Report on biological readiness of military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army

(a) Report required Not later than March 31, 2027, the commanding officer of the United States Army Installation Management Command shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the readiness of military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army to detect, respond to, mitigate, and sustain operations during biological threat conditions. (b) Elements The report shall include— (1) an assessment of current biological detection, warning, mitigation, emergency response, and continuity-of-operations capabilities at military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army; (2) an assessment of the extent to which biological resilience has been incorporated into installation readiness, force protection, emergency management, continuity-of-operations, and facility operations plans; (3) an assessment of capability gaps, resource constraints, policy barriers, and acquisition challenges affecting installation biological readiness; (4) an assessment of opportunities to employ commercial and other mature technologies, including air monitoring, filtration, treatment, detection, and facility-level warning systems, to improve biological security and resilience; and (5) a five-year implementation and budget plan for improving biological readiness across military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, including consideration of ASHRAE Standard 241 titled Control of Infectious Aerosols and related commercial best practices. (c) Form The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified forms.