3.0.0 547 2023-01-11T13:43:19Z 2023-01-11T13:43:19Z Senate SRES 2020-03-18 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-18T21:30:58Z 2020-03-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S1807) IntroReferral 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-03-18 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-03-18 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-03-18 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-18 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-03-18 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-03-18 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-03-18 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-03-18 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-03-18 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-03-18 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-03-18 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-03-18 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-03-18 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government lending and loan guarantees Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Manufacturing Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military procurement, research, weapons development Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Strategic materials and reserves Health 00 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-23T20:15:45Z This resolution calls upon the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to increase production of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus disease).

The resolution supports the use of such authorities to

  • distribute medical materials, including by directing suppliers to prioritize and accept contracts to restock the Strategic National Stockpile; and
  • establish voluntary agreements and provide financial incentives to manufacturers and suppliers of critical medical equipment.
]]> A resolution encouraging the President to use authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 to scale up the national response to the coronavirus crisis. Display Title A resolution encouraging the President to use authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 to scale up the national response to the coronavirus crisis. Official Title as Introduced A resolution encouraging the President to use authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 to scale up the national response to the coronavirus crisis. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres547is/xml/BILLS-116sres547is.xml 2020-03-18 Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S1807) 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.