S.Amdt. 4267

SA 4267. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 1064. 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 (referred to in this section as ``CEPI'') as a
Member of the Investors Council.
(b) Investors Council and Board of Directors.--
(1) Initial designation.--The President shall designate an
employee of the United States Agency for International
Development--
(A) to represent the United States on the Investors
Council; and
(B) if such employee is nominated to the Board of Directors
of CEPI, to represent the United States on the Board of
Directors during the period beginning on the date of such
designation and ending on September 30, 2022.
(2) Ongoing designations.--The President may designate an
employee of the relevant Federal department or agency with
fiduciary responsibility for United States contributions to
CEPI--
(A) to represent the United States on the Investors
Council; and
(B) if such employee is nominated to the Board of Directors
of CEPI, to represent the United States on the Board of
Directors.
(3) Qualifications.--Any employee designated pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2) shall have demonstrated knowledge and
experience in the fields of development and public health,
epidemiology, or medicine from the Federal department or
agency with primary fiduciary responsibility for United
States contributions under subsection (c).
(c) Consultation.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the employee designated pursuant
to subsection (b)(1) shall consult with the appropriate
congressional committees regarding--
(1) the manner and extent to which the United States plans
to participate in CEPI, including through the governance of
CEPI;
(2) any planned financial contributions to CEPI from the
United States; and
(3) how participation in CEPI is expected to support--
(A) the United States Government Global Health Security
Strategy;
(B) the applicable revision of the National Biodefense
Strategy required under section 1086 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
(C) any other relevant programs relating to global health
security and biodefense.
(d) United States Contributions.--
(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the President, consistent with section 10003(a)(1) of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, should immediately make a
$300,000,000 contribution to CEPI to expand the research and
development of vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19
variants.
(2) Notification.--Not later than 15 days before a
contribution is made available pursuant to paragraph (1), the
President shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees of the amount of such contribution and the
purposes and national interests served by such contribution.
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