House Bills - 110th Congress

H. R. 7041 —The Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act

On September 24, 2008, Representative Christopher Carney (D-PA) introduced H.R. 7041, the Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act. Provisions would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a competitive basis to biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to bioterrorism attacks or outbreaks of infectious diseases. Such awards would be made to any of the 13 regional biocontainment laboratories funded through the NIAID. H.R. 7041 has 11 co-sponsors and was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.