[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6516 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6516

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the acceptance of 
  gifts for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2020

  Mrs. Brooks of Indiana (for herself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the acceptance of 
  gifts for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stockpiling for America's Future 
Endeavors Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.

    Section 319F-2(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-
6b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Acceptance of gifts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may, without 
                further appropriation and without fiscal year 
                limitation, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, 
                bequests, or devises of money, services, or property, 
                both real and personal, for the purpose of carrying out 
                this subsection. Any such gift, bequest, or devise of 
                money and proceeds from sales of other property 
                received as a gift, bequest, or devise shall be 
                deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for 
                obligation and expenditure upon order of the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The Secretary may not accept a 
                gift, bequest, or devise under this paragraph if the 
                Secretary determines that the use of the property or 
                services would compromise the integrity or appearance 
                of integrity of--
                            ``(i) a program of the Department of Health 
                        and Human Services; or
                            ``(ii) an individual involved in a program 
                        of the Department.
                    ``(C) Report.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
                        of the House of Representatives and the 
                        Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                        Pensions of the Senate an annual report 
                        disclosing--
                                    ``(I) any gift, bequest, or devise 
                                that was accepted under this paragraph 
                                during the year covered by the report;
                                    ``(II) how the gifts, bequests, and 
                                devises contribute to the mission of 
                                the stockpile; and
                                    ``(III) the amount of Federal 
                                savings that were generated from the 
                                acceptance of the gifts, bequests, and 
                                devises.
                            ``(ii) Publication.--Each report required 
                        under clause (i) shall be made publically 
                        available.''.
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