Project BioShield

Abstract

Many potential biological terrorism agents lack available countermeasures. President Bush proposed Project BioShield to address this need. Congress considered this proposal in S. 15 (Gregg), S. 1504 (Gregg), and H.R. 2122 (Tauzin). President Bush signed S. 15 into law on July 21, 2004 (The Project BioShield Act of 2004, P.L. 108-276). The main provisions of this law include (1) relaxing procedures for bioterrorism-related procurement, hiring, and awarding research grants; (2) guaranteeing a federal government market for new biomedical countermeasures; and (3) permitting emergency use of unapproved countermeasures. Project BioShield countermeasure procurement is funded by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (P.L. 108-90) which advance appropriated $5.593 billion for FY2004-FY2013. Additional industry incentives being considered by Congress include protection from litigation because of adverse reactions to the countermeasures and tax and intellectual property incentives (S. 666, Lieberman). Other options include directly funding development or increasing the scope of existing federal programs designed to encourage technology commercialization. This report will be updated in response to legislative developmetns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 27, 2004
Accession Number
ADA444866

Entities

People

  • Frank Gottron

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Bioterrorism
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Homeland Security
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Vaccines

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology