[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6876 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6876

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that the contents of 
 the Strategic National Stockpile remain in good working order and, as 
appropriate, conduct maintenance services on contents of the stockpile, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2020

  Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. Van Drew) 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 ensure that the contents of 
 the Strategic National Stockpile remain in good working order and, as 
appropriate, conduct maintenance services on contents of the 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. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.

    Section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (B) by inserting the following new subparagraph at 
                the end:
                    ``(K) ensure contents of the stockpile remain in 
                good working order and, as appropriate, conduct 
                maintenance services on contents of the stockpile; 
                and''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(7)(B), by adding at the end the 
        following new clause:
                            ``(ix) Equipment maintenance service.--In 
                        carrying out this section, the Secretary may 
                        enter into contracts for the procurement of 
                        equipment maintenance services.''.
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