the research phase all the way to fda approval and inclusion of the vaccines and drugs into the sns. it is focused on medical countermeasures that combat chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (cbrn) threats, as well as threats from pandemic influenza (pi) and emerging infectious diseases (eid). to-date, barda has supported 42 fda approvals for products addressing cbrn, pi, and eid threats.) section 405: reporting on the federal select agent program requires more reporting on the select agent program (a federal program that “oversees the possession, use and transfer of biological select agents and toxins, which have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or plant products”) title v - increasing communication in medical countermeasure advanced research and development title v is further divided into five sections: section 501: medical countermeasure budget plan expands the countermeasure budget plan to coordinate more detail and communication regarding medical countermeasures section 502: material threat and medical countermeasure notifications requires the government to better notify specific oversight committees in congress “of current material threat determinations on an annual basis, and promptly notify congress each time there is a change to such determinations.” section 503: availability of regulatory management plans requires the fda to better help new medical countermeasure development companies apply to the government by posting the process online section 504: barda and the special reserve fund reauthorizes both barda and bioshield special reserve fund through 2023 (project bioshield is the federal program to develop, acquire, stockpile, and distribute medical countermeasures to protect the u.s. against weapons of mass destruction) section 505: additional strategies for combating antibiotic resistance officially writes into u.s. federal law the findings of the presidential advisory council on combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria title vi - advancing technologies for medical countermeasures us navy 070405-n-1525h-034 airman mark hensel receives the anthrax vaccine aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier uss nimitz (cvn 68) title vi is further divided into seven sections: section 601: administration of countermeasures makes clear that barda can use existing resources to help get new technology related to medical countermeasures section 602: updating definitions of other transactions makes some technical changes to procedures section 603: medical countermeasure master files uses data to help companies developing new medical countermeasures submit their applications requires the fda to take certain steps to help master file maintenance section 604: animal rule report requires a report about the use of the “animal rule” in the development of medical countermeasures (in 2002, the fda created a rule that allows the results of animal testing to be used for approval of products that will treat people in the event of a serious public health emergency, such as biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear attacks) section 605: review of the benefits of genomic engineering technologies and their potential role in national security creates a high-level meeting of people and organizations that help the federal government, along with private companies, to talk about potential ways that “genomic engineering technologies” could help improve national security requires the aspr to create a public report about the results of the meeting section 606: report on the development of vaccines to prevent future epidemics requires that a report be written about how the government worked with other countries in the past during public health emergencies; specifically how they did advanced r&d on products to help pandemics and epidemics section 607: strengthening mosquito abatement for safety and health (smash) allows the government to continue using tools that help states and local governments control and watch mosquito populations, especially those that carry the zika virus continues a program that gives grants to epidemiology and laboratory efforts that are trying to control the spread of infectious diseases title vii - miscellaneous provisions title vii is further divided into seven sections: section 701: reauthorizations and extensions extends a number of federal programs and laws, such as funding for va hospitals, flu vaccine tracking, and the distribution of flu vaccines during a pandemic section 702: location of materials in the stockpile limits what the government can disclose to the public about the strategic national stockpile, in cases where doing so could affect u.s. national security section 703: cybersecurity requires the government to create a strategy to protect the public's health in case of a cyber attack that threatens u.s. national security section 704: report requires that the government publish a report about what the aspr has done to help migrant children and their families reunite, as the result of federal immigration policies section 705: technical changes makes some technical changes to various laws legislative history original law president george w. bush and senator richard burr in 2006, during the 109th congress (2005-2006), senator richard burr introduced s. 3678, the pandemic and all-hazards preparedness act. it passed congress and was signed into law by president george w. bush (public law 109-417). senators richard burr and the late edward kennedy (d-ma) spearheaded the original legislation. first reauthorization in 2013, the original pandemic and all-hazards preparedness act of 2006 needed to be reauthorized. senator richard burr introduced s. 242, the pandemic and all-hazards preparedness reauthorization act. the bill, however, never made it to a full vote in the senate. in the house, rep. mike rogers introduced the same legislation, h.r. 307. that bill passed congress and was signed into law by president barack obama (public law 113-5). second reauthorization in 2018, during the 115th congress (2017-2018) the law once again needed to be updated and reauthorized. senator burr introduced s. 2852, the pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2018. the bill made it through committee consideration but never reached a full vote in the senate. in the house, rep. susan brooks introduced companion legislation, h.r. 6378. brooks’ bill passed the house, but was never considered in the senate. once the 115th congress ended, both bills were effectively dead. the following year, in 2019 during the first year of the 116th congress (2019-2020), senator burr re-introduced the all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act as s. 1379. the bill was passed by congress and on june 24, 2019 it was signed by president trump on june 24, 2019 (pl 116-22). table summary of legislative versions various versions of the pahpa bill session chamber bill sponsor status 109th congress (2005-2006) senate s. 3678 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness act sen. richard burr (r-nc) signed into law (pl 109-417) 109th congress (2005-2006) house none n/a n/a 113th congress (2013-2014) senate s. 242 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness reauthorization act sen. burr introduced in senate. no vote. 113th congress (2013-2014) house h.r. 307 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness reauthorization act rep. mike rogers (r-mi) signed into law (pl 113-5) 115th congress (2017-2018) senate s. 2852 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2018 sen. burr reported favorably out of the senate help committee. no vote in the full senate. 115th congress (2017-2018) house h.r. 6378 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2018 rep. susan brooks (r-in) passed in house. no consideration in senate. 116th congress (2019-2020) senate s. 1379 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2019 sen. burr signed into law (pl 116-22) 116th congress (2019-2020) house h.r. 269 - pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2019 rep. anna eshoo (d-ca) passed in house. no consideration in senate. s. 1379 procedural history the pandemic and all-hazards preparedness and advancing innovation act of 2019 (s. 1379) was introduced in the senate by richard burr on may 8, 2019. on may 15, the senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions passed the bill by unanimous consent. that same day, the full senate passed the bill by voice vote. on june 4, the house passed the bill by voice vote. the legislation was sent to president trump on june 13, who signed it into law on june 24, 2019 as public law 116-22.