategy.
Sec. 102. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
Sec. 103. National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters.
Sec. 104. Modernization of the National Disaster Medical System.
Sec. 105. Continuing the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
TITLE II—OPTIMIZING STATE AND LOCAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS
AND RESPONSE
Sec. 201. Temporary reassignment of State and local personnel during a public health emergency.
Sec. 202. Improving State and local public health security.
Sec. 203. Hospital preparedness and medical surge capacity.
Sec. 204. Enhancing situational awareness and biosurveillance.
Sec. 205. Eliminating duplicative Project Bioshield reports.
TITLE III—ENHANCING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE REVIEW
Sec. 301. Special protocol assessment.
Sec. 302. Authorization for medical products for use in emergencies.
Sec. 303. Definitions.
Sec. 304. Enhancing medical countermeasure activities.
Sec. 305. Regulatory management plans.
Sec. 306. Report.
Sec. 307. Pediatric medical countermeasures.
TITLE IV—ACCELERATING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE ADVANCED
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 401. BioShield.
Sec. 402. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
Sec. 403. Strategic National Stockpile.
Sec. 404. National Biodefense Science Board.