3.0.0 3921 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z Senate S 2020-06-09 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-09T20:06:45Z Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act 116 6719 HR 2020-05-05 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Health Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Drug therapy Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Inflation and prices Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Worker safety and health Health 00 2020-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-05T18:39:06Z Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act

This bill provides emergency funding, subject to certain limitations, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fulfill requests from states, territories, and tribes for critical health care resources to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services must report specified information related to these requests to Congress on a weekly basis until the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

In addition, the bill directs the President to use specified authorities, including authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950, to fulfill these requests.

]]> Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act Display Title Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Federal Government to provide critical health care resources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3921is/xml/BILLS-116s3921is.xml 2020-06-09 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.