A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to carry out a program under which the Secretary requires each covered distributor of a highly pathogenic agent to comply with certain logbook requirements, and for other purposes.

This bill, "A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services... to carry out a program under which the Secretary requires each covered distributor of a highly pathogenic agent to comply with certain logbook requirements, and for other purposes," was introduced in the 119th Congress on March 26, 2026. The bill focuses on mandating covered distributors of highly pathogenic agents to adhere to specific logbook requirements as part of a program overseen by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, carried out through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.