[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4158

 To examine the extent of the reliance of the United States on foreign 
    producers for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 
  pandemic and produce recommendations to secure the supply chain of 
                     personal protective equipment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 2, 2020

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To examine the extent of the reliance of the United States on foreign 
    producers for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 
  pandemic and produce recommendations to secure the supply chain of 
                     personal protective equipment.

    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 ``PPE Supply Chain Transparency Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the terms ``personal protective 
equipment'' and ``PPE'' means protective clothing, helmets, gloves, 
face shields, goggles, facemasks, and other equipment designed to 
protect the wearer from injury or the spread of infection or illness, 
as determined by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives, and make publicly available, a report examining the 
security and resilience of the supply chain for personal protective 
equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    (c) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) detail the volume and percentage of each type of PPE 
        distributed by, or at the direction of, the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency for COVID-19 response efforts purchased or 
        otherwise acquired or controlled in the delivery from a 
        producer located outside the United States;
            (2) detail the volume and percentage of each type of PPE 
        distributed by, or at the direction of, the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency for COVID-19 response efforts purchased or 
        otherwise acquired or controlled in the delivery from a 
        producer located in the United States;
            (3) detail the volume and percentage of PPE imports 
        acquired or controlled by the Federal Emergency Management 
        Agency from a producer located in the People's Republic of 
        China, which may include any relevant information collected on 
        defective PPE acquired from Chinese producers;
            (4) detail any challenges and obstacles related to 
        procuring PPE from a producer not located in the United States 
        during the COVID-19 pandemic, including export controls by 
        foreign nations;
            (5) forecast domestic demand for PPE on a monthly basis 
        over the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
        this Act;
            (6) analyze whether domestic production of each type of PPE 
        is sufficient to meet demand forecasted under paragraph (5); 
        and
            (7) include legislative recommendations to secure the 
        supply chain of PPE, including recommendations to--
                    (A) improve resiliency in the supply chain of PPE;
                    (B) increase domestic production of PPE; and
                    (C) reduce the reliance of the United States on 
                foreign producers of PPE.
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