,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fejd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services1 acting    
through the ,director of the ,centers   
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1  
to develop a plan to improve            
surveillance with respect to diseases   
that are viral pandemic threats1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,improved         
surveillance with respect to diseases   
that are viral pandemic threats  7a7    
,plan ,not later than #a year after the 
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services acting through the ,director  
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention 7in this section        
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
develop a plan to improve surveillance  
with respect to diseases that are viral 

pandemic threats1 so as to ensure-- 7#a7
 rapid detection of the spread of such  
diseases2  7#b7 effective sharing of    
surveillance information1 subject to    
privacy protections for individually    
identifiable information under          
applicable law2 and  7#c7 rapid and     
coordinated response to such diseases by
 ,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1 territorial1
 and local public health agencies4  7b7 
,pilot program  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary1 in coordination with        
development of the plan under subsection
 7a71 shall carry out a competitive     
pilot program in which the ,secretary   
awards grant to entities for projects-- 
7,a7 to assesses the state of early     
detection of diseases that are viral    
pandemic threats to determine the       
strengths and weaknesses of the current 
methods1 policies1 and procedures for   
such early detection2 and  7,b7 to      
optimize such early detection through   
development and implementation of       
innovative approaches to the development

 of rapid or instant tests1 methods1    
policies1 and procedures over the       
#d-month period following the date of   
enactment of this ,act4  7#b7           
,announcement ,the ,secretary shall     
announce that-- 7,a7 applications for   
grants under this subsection will be    
accepted for #fj days following the     
announcement2 and  7,b7 the grant       
recipients will be selected within #fj  
days of the end of the acceptance period
 described in subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7  
,duration of projects ,the duration of a
 project funded under this section shall
 not exceed #f months unless the grant  
recipient receives written approval from
 the ,secretary for the project to      
exceed #f months4  7#d7 ,collaboration  
,grant recipients under this section may
 not collaborate on projects funded     
under this section unless1 before       
approving the collaboration1 the        
,secretary-- 7,a7 determines that such  
collaboration will further the          
objectives described in paragraph 7#a72 

and  7,b7 gives notice to the           
congressional committees of jurisdiction
 that such collaboration will occur4    
7#e7 ,reporting by grantees ,not later  
than #c months after completing a       
project funded under this section1 a    
grant recipient shall submit a report to
 the ,secretary on the results of the   
project4  7#f7 ,report to ,congress ,not
 later than #ah months after the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary 
shall submit a report1 including a      
classified annex1 to the ,congress on   
the results of the pilot program under  
this subsection4  7c7 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated #cj1jjj1jjj4