1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Animal The term animal has the meaning given the term in section 10403 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8302 ). (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) Transboundary disease The term transboundary disease has the meaning given the term in section 12203(a) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 8914(a) ). (4) Veterinary countermeasure The term veterinary countermeasure has the meaning given the term in section 10403 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8302 ). 3. National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (a) In general The Secretary shall carry out the relevant responsibilities of the Secretary under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (relating to the defense of United States agriculture and food) and the national biodefense strategy developed under section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104 ) by acting, as appropriate, through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility as a national security laboratory asset of the national biodefense enterprise to provide integrated research, development, and test and evaluation infrastructure for defending against bio- and agro-terrorism threats. (b) Duties Pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility— (1) to integrate agricultural, zoonotic disease, and public health research; (2) to address threats from human pathogens, high-consequence zoonotic disease agents, emerging foreign animal diseases, and animal transboundary diseases; (3) to address biological incidence threats; (4) to provide training