,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cafa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bh1     
#bjah ,mr4 ,brown introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to establish the ,centers for  
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
,emergency ,response ,fund to provide   
assistance with respect to a public     
health emergency1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,centers for        
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
,emergency ,response ,act of #bjah4  #b4
 ,centers for ,disease ,control and     
,prevention ,emergency ,response ,fund  
7a7 ,establishment ,there is established
 in the ,treasury of the ,united ,states
 a fund to be known as the ,centers for 
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
,emergency ,response ,fund 7referred to 
in this ,act as the ,fund74  7b7        
,obligations and expenditures ,subject  

to subsection 7d71 the ,director of the 
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention 7referred to in this ,act as
 the ,director7 may obligate and expend 
amounts in the ,fund in the event the   
,director activates ,level #a emergency 
operations1 as necessary to detect1     
prepare for1 or respond to a natural or 
manmade disaster1 disease outbreak1 or  
other public health emergency1          
domestically or abroad4  7c7            
,coordination ,in obligating and        
expending amounts in the ,fund1 the     
,director may coordinate with other     
,federal and ,state entities1 as        
appropriate1 including through the      
transfer of amounts in the ,fund to such
 other entities4  7d7 ,congressional    
oversight  7#a7 ,notice ,the ,director  
shall submit to the ,president1 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 and the ,committee on          
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives1 and any other relevant
 committee1 notice of any plan to       

obligate or expend amounts in the ,fund4
  7#b7 ,reporting ,not less frequently  
than every #fj days1 the ,director shall
 provide regular briefings and submit a 
written report1 to the ,committee on    
,appropriations of the ,senate1 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives1 and any     
other relevant committee1 detailing the 
use of any amounts obligated or expended
 from the ,fund during the applicable   
#fj-;day period4  7#c7 ,requirements for
 amounts greater than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj    
,the ,director may obligate or expend   
amounts in the ,fund that are greater   
than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj in any fiscal year  
in accordance with a plan submitted     
under paragraph 7#a7 only if a joint    
resolution of disapproval of such plan  
is not enacted within #cj days of such  
submission4  7e7 ,appropriations  7#a7  
,in general ,there is appropriated to   
the ,fund1 out of any monies in the     
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 to
 remain available until expended--  7,a7

 for fiscal year #bjai1 #b1jjj1jjj1jjj2 
and  7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbj and each
 fiscal year thereafter1 if the         
unobligated amount remaining in the     
,fund on the first day of the applicable
 fiscal year is less than               
#b1jjj1jjj1jjj1 the amount equal to the 
difference between #b1jjj1jjj1jjj and   
the unobligated amount remaining in the 
,fund on the first day of such fiscal   
year4  7#b7 ,emergency designation  7,a7
 ,statutory ,,paygo ,this subsection is 
designated as an emergency requirement  
pursuant to section #d7;g7 of the       
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;g774  7,b7    
,senate designation ,in the ,senate1    
this subsection is designated as an     
emergency requirement pursuant to       
section #daab7;a7 of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga
 7#aaeth ,congress71 the concurrent     
resolution on the budget for fiscal year
 #bjah4  7#c7 ,limitation ,amounts      
appropriated under this ,act shall      
supplement1 and not supplant other      

,federal1 ,state1 and local governmental
 amounts provided for public health     
response activities1 including amounts  
provided through any emergency          
supplemental appropriations ,act4  7f7  
,,gao reports ,not later than #a year   
after the date of enactment of this ,act
 and annually thereafter for #d years1  
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall submit a report to       
,congress on the ,federal response to   
infectious disease outbreaks during the 
reporting period1 best practices for    
emergency public health response and    
interagency coordination1 the use of    
funding sources in public health        
emergency response1 and the use of the  
,fund established by this ,act4