sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
hat tip to DemFromCT for link -
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:11:./temp/~c111HX8qrm:e764835:
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
H.R.1105
"...For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic , $448,091,000, together with $137,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading `Biodefense Countermeasures' in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, of which $507,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this paragraph..."
also I found this:
http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/LeftMarginHeaderList/DOWNLOADFILENAME/000000002898/Omnibus09.pdf
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:11:./temp/~c111HX8qrm:e764835:
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
H.R.1105
"...For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic , $448,091,000, together with $137,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under the heading `Biodefense Countermeasures' in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, of which $507,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this paragraph..."
also I found this:
http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/LeftMarginHeaderList/DOWNLOADFILENAME/000000002898/Omnibus09.pdf
