3.0.0 3568 2022-02-08T23:23:06Z 2022-02-08T23:23:06Z Senate S 2020-03-23 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-23T19:07:49Z Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020 116 6390 HR 2020-03-25 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-23 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2020-03-23 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-03-23 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-03-23 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-03-23 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2020-03-23 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-03-23 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-03-25 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-03-25 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-03-25 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Strategic materials and reserves Worker safety and health Health 00 2020-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-21T14:00:04Z Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020

This bill directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and specified personal protective equipment to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)

The President must (1) make a determination that such items are essential for the national defense, (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce these items, and (3) exercise authorities under the act to require emergency production of them at a reasonable price. In addition, the President shall coordinate the allocation of these items based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the number of COVID-19 cases and the proportion of the population at higher risk of the disease in a given state.

The bill makes specified funds available for these efforts. Equipment produced under these authorities but unused at the termination of the COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020, shall be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.

]]> Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020 Display Title Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3568is/xml/BILLS-116s3568is.xml 2020-03-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.