118 STAT. 842 PUBLIC LAW 108–276—JULY 21, 2004 respect to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis eases, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005.’’. (c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2106 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–6) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘authorized to be appro priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005.’’; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘authorized to be appro priated’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005.’’. (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 319F of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home land Security,’’ after ‘‘Management Agency,’’; and (2) in subsection (h)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘to diagnose condi tions’’ and inserting ‘‘to treat, identify, or prevent conditions’’. (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section has any legal effect on sections 302(2), 302(4), 304(a), or 304(b) of the Home land Security Act of 2002. SEC. 3. BIOMEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROCUREMENT. (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY REGARDING STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.— (1) TRANSFER OF PROGRAM.—Section 121 of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 611; 42 U.S.C. 300hh–12) is transferred from such Act to the Public Health Service Act, is redesignated as section 319F–2, and is inserted after section 319F–1 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 2 of this Act). (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by paragraph (1), is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 319F–2. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE. ‘‘(a) STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security (referred to in this section as the ‘Homeland Security Secretary’), shall maintain a stock pile or stockpiles of drugs, vaccines and other biological prod ucts, medical devices, and other supplies in such numbers, types, and amounts as are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate and practicable, taking into account other avail able sources, to provide for the emergency health security of the United States, including the emergency health security of children and other vulnerable populations, in the event of a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency. ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary, in managing the stock pile under paragraph (1), shall— ‘‘(A) consult with the working group under section 319F(a); ‘‘(B) ensure that adequate procedures are followed with respect to such stockpile for inventory management and accounting, and for the physical security of the stockpile; 42 USC 247d–6b. 42 USC 247d–6a note.
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