On the recordMarch 7, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 263. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will state the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1855) to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All- Hazards Preparedness Act. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--STRENGTHENING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES Sec. 101. National Health Security Strategy. Sec. 102. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Sec. 103. National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters. Sec. 104. Modernization of the National Disaster Medical System. Sec. 105. Continuing the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs. TITLE II--OPTIMIZING STATE AND LOCAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Sec. 201. Improving State and local public health security. Sec. 202.…
