1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Global Pandemic NIE Act of 2020 . 2. National Intelligence Estimate on threat of global pandemic disease (a) National Intelligence Estimate (1) Requirement The Director of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Council, shall produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the threat of global pandemic disease, including with respect to the following: (A) An assessment of the possible courses of the COVID–19 pandemic during the 18 months following the date of the Estimate, including— (i) the projected spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus outside the United States and the likelihood of a potential second wave of the virus; (ii) the capacity of countries and international organizations to combat the further spread of the virus, including risks and opportunities for further global cooperation; and (iii) the risks to the national security and health security of the United States if the disease is not contained abroad. (B) An assessment of the global public health system and the responses of the system to the COVID–19 pandemic, including— (i) prospects for an effective global disease surveillance and response system, opportunities to advance the development of such a system, and signposts for evaluating whether or not an effective system has been developed before a disease outbreak occurs; and (ii) an assessment of health system capacity. (C) An assessment of— (i) the humanitarian and economic implications of the COVID–19 pandemic; and (ii) the consequences of the pandemic with respect to political stability, armed conflict, democratization, and the global leadership by the United States of the post-World War II international system. (D) An assessment of— (i) likely threats by viruses during the 10-year period following the date of the Estimate; (ii) global readiness to avert a future global pandemic; (iii) challenges and opportunities for the policy of the United States to advance global pandemic preparedness