3.0.0 3858 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z Senate S 2020-06-01 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-01T22:44:15Z PRICE Act 116 6662 HR 2020-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N Government Operations and Politics Chemical and biological weapons Congressional committees Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Inflation and prices Intergovernmental relations Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Strategic materials and reserves Terrorism Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-10T15:03:48Z Pandemic Response and Interstate Cost Equity Act or the PRICE Act

This bill establishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the sole buyer, vendor, owner, and distributor of certain medical equipment obtained by the federal government in the event of a national health emergency and establishes a process for the pricing and distribution of such equipment.

Specifically, in the event of such an emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services shall assess available medical equipment and FEMA shall (1) become the sole owner and distributor of medical equipment obtained by the federal government for which the prevailing market price exceeds the fair market price by more than 15%, (2) contract with all persons capable of producing such equipment to produce such equipment, and (3) establish a price for such equipment and sell or otherwise distribute the equipment to the states or to persons that request it.

The bill establishes in Congress a Joint Committee on Defense Production.

]]> PRICE Act Display Title PRICE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PRICE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Pandemic Response and Interstate Cost Equity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to become the sole owner and distributer of certain medical equipment in the event of a covered emergency; to establish a Joint Congressional Committee on Defense Production; and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3858is/xml/BILLS-116s3858is.xml 2020-06-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 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.