[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7225 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7225
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National
Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global pandemic disease, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 15, 2020
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Himes, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Quigley,
Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of
New York, Mr. Welch, Mr. Heck, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Swalwell of
California, Ms. Speier, and Mrs. Demings) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce,
and Foreign Affairs, 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
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A BILL
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National
Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global pandemic disease, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Global Pandemic NIE Act of
2020''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON THREAT OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC
DISEASE.
(a) National Intelligence Estimate.--
(1) Requirement.--The Director of National Intelligence,
acting through the National Intelligence Council, shall produce
a National Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global
pandemic disease, including with respect to the following:
(A) An assessment of the possible courses of the
COVID-19 pandemic during the 18 months following the
date of the Estimate, including--
(i) the projected spread of the 2019 novel
coronavirus outside the United States and the
likelihood of a potential second wave of the
virus;
(ii) the capacity of countries and
international organizations to combat the
further spread of the virus, including risks
and opportunities for further global
cooperation; and
(iii) the risks to the national security
and health security of the United States if the
disease is not contained abroad.
(B) An assessment of the global public health
system and the responses of the system to the COVID-19
pandemic, including--
(i) prospects for an effective global
disease surveillance and response system,
opportunities to advance the development of
such a system, and signposts for evaluating
whether or not an effective system has been
developed before a disease outbreak occurs; and
(ii) an assessment of health system
capacity.
(C) An assessment of--
(i) the humanitarian and economic
implications of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
(ii) the consequences of the pandemic with
respect to political stability, armed conflict,
democratization, and the global leadership by
the United States of the post-World War II
international system.
(D) An assessment of--
(i) likely threats by viruses during the
10-year period following the date of the
Estimate;
(ii) global readiness to avert a future
global pandemic;
(iii) challenges and opportunities for the
policy of the United States to advance global
pandemic preparedness; and
(iv) the potential role of non-state and
state-backed global influence activities or
disinformation campaigns involving COVID-19 or
future potential pandemics.
(E) Any other matters the Director determines
appropriate.
(2) Submission to congress.--
(A) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall
submit to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate the
National Intelligence Estimate produced under paragraph
(1), including all intelligence reporting underlying
the Estimate.
(B) Notice regarding submission.--If before the end
of the 90-day period specified in subparagraph (A) the
Director determines that the National Intelligence
Estimate under paragraph (1) cannot be submitted by the
end of that period, the Director shall (before the end
of that period)--
(i) submit to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate a report setting
forth--
(I) the reasons why the National
Intelligence Estimate cannot be
submitted by the end of that period;
and
(II) an estimated date for the
submission of the National Intelligence
Estimate; and
(ii) testify before such committees on the
issues that will be covered by the National
Intelligence Estimate.
(C) Form.--The National Intelligence Estimate shall
be submitted under subparagraph (A) in classified form.
(3) Public version.--Consistent with the protection of
intelligence sources and methods, at the same time as the
Director submits to the congressional intelligence committees
the National Intelligence Estimate under paragraph (2), the
Director shall submit to the congressional committees specified
in paragraph (4), and make publicly available on the internet
website of the Director, an unclassified version of the
National Intelligence Estimate.
(4) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional
committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland
Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on Finance, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(5) Consultation.--The Director shall prepare the National
Intelligence Estimate under paragraph (1) in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and any other head
of an element of the Federal Government the Director of
National Intelligence determines appropriate.
(b) Future Pandemic Plan.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the
congressional committees specified in paragraph (3), and make
publicly available on the internet website of the President, a
report containing a whole-of-government plan for an effective
response to a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
and for other future pandemic diseases.
(2) Matters included.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall
address how to improve the following:
(A) Pandemic planning.
(B) Homeland preparedness.
(C) International disease surveillance.
(D) Testing.
(E) Contact tracing.
(F) The role of the Federal Government with respect
to the regulation, acquisition, and disbursement of
essential equipment.
(G) The provision of personal protective equipment.
(H) Early domestic response to future pandemic
diseases in the United States.
(3) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional
committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(c) Global Strategy.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination with
the Director of National Intelligence, shall transmit to the
congressional committees specified in paragraph (2), and make
publicly available on the internet website of the President, a
report containing a global strategy for mobilizing
international institutions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2) Congressional committees specified.--The congressional
committees specified in this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations,
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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