H.R. 7225

Referred to Committee

The Global Pandemic NIE Act of 2020

Introduced 6/15/2020•116th Congress•House

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Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

6/15/2020 • House

Summary

The Global Pandemic NIE Act of 2020

This bill requires reports to Congress related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shall report to Congress a classified, intelligence-based assessment on the threat of global pandemic disease, including an assessment of the possible courses of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 18 months following the report. The bill also requires the President to report to Congress on (1) a whole-of-government response to a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and to future pandemics, and (2) a global strategy for mobilizing international institutions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reports shall also be publicly available, except that the publicly available ODNI assessment shall be an unclassified version of the classified report given to Congress.

Introduced in House • 6/15/2020

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Armed Forces and National Security

Cardiovascular and respiratory healthConflicts and warsCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHomeland securityInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationInternational organizations and cooperationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusWorld health