‘‘(9) ZOONOTIC DISEASE, FOOD, AND AGRICULTURE.— Improving coordination among Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial entities (including through consultation with the Sec- retary of Agriculture) to prevent, detect, and respond to out- breaks of plant or animal disease (including zoonotic disease) that could compromise national security resulting from a delib- erate attack, a naturally occurring threat, the intentional adulteration of food, or other public health threats, taking into account interactions between animal health, human health, and animals’ and humans’ shared environment as directly related to public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, as applicable. 

‘‘(10) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.—Assessing current or potential health security threats from abroad to inform domestic public health preparedness and response capabilities.’’. 

## TITLE II—IMPROVING PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 

## SEC. 201. IMPROVING BENCHMARKS AND STANDARDS FOR PREPARED- NESS AND RESPONSE. 

(a) EVALUATING MEASURABLE EVIDENCE-BASED BENCHMARKS AND OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.—Section 319C–1 (42 U.S.C. 247d–3a) is amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following: 

(C) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’; 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘(including gaps in the environ- mental health and animal health workforces, as applicable), describing the status of such workforce’’ after ‘‘gaps in such workforce’’; 

(iii) by striking ‘‘and identifying strategies’’ and inserting ‘‘identifying strategies’’; and 

(iv) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘, and identifying current capabilities to meet the requirements of section 2803’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and investiga- tion’’ and inserting ‘‘investigation, and related informa- tion technology activities’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and decon- tamination’’ and inserting ‘‘decontamination, relevant health care services and supplies, and transportation and disposal of medical waste’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) Response to environmental hazards.’’; 

(B) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘including mental health’’ and inserting ‘‘including pharmacies, mental health facilities,’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or exposures to agents that could cause a public health emergency’’ before the period; 

(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and other applicable compacts’’ after ‘‘Compact’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

Coordination. Consultation. 

Assessment. 

