3.0.0 4050 2023-01-11T13:46:10Z 2023-01-11T13:46:10Z Senate S 2020-06-23 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-23T21:49:24Z 2020-06-23 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-23 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-06-23 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Food industry and services Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government trust funds Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Manufacturing Meat Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2020-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T18:36:19Z Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2020

This bill modifies the administration of the Defense Production Act of 1950 and requires reporting on the use of authorities under the act during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. (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.)

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must require companies to prioritize the fulfillment of federal contracts or orders necessary for pandemic preparedness and response upon finding that (1) a material is essential to the public health, and (2) public health needs cannot be met through normal distribution channels. HHS must also establish, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, an office responsible for Defense Production Act of 1950 activities.

Other changes include (1) eliminating a requirement to transfer any balance in excess of $750 million from the Defense Production Act Fund to the General Fund of the Department of the Treasury, and (2) enabling personnel to rotate between the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy and specified components of HHS.

With respect to reporting, the Defense Production Act Committee must report general information concerning the use of Defense Production Act of 1950 authorities, and the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Agriculture must report on the use of such authorities specifically with respect to the operations of meat processing facilities, during the COVID-19 emergency.

]]> Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2020 Display Title Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prioritize contracts necessary to promote pandemic preparedness and response, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4050is/xml/BILLS-116s4050is.xml 2020-06-23 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.