,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbj,mr4 
,schiff 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4 
,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4
 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,castro of   
,texas1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,heck1    
,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of 
,california1 ,ms4 ,speier1 and ,mrs4    
,demings7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,permanent   
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,energy and ,commerce1 and ,foreign     
,affairs1 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 direct the ,director of  
,national ,intelligence to produce a    
,national ,intelligence ,estimate on the
 threat of global pandemic disease1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   

,this ,act may be cited as the ,the     
,global ,pandemic ,,nie ,act of #bjbj4  
#b4 ,national ,intelligence ,estimate on
 threat of global pandemic disease  7a7 
,national ,intelligence ,estimate  7#a7 
,requirement ,the ,director of ,national
 ,intelligence1 acting through the      
,national ,intelligence ,council1 shall 
produce a ,national ,intelligence       
,estimate on the threat of global       
pandemic disease1 including with respect
 to the following3 7,a7 ,an assessment  
of the possible courses of the          
,,covid-#ai pandemic during the #ah     
months following the date of the        
,estimate1 including-- 7i7 the projected
 spread of the #bjai novel coronavirus  
outside the ,united ,states and the     
likelihood of a potential second wave of
 the virus2  7ii7 the capacity of       
countries and international             
organizations to combat the further     
spread of the virus1 including risks and
 opportunities for further global       
cooperation2 and  7iii7 the risks to the

 national security and health security  
of the ,united ,states if the disease is
 not contained abroad4  7,b7 ,an        
assessment of the global public health  
system and the responses of the system  
to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic1 including--
 7i7 prospects for an effective global  
disease surveillance and response       
system1 opportunities to advance the    
development of such a system1 and       
signposts for evaluating whether or not 
an effective system has been developed  
before a disease outbreak occurs2 and   
7ii7 an assessment of health system     
capacity4  7,c7 ,an assessment of-- 7i7 
the humanitarian and economic           
implications of the ,,covid-#ai         
pandemic2 and  7ii7 the consequences of 
the pandemic with respect to political  
stability1 armed conflict1              
democratization1 and the global         
leadership by the ,united ,states of the
 post-,world ,war ,,ii international    
system4  7,d7 ,an assessment of-- 7i7   
likely threats by viruses during the    

#aj-year period following the date of   
the ,estimate2  7ii7 global readiness to
 avert a future global pandemic2  7iii7 
challenges and opportunities for the    
policy of the ,united ,states to advance
 global pandemic preparedness2 and  7iv7
 the potential role of non-state and    
state-backed global influence activities
 or disinformation campaigns involving  
,,covid-#ai or future potential         
pandemics4  7,e7 ,any other matters the 
,director determines appropriate4  7#b7 
,submission to ,congress  7,a7          
,submission ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 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 7#a71
 including all intelligence reporting   
underlying the ,estimate4  7,b7 ,notice 
regarding submission ,if before the end 

of the #ij-;day period specified in     
subparagraph 7,a7 the ,director         
determines that the ,national           
,intelligence ,estimate under paragraph 
7#a7 cannot be submitted by the end of  
that period1 the ,director shall 7before
 the end of that period7-- 7i7 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-- 7,i7   
the reasons why the ,national           
,intelligence ,estimate cannot be       
submitted by the end of that period2 and
  7,,ii7 an estimated date for the      
submission of the ,national             
,intelligence ,estimate2 and  7ii7      
testify before such committees on the   
issues that will be covered by the      
,national ,intelligence ,estimate4  7,c7
 ,form ,the ,national ,intelligence     
,estimate shall be submitted under      
subparagraph 7,a7 in classified form4   
7#c7 ,public version ,consistent with   

the protection of intelligence sources  
and methods1 at the same time as the    
,director submits to the congressional  
intelligence committees the ,national   
,intelligence ,estimate under paragraph 
7#b71 the ,director shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in   
paragraph 7#d71 and make publicly       
available on the internet website of the
 ,director1 an unclassified version of  
the ,national ,intelligence ,estimate4  
7#d7 ,congressional committees specified
 ,the congressional committees specified
 in this paragraph are the following3   
7,a7 ,the ,committee on ,appropriations1
 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services1 
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security1 and 
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,appropriations1 the ,committee on   
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     

,finance1 the ,committee on ,foreign    
,relations1 the ,committee on ,health1  
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions1 the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs1 and the ,select 
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4  7#e7 ,consultation ,the       
,director shall prepare the ,national   
,intelligence ,estimate under paragraph 
7#a7 in consultation with the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services1 the   
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 and any other 
head of an element of the ,federal      
,government the ,director of ,national  
,intelligence determines appropriate4   
7b7 ,future pandemic plan  7#a7         
,requirement ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,president shall transmit to  
the congressional committees specified  
in paragraph 7#c71 and make publicly    
available on the internet website of the
 ,president1 a report containing a      
whole-of-government plan for an         

effective response to a potential second
 wave of the ,,covid-#ai pandemic and   
for other future pandemic diseases4     
7#b7 ,matters included ,the plan under  
paragraph 7#a7 shall address how to     
improve the following3 7,a7 ,pandemic   
planning4  7,b7 ,homeland preparedness4 
7,c7 ,international disease             
surveillance4  7,d7 ,testing4  7,e7     
,contact tracing4  7,f7 ,the role of the
 ,federal ,government with respect to   
the regulation1 acquisition1 and        
disbursement of essential equipment4    
7,g7 ,the provision of personal         
protective equipment4  7,h7 ,early      
domestic response to future pandemic    
diseases in the ,united ,states4  7#c7  
,congressional committees specified ,the
 congressional committees specified in  
this paragraph are the following3 7,a7  
,the ,committee on ,appropriations1 the 
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the   
,committee on ,homeland ,security1 and  
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    

,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,appropriations1 the ,committee on   
,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on  
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions1 the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security and ,governmental ,affairs1   
and the ,select ,committee on           
,intelligence of the ,senate4  7c7      
,global strategy  7#a7 ,requirement ,not
 later than #ij days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,president1 in coordination with the    
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
shall transmit to the congressional     
committees specified in paragraph 7#b71 
and make publicly available on the      
internet website of the ,president1 a   
report containing a global strategy for 
mobilizing international institutions to
 combat the ,,covid-#ai pandemic4  7#b7 
,congressional committees specified ,the
 congressional committees specified in  
this paragraph are the following3 7,a7  
,the ,committee on ,appropriations1 the 

,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and the
 ,permanent ,select ,committee on       
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7,b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,appropriations1 the ,committee on   
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     
,foreign ,relations1 and the ,select    
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4