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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6027. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1049A. ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES.
(a) In General.—Not later than March 31, 2027, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees an assessment of the establishment of a
governance structure for coordinating the development of
national security-related medical countermeasures, similar to
the Operation Warp Speed Program, for nuclear, chemical and
biological medical countermeasures.
(b) Elements.—The report required under subsection (a)
should include—
(1) recommendations to strengthen and improve the current
medical countermeasure capabilities, authorities, and command
structures of the Department of Defense;
(2) recommendations to improve and formalize interagency
coordination, support mechanisms, and supply chains necessary
for a robust national security medical countermeasure
enterprise; and
(3) any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines
necessary.