PUBLIC LAW 106-505 —NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2321 "(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary shall provide appropriate technical assistance to eligible entities that receive grants under paragraph (1). "(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appropriated under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds provided for activities under this section. "(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year through 2006. "SEC. 319F. PUBLIC HEALTH COUNTERMEASURES TO A BIOTERRORIST 42 USC 247D-6. ATTACK "(a) WORKING GROUP ON PREPAREDNESS FOR ACTS OF BIOTER- RORISM.— The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a joint interdepartmental working group on preparedness and readiness for the medical and public health effects of a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population. Such joint working group shall— "(1) coordinate research on pathogens likely to be used in a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population as well as therapies to treat such pathogens; "(2) coordinate research and development into equipment to detect pathogens likely to be used in a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population and protect against infection from such pathogens; "(3) develop shared standards for equipment to detect and to protect against infection from pathogens likely to be used in a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population; and "(4) coordinate the development, maintenance, and procedures for the release of, strategic reserves of vaccines, drugs, and medical supplies which may be needed rapidly after a bioterrorist attack upon the civilian population. " (b) WORKING GROUP ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOTERRORISM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary, in collaboration with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a joint interdepartmental working group to address the public health and medical consequences of a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population. "(2) FUNCTIONS.— Such working group shall— "(A) assess the priorities for and enhance the preparedness of public health institutions, providers of medical care, and other emergency service personnel to detect, diagnose, and respond to a bioterrorist attack; and "(B) in the recognition that medical and public health professionals are likely to provide much of the first response to such an attack, develop, coordinate, enhance, and assure the quality of joint planning and training programs that address the public health and medical consequences of a bioterrorist attack on the civilian population between— "(i) local firefighters, ambulance personnel, police and public security officers, or other emergency response personnel; and
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