,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjbc,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,tillis7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
establish a program at ,,barda for      
developing medical countermeasures for  
viral threats with pandemic potential4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,disease ,x ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 
,medical countermeasures for viral      
threats with pandemic potential  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #cai,l7c77#d7 of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#g;e7c77#d77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,d7--   
7,a7 in clause 7ii71 by striking 2 and  
and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 by     
redesignating clause 7iii7 as clause    
7v72 and  7,c7 by inserting after clause
 7ii7 the following3  7iii7 the         
identification and development of       

platform manufacturing technologies     
needed for advanced development and     
manufacturing of medical countermeasures
 for viral families which have          
significant potential to cause a        
pandemic2  7iv7 advanced research and   
development of flexible medical         
countermeasures against priority        
respiratory virus families and other    
respiratory viral pathogens with a      
significant potential to cause a        
pandemic1 with both pathogen-specific   
and pathogen-agnostic approaches2 and  2
 and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,f7-- 7,a7  
in clause 7ii71 by striking 2 and at the
 end and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in
 clause 7iii71 by striking the period   
and inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7iv7        
priority virus families and other viral 
pathogens with a significant potential  
to cause a pandemic4  4  7b7 ,funding   
,section #cai,l7d77#b7 of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bdg;d-#g;e7d77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by

 striking ,to carry out and inserting   
the following3  7i7 ,in general ,to     
carry out  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7ii7 ,additional    
funding  7,i7 ,in general ,in addition  
to the amounts appropriated under clause
 7i71 there is authorized to be         
appropriated to the ,fund #dj1jjj1jjj   
for each of fiscal years #bjbd through  
#bjbh1 which amounts shall be used      
solely for purposes of carrying out     
clauses 7iii7 and 7iv7 of subsection    
7c77#d77;,d71 such amounts to remain    
available until expended4  7,,ii7       
,restriction on use of funds ,any       
product developed using funding         
appropriated pursuant to subclause 7,i7 
shall be substantially manufactured in  
the ,united ,states4 ,the ,secretary may
 waive the requirements of this         
subclause with respect to individual    
entities if the ,secretary determines   
that requiring domestic research and    
development operations would be         
inconsistent with the public interest4  

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