S. 2852: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-15 · Emergency Management · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Plain summary

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 various programs relating to pandemic and all-hazards preparedness, including: the Hospital Preparedness Program, biosurveillance programs, the emergency system for advanced registration of volunteer health professionals, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the Strategic National Stockpile, the National Disaster Medical System, the Medical Reserve Corps, and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund. The bill requires the National Health Security Strategy developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to describe potential emergency health security threats and identify the process for achieving the preparedness goals. The bill also requires HHS to develop guidelines to inform regional systems of hospitals and health care facilities of capabilities to treat patients affected by chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats. The bill reauthorizes through FY2023 funding for medical facilities of the Veterans Administration and for influenza vaccine tracking and distribution.

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Official text

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2852, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (2018-08-03)

Cosponsors on this site

Patty Murray (D-WA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2852.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2852 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115