1. Short title; sense of Congress (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the National Commission on the COVID–19 Pandemic in the United States Act . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) it is crucial to understand the vulnerabilities to the national security of the United States revealed by the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID–19) pandemic, especially how prepared the United States would be in the future for a biological attack that not only causes public health confusion and alarm but also public fear similar to the level caused by a terrorist attack; (2) the purpose of establishing the commission under section 2 is not just to look back at prior practices and mistakes but to learn lessons as quickly as possible to better protect the United States going forward in the future; (3) it is crucial to better understand the increasing likelihood of pandemic threats (such as the recent threats of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola, the 2009–H1N1 influenza, and COVID–19) and health issues that the United States could face during the next several decades; and (4) the commission established under section 2 should use the authority under subsection (j)(1) of such section to provide the President, Congress, and the public interim reports during the course of the investigation. 2. Commission on the COVID–19 Pandemic in the United States (a) Establishment of Commission There is established in the legislative branch the National Commission on the COVID–19 Pandemic in the United States (in this section referred to as the Commission ). (b) Purposes The purposes of the Commission are to— (1) examine and report upon the facts and circumstances relating to, and make a full and complete assessment and accounting of, the outbreak and spread of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID–19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–2) in the United States (in this section referred to as COVID–19 )