H.R. 4492 · 117th Congress
Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
SwalwellSponsorNo cosponsors.
This bill directs the President to establish a cabinet-level interagency forum to be known as the National Biodefense Directorate.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 16, 2021
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021
Latest action (Aug 11, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 16, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.