The Project BioShield Act: Issues for the 112th Congress

Gottron, Frank

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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

RP-ID  :  R42349
RP-ID  :  R42349_2012Jun15

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Project BioShield Act, In 2004, passed by Congress 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.