To require a report on biodefense staffing and training requirements in support of the national biosafety laboratories.

1. Adds SEC. 1066. REPORT ON BIODEFENSE STAFFING AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL BIOSAFETY LABORATORIES at the end of subtitle G of title X

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   (b) Annual Reports.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the Federal Aviation Administration promulgates such policy, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services, Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the actions of the Department of Defense to support the development by the Federal Aviation Administration of a policy on the testing and operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in the National Airspace System.

   Inserted: SEC. 1066. REPORT ON BIODEFENSE STAFFING AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL BIOSAFETY LABORATORIES.

   Inserted: (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, conduct a study to determine the staffing and training requirements for pending capital programs to construct biodefense laboratories (including agriculture and animal laboratories) at Biosafety Level (BSL) 3 and Biosafety Level 4 or to expand current biodefense laboratories to such biosafety levels.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--In conducting the study, the Secretary of Defense shall address the following:

   Inserted: (1) The number of trained personnel, by discipline and qualification level, required for existing biodefense laboratories at Biosafety Level 3 and Biosafety Level 4.

   Inserted: (2) The number of research and support staff, including researchers, laboratory technicians, animal handlers, facility managers, facility or equipment maintainers, biosecurity personnel (including biosafety, physical, and electronic security personnel), and other safety personnel required to manage biodefense research efforts to combat bioterrorism at the biodefense laboratories described in subsection (a).

   Inserted: (3) The training required to provide the personnel described by paragraphs (1) and (2), including the type of training (whether classroom, laboratory, or field training) required, the length of training required by discipline, and the curriculum required to be developed for such training.

   Inserted: (4) Training schedules necessary to meet the scheduled openings of the biodefense laboratories described in subsection (a), including schedules for refresher training and continuing education that may be necessary for that purpose.

   Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the results of the study conducted under this section.

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   At the end of subtitle G of title X add the following:

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