; (2) compile a comprehensive national plan to respond to future global and national viral outbreaks and medical emergencies in light of the COVID–19 pandemic; (3) ascertain, evaluate, and report on the evidence developed by all relevant governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the COVID–19 pandemic, including the cause and location of the original virus outbreak as well as the documented testing shortages and testing failures associated with the virus; (4) make a full and complete accounting of the circumstances surrounding the pandemic, and the extent of the Nation’s preparedness for, and immediate response to, the pandemic; (5) examine the preparedness and adequacy of the Strategic National Stockpile of medical equipment, and develop and make recommendations for implementing a national plan in partnership with Federal, State, and local governments and private industry to adequately respond in the event of a future global or national pandemic; (6) identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from the COVID–19 pandemic regarding the structure, coordination, management policies, and procedures of the Federal Government, and, if appropriate, State and local governments and nongovernmental entities, with respect to detecting, preventing, and responding to the spread of infectious disease