Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§247d–7d Security for countermeasure development and production
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part Part B— - Federal-State Cooperation › § 247d–7d
Summary
Provide technical or other help to protect people and places that develop, make, distribute, or store priority countermeasures, with the Secretary working with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary may also create guidance to help eligible recipients secure their facilities against possible terrorist attacks.
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Title 42, §247d–7d
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(a)The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, may provide technical or other assistance to provide security to persons or facilities that conduct development, production, distribution, or storage of priority countermeasures (as defined in section 247d–6(e)(4) of this title).
(b)The Secretary may develop guidelines to enable entities eligible to receive assistance under subsection (a) to secure their facilities against potential terrorist attack.
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2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–22 substituted “section 247d–6(e)(4)” for “section 247d–6(h)(4)”.
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42 U.S.C. § 247d–7d
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73