1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID Research Act of 2020 or the Computing Opportunities to Vanquish Infectious Diseases Research Act of 2020 . 2. Definitions (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Department The term Department means the Department of Energy. (2) National laboratory The term National Laboratory has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ). (3) National academies The term National Academies means the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (5) Qualifying entity The term Qualifying entity means— (A) an institution of higher education; (B) an appropriate State or Federal entity, including a federally funded research and development center of the Department; (C) a nonprofit research institution; (D) a multi-institutional collaboration; or (E) any other relevant entity the Secretary determines appropriate. 3. Emerging infectious disease prediction and forecasting science and technology interagency working group (a) Interagency committee The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, acting through the National Science and Technology Council, shall establish or designate an interagency working group to coordinate Federal programs and activities for emerging infectious disease data acquisition, analysis, situational awareness, prediction and forecasting, and other related activities. (b) Co-Chairs The interagency working group shall be co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and, on an annual rotating basis, a representative from the participants of the interagency working group, as selected by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (c) Agency participation The Committee shall include representatives from— (1) the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the Department of Homeland Security; (3) the Department of Agriculture; (4) the Department of Commerce; (5) the Department of Energy