The federal government provides funding for MCM-related programs . In June 2016 , a Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a bill that would continue funding four specific medical countermeasure programs : The destruction of the World Trade Center in Manhattan on September 11 , 2001 by terrorists and subsequent wave of anthrax attacks on U.S. media and government outlets ( both real and hoax ) led to increased attention on the risk of bioterrorism attacks in the United States . Proposals for serious structural reforms , national and/or regional border controls , and a single co-ordinated system of biohazard response abounded
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