Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 116 — National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
§ 9203. Evaluation and research plan
Statutory text
In general
Not less frequently than biennially, the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall—
evaluate the work of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility;
develop, biennially update, and publish a strategic plan for research at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility based on priority risk and threat assessments, including strategies to—
develop veterinary countermeasures for emerging foreign animal diseases and animal transboundary diseases;
provide advanced testing, diagnostic, and evaluation capabilities for threat detection, vulnerability assessments of animal and zoonotic diseases, and veterinary countermeasures for animal and zoonotic diseases;
assist, as appropriate, with the development, and address vulnerability assessments, of the agriculture and food sectors;
address gaps in the ongoing animal and zoonotic disease research efforts across the Federal Government, ensuring not to duplicate those ongoing efforts; and
be used for such other purposes as the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, determines to be appropriate; and
submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the strategic plan for research described in paragraph (2).
Classified information
The strategic plan for research required under subsection (a)(2)—
shall be published in an unclassified format that is publicly available;
shall be submitted under subsection (a)(3) in unclassified form; and
may include in the submission under subsection (a)(3) a classified annex for any sensitive or classified information, as necessary.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Pub. L. 116–260 div. P § 4 · 134 Stat. 1182
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 9203
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. P, § 4, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2160.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. P, § 4, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2160.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about December 21, 2020, and submitted by the Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
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