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disease1 & public heal? rese>*2  7#b7 to
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high-consequ5ce zoonotic disease ag5ts1 
em]g+ =eign animal diseases1 & animal   
transb\nd>y diseases2  7#c7 to address  
biological incid5ce ?reats2  7#d7 to    
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ag5cies1 %all evaluate & update !       
/rategic rese>* plan = ! ,national ,bio 
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data  7a7 ,congressional report ,e #f   
mon?s until ! date describ$ 9 subsection
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submit to ! ,committees on ,agriculture1
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,security & ,gov]nm5tal ,affairs ( !    
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docum5ts ! biodef5se mission ( !        
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memor&um ( agreem5t describ$ 9 section  
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