S.Amdt. 1705

SA 1705. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN
THE COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
INNOVATIONS.

(a) In General.--The United States is authorized to
participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
Innovations.
(b) Investors Council of CEPI.--The Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development is
authorized to designate an employee of such agency to serve
on the Investors Council of the Coalition for Epidemic
Preparedness as a representative of the United States.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that describes
the following:
(1) The United States' planned contributions to the
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (in this
section referred to as the ``Coalition'') and the mechanisms
for United States participation in the Coalition.
(2) The manner and extent to which the United States shall
participate in the governance of the Coalition.
(3) The role of the Coalition in and anticipated benefits
of United States participation in the Coalition on--
(A) the Global Health Security Strategy required by section
7058(c)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of
Public Law 115-141);
(B) the applicable revision of the National Biodefense
Strategy required by section 1086 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
(C) any other relevant policy and planning process.
(d) United States Contributions.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $200,000,000 to carry out global health
security, for contributions to the Coalition for Epidemic
Preparedness Innovations.

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(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section , the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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