Project BioShield : Authorities, Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Research.

Medicine.

Public health.

Medical examinations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of P.L. 108-276, the Project BioShield Act of 2004, which encourages private sector development of medical countermeasures such as diagnostic tests, drugs, vaccines, and other treatments, to respond to attacks using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism agents, and to provide a mechanism for Federal acquisition of those newly developed countermeasures. Covers appropriations, rescissions, and transfers; acquisitions; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority oversight of Project BioShield activities; and policy issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Project BioShield

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.