1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Health Security Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In December 2009, President Obama released the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, which listed, as 1 of 7 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. . (2) In February 2014, the United States and nearly 30 other nations launched the Global Health Security Agenda (referred to in this section as GHSA ) to address several high-priority, global infectious disease threats. The GHSA is a multi-faceted, multi-country initiative intended to accelerate partner countries’ measurable capabilities to achieve specific targets to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidental. (3) In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which specifically reference the importance of global health security as part of Goal 3, ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages , by strengthen[ing] the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks . (4) On November 4, 2016, President Obama signed Executive Order 13747 (81 Fed. Reg. 78701