,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland      
,security ,act of #bjjb to clarify the  
role of the ,national ,biosurveillance  
,integration ,center of the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security regarding an     
emerging highly communicable infectious 
disease event of national concern1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,detection and ,response to ,emerging   
,highly ,communicable ,infectious       
,disease ,events ,act4  #b4 ,national   
,biosurveillance ,integration ,center   

7a7 ,in general ,subsection 7c7 of      
section #caf of the ,homeland ,security 
,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #aie;b7 is  
amended by inserting 1 including an     
emerging highly communicable infectious 
disease event1 after biological event4  
7b7 ,reporting ,section #caf of the     
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb is    
amended by-- 7#a7 redesignating         
subsections 7h7 through 7j7 as          
subsections 7i7 through 7k71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 inserting after 
subsection 7g7 the following new        
subsection3  7h7 ,reporting ,the        
,directing ,officer of the ,,nbic shall 
report to the ,national ,security       
,council1 the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate within #gb hours
 of confirmation of an emerging highly  
communicable infectious disease event of
 national concern being detected4  4