Project BioShield

Abstract

Many potential biological terrorism agents lack available countermeasures. President Bush proposed Project BioShield to address this need. The 108th Congress considered this proposal in S. 15, S. 1504, and H.R. 2122. 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 are as follows: (1) relaxing procedures for bioterrorism-related procurement, hiring, and awarding of 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 measures to encourage countermeasure development are being considered by the 109th Congress in S. 3 (Gregg), S. 975 (Lieberman), S. 1873 (Burr), S. 1880 (Kennedy), S. 2564 (Burr), and H.R. 5533 (Rogers). This report will be updated in response to legislative developments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456426

Entities

People

  • Frank Gottron

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Bioterrorism
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Homeland Security
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Vaccines

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology