§ 247d–7d - Security for countermeasure development and production

CHAPTER 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER II— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

(a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, may provide technical or other assistance to provide security to persons or facilities that conduct development, production, distribution, or storage of priority countermeasures (as defined in section 247d–6(e)(4) of this title).

(b) The Secretary may develop guidelines to enable entities eligible to receive assistance under subsection (a) to secure their facilities against potential terrorist attack.

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Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–22 substituted “section 247d–6(e)(4)” for “section 247d–6(h)(4)”.