The Project BioShield Act : Issues for the 112th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare.

Drugs.

Business.

Public contracts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (22 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

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. Discusses appropriations, rescissions, and transfers; acquisitions; and relationship between Project BioShield and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. Addresses policy issues and options for Congressional consideration, and summarizes current legislation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). 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 Act

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.