3.0.0 266 2023-01-11T13:46:38Z 2023-01-11T13:46:38Z Senate S 2021-02-04 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-05T02:54:14Z 2021-02-04 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2021-02-04 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 Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government trust funds Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Manufacturing Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-18T16:06:02Z Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2021

This bill modifies funding, administration, and reporting related to the Defense Production Act of 1950. That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry to secure essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.

Specifically, the bill eliminates 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.

In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must require companies to prioritize fulfilling federal contracts or orders necessary for pandemic preparedness and response if HHS finds that the material being procured is essential to the public health and cannot be adequately sourced 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. Additionally, staff may rotate between the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy and specified components of HHS.

Furthermore, the Defense Production Act Committee must report monthly about the use of Defense Production Act of 1950 authorities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.

]]> Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2021 Display Title Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2021 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced Public Health Emergency Production Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s266is/xml/BILLS-117s266is.xml 2021-02-04 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.