; (2) to advance the Global Health Security Agenda by promoting global health security as a core national and human security interest; (3) to collaborate with other countries to detect and mitigate outbreaks of infectious diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential early in order to prevent the spread of disease; (4) to encourage other countries to invest in basic health care systems; and (5) to improve the understanding of and response to intersections of human, animal, and environmental health to— (A) prevent and mitigate infectious disease outbreaks; and (B) combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. (b) Special Advisor to the President for Global Health Security Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) coordinate, without assuming operational authority, the United States Government response to global health security emergencies. ; (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: (h) Special Advisor to the President for Global Health Security (1) In general The President shall designate an employee of the National Security Council to be responsible for— (A) the coordination of the interagency process for preparing for, preventing, detecting, and responding to global health security emergencies