118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2538 — Regional Biocontainment Laboratory Authorization Act of 2023

“A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity for purposes of responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases or acts of bioterrorism.”

Health

Introduced Jul 26, 2023

Last action Jul 26, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jul 26, 2023

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Referred

Jul 26, 2023

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Committee

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides statutory authority for a program through which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awards grants or other support for regional biocontainment laboratories. These are laboratories that are designed to safely conduct research on dangerous pathogens and toxins to address emerging infectious diseases and other biological threats. Additionally, HHS must establish a board consisting of grantee representatives to provide recommendations to (1) improve the quality and consistency of laboratory procedures and practices, and (2) coordinate federally funded activities carried out at the laboratories.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 26, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 26, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.