Project BioShield: Authorities, Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Issues for Congress

Gottron, Frank

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Chemical warfare;    Biological warfare;    Nuclear terrorism;   

RP-ID  :  R41033
RP-ID  :  R41033_2011Feb07

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Project BioShield Act (P.L. 108-276). In 2004 Congress passed the law to encourage the private sector to develop medical countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism agents and to provide a novel mechanism for federal acquisition of those newly developed countermeasures. This law provides three main authorities: (1) relaxing regulatory requirements for some CBRN terrorism-related spending, including hiring personnel and awarding research grants; (2) guaranteeing a federal market for new CBRN medical countermeasures; and (3) permitting emergency use of unapproved countermeasures.