118 STAT. 852 PUBLIC LAW 108–276—JULY 21, 2004 ‘‘(2) a contractual agreement between the Secretary and a vendor or vendors under which such vendor or vendors agree to provide to such Secretary supplies described in subsection (a). ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro priated $640,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006. Such authorization is in addition to amounts in the special reserve fund referred to in subsection (c)(10)(A). ‘‘(2) SMALLPOX VACCINE DEVELOPMENT.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection (b), there are authorized to be appro priated $509,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006.’’. (b) AMENDMENTS TO HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2212; 6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 502(3) (6 U.S.C. 312(3))— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the Strategic National Stockpile,’’; and (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, including requiring deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile,’’ after ‘‘resources’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 510. PROCUREMENT OF SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES FOR STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE. ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the procurement of security countermeasures under section 319F–2(c) of the Public Health Service Act (referred to in this section as the ‘security countermeasures program’), there is authorized to be appropriated up to $5,593,000,000 for the fiscal years 2004 through 2013. Of the amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence, not to exceed $3,418,000,000 may be obligated during the fiscal years 2004 through 2008, of which not to exceed $890,000,000 may be obligated during fiscal year 2004. ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.—For purposes of the security countermeasures program, the term ‘special reserve fund’ means the ‘Biodefense Countermeasures’ appropriations account or any other appropriation made under subsection (a). ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) become available for a procurement under the security counter measures program only upon the approval by the President of such availability for the procurement in accordance with paragraph (6)(B) of such program. ‘‘(d) RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(1) THREAT ASSESSMENT CAPABILITIES.—For the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary for terror threat assessment under the security countermeasures pro gram, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2006, for the hiring of professional personnel within the Direc torate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, who shall be analysts responsible for chemical, biological, radio logical, and nuclear threat assessment (including but not lim ited to analysis of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 6 USC 320.
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