1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Health Security Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In 2005, each of the 196 World Health Organization member states signed the International Health Regulations to improve the world’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to public health events. (2) In December 2009, President Obama released the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, which listed as one of seven objectives Promote global health security: Increase the availability of and access to knowledge and products of the life sciences that can help reduce the impact from outbreaks of infectious disease whether of natural, accidental, or deliberate origin . (3) In September 2011, the United States and the World Health Organization signed a memorandum of understanding to help developing countries strengthen their capabilities to meet the International Health Regulations. (4) In February 2014, the United States and nearly 30 other nations launched the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to address several high-priority, global infectious disease threats. (5) The GHSA was funded with a $1,000,000,000, one-time, 5-year supplemental appropriation that expires at the end of fiscal year 2019. (6) Approximately 67 percent of nations have not fully implemented the International Health Regulations and built appropriate core capacities to detect, assess, report, and respond to public health emergencies. (7) In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include specific reference to the importance of global health security as part of SDG 3 ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages as follows: strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks . (8) On November 4, 2016, President Obama signed Executive Order 13747, Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious