,,iv  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ic  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(      
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #c1 #bjba,ms4
 ,kaptur submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2  
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &
 ,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,call+ = !     
e/abli%m5t ( a new unit ( ! ,national   
,in/itutes ( ,heal?1 to be kn[n z ,!    
,national ,in/itute ( ,viral ,diseases1 
to increase rese>* 9 ! field ( viral    
disease causes1 prev5tion1 & treatm5t4  
,:]eas ! p&emic caus$ by ! sev]e acute  
respiratory syndrome coronavirus #b 79  
?is preamble ref]r$ to z ,,covid-#ai7 is
 p]haps ! greate/ ?reat to ! heal? &    
prosp]ity ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates s9ce !      
,great ,depression1 & ,,covid-#ai has   
sick5$ m ?an #bf million p 9 ! ,unit$   
,/ates1 has kill$ m ?an #ddj1jjj p1 &   
has left hundr$s ( ?\s&s ( survivors )  
long-t]m vascul>1 neurological1 & o!r   
complications2 ,:]eas ,,covid-#ai has   
exce$$ #ajb1jjj1jjj cases & #b1ajj1jjj  
million dea?s worldwide2 ,:]eas         
projections1 us+ ! optimi/ic assumption 

t ,,covid-#ai w be controll$ by ! fall (
 #bjba by vacc9es /ill untri$ or fully  
te/$1 =esee economic co/s e/imat$ at m  
?an #af trillion1 almo/ #ij p]c5t ( !   
annual gross dome/ic product ( ! ,unit$ 
,/ates2 ,:]eas ! toll 9 illness1 dea?1 &
 direct economic damage caus$ by        
,,covid-#ai ju/ifies a fundam5tal       
reorganization & significant expansion (
 ! commitm5t ( ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t to    
fund rese>* on diseases caus$ by viruses
 & _! prev5tion & treatm5t2 ,:]eas      
,,covid-#ai is only "o ( m ?an #acj     
viruses kn[n to cause diseases 9 humans1
 ^! diseases sick5 millions ( p 9 !     
,unit$ ,/ates ea* ye>1 & !y range f     
relatively mild to deva/at+1 includ+ !  
common cold1 infecti\s di>rhea1         
,,hiv_/,,aids1 measles1 *ick5 pox1      
hepatitis1 mumps1 c]vical canc]1 & c]ta9
 =ms ( leukemia2 ,:]eas viruses also    
pose s]i\s heal? & economic ?reats to   
dome/ic pets1 f>m animals1 & food crops2
 ,:]eas sci5ti/s pr$ict t ! toll f viral
 diseases w increase 9 ! future1 ) new  

disease-caus+ viruses spread+ f animals 
to p due to human intrusion into        
previ\sly wild environm5ts1 increas$    
int]national travel1 & mass migrations  
result+ f w>1 fam9e1 & national disa/]s2
 ,:]eas despite ! scope & s]i\sness (   
?is problem1 !re is no treatm5t or cure 
= mo/ viral infections 9 humans & exi/+ 
treatm5ts c only relieve symptoms :ile  
victims wait & hope t _! immune sy/em w 
fight (f ! virus2 ,:]eas vacc9es c      
protect p f "s viral disease1 b no      
vacc9e exi/s = ! mo/ common viral       
infections1 includ+ ! common cold1 &    
vacc9es = influ5za provide only tempor>y
 protection & mu/ be r5ew$ annually2    
,:]eas viruses call$ bact]iophages are  
"o ( ! mo/ promis+ ways ( treat+        
anti-biotic resi/ant bact]ia1 b ,f$]al  
inve/m5t 9 sci5tific rese>* 9 ?is area  
lags2 ,:]eas ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives  
recognizes ! importance ( biological    
sci5ces rese>* & its contributions to   
advanc+ m$ical c\nt]measures = !        
bett]m5t ( ! ,am]ican public2 & ,:]eas !

 virus-relat$ fund+ ( ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t
 is fragm5t$1 uncoord9at$1 & n uniquely 
focus$ z x is allocat$ among multiple   
,f$]al ag5cies1 includ+ ! ,national     
,in/itute = ,all]gies & ,infecti\s      
,diseases1 ! ,c5t]s = ,disease ,control 
& ,prev5tions1 ! ,food & ,drug          
,adm9i/ration1 ! ,heal? ,res\rces &     
,s]vices ,adm9i/ration1 ! ,unit$ ,/ates 
,ag5cy = ,int]national ,developm5t1 & ! 
,fog>ty ,int]national ,c5t] ( !         
,national ,in/itutes ( ,heal?3 ,n[1     
!re=e1 be x ,t-- 7#a7 ! ,director ( !   
,national ,in/itutes ( ,heal? %\ld      
e/abli% a new rese>* in/itute ( !       
,national ,in/itutes ( ,heal?1 to be    
kn[n z ! ,national ,in/itute ( ,viral   
,diseases1 to focus1 coord9ate1 &       
increase rese>* fund+ on ! causes1      
prev5tion1 & treatm5t ( diseases caus$  
by viruses2 &  7#b7 all exi/+ & future  
rese>* ( ?is k9d %\ld be coord9at$ ?r\gh
 ! new ,national ,in/itute ( ,viral     
,diseases4