,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjba,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mrs4          
,blackburn1 and ,ms4 ,ernst7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,government ,accountability ,office to  
evaluate the policies and actions of the
 ,national ,institutes of ,health with  
respect to research involving the       
enhancement of potential pandemic       
pathogens and related activities4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,national ,biosecurity ,improvement 
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,,gao study  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,comptroller ,general of  
the ,united ,states shall conduct a     
study of the policies and past actions  
of the ,national ,institutes of ,health 
with respect to research involving the  
enhancement of potential pandemic       

pathogens and related research that     
could result in unintended homeland and 
national security concerns4 ,such study 
shall consider-- 7#a7 how ,federal      
agencies that fund research involving   
the enhancement of potential pandemic   
pathogens and related risky research    
with potentially dangerous pathogens1   
including the ,department of ,health and
 ,human ,services and the ,department of
 ,defense1 ensure that such research is 
conducted safely and securely and       
without compromising national security2 
7#b7 efforts to establish a common      
domestic and international approach to  
ensuring the safety and security of     
research involving the enhancement of   
potential pandemic pathogens and related
 risky research with potentially        
dangerous pathogens2 and  7#c7 the      
extent that ,federal agencies described 
in paragraph 7#a7 consider national     
security information when making        
decisions about ,federal funding to     
support research in other countries4    

7b7 ,report ,not later than #ah months  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the  
,united ,states shall submit to the     
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions1 the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary1 and the ,committee on  
,armed ,services of the ,senate a report
 containing the results of the study    
conducted under subsection 7a71         
including policy recommendations4