To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the inclusion of a biological attribution strategy, and an early warning strategy and implementation plan, in the National Health Security Strategy, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4516.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 117, July 10, 2023, Page H3177):
  Section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the inclusion of a biological attribution strategy, and an early warning strategy and implementation plan, in the National Health Security Strategy, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2023 ↗

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  313 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4516, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b928926261c9942bc5acee8cc0bfb5130b0538561217e38b57ed9eea6acc99a1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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