Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Disease X Act of 2023”.
Disease X Act of 2023
A BILL
To establish a program at BARDA for developing medical countermeasures for viral threats with pandemic potential.
Sec. 2 Medical countermeasures for viral threats with pandemic potential
Section 319L(c)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(c)(4)) is amended—
in subparagraph (D)—
in clause (ii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (v); and
by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
“(iii) the identification and development of platform manufacturing technologies needed for advanced development and manufacturing of medical countermeasures for viral families which have significant potential to cause a pandemic;
“(iv) advanced research and development of flexible medical countermeasures against priority respiratory virus families and other respiratory viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic, with both pathogen-specific and pathogen-agnostic approaches; and”
in subparagraph (F)—
in clause (ii), by striking “; and” at the end and inserting a semicolon;
in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic.”