117 HR 3584 IH: Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-05-28
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1.This Act may be cited as the Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act
.2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title.Sec. 2. Table of contents.Title I—Procurement within the United States requiredSec. 101. Procurement requirements.Title II—National Commission on United States Preparedness for National EmergenciesSec. 201. Establishment of Commission.Sec. 202. Purposes.Sec. 203. Composition of Commission.Sec. 204. Functions of Commission.Sec. 205. Powers of Commission.Sec. 206. Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.Sec. 207. Staff of Commission.Sec. 208. Compensation and travel expenses.Sec. 209. Security clearances for Commission members and staff.Sec. 210. Reports of Commission; termination.Title III—State implementation of findings by CommissionSec. 301. State implementation of findings.Title IV—Temporary 100 percent expensing for Qualifying GoodsSec. 401. Special allowance for certain property.<enum>I</enum><header>Procurement within the United States required</header><section id="H387788BDBC6647A0B05D52C42CE0CEA3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Procurement requirements</header><subsection id="H1CF0B107D5104E8F936361E98EF497B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General procurement requirements for DoD, DHS, HHS, and CDC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), any medical, pharmaceutical, or emergency preparedness product, determined to be integral to the response to a national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1601">50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>), as determined by the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies shall be manufactured and procured within the United States if procured by the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control, or the National Institutes of Health.</text></subsection><subsection id="H67416674B0F54D07A0955FBBDBF9E4EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for the procurement of American-Made products during a <editorial></editorial>national emergency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), any product, material, minerals, ingredient, or equipment that is essential, as determined by the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies, in the response to a declaration of a national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1601">50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) with a specific focus on medical, pharmaceutical, or emergency preparedness product, as determined by the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies shall be manufactured by American-owned entities unless specifically authorized by the President after the declaration. </text></subsection><subsection id="H2F52CC5425CE40CBAE2FD9D37248588F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the President or the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies may exempt certain goods or entities from the requirements in such subsections as the President or Commission determines it to be necessary for national security.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD8E36BAEA45647E593CFE74FDA66F109" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The requirements of this section apply on and after January 1, 2026, and apply to any contract entered into on or after such date. </text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies</header><section id="H05F5A2099D154FDDBA935ABF65BEBF7F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment of Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is established in the legislative branch the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies (in this title referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text></section><section id="H3DF6D3536F8647CF8E82C1CF1D023ADF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of the Commission are to—</text><paragraph id="H0FBF3461E7EA4799A0D3101C0E033C61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examine and report upon the facts and actions taken relating to the COVID–19 pandemic in the United States in 2020 and private sector response;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDEFB43FFB614C7E89FF848A25310DD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigate the origin of the COVID–19 virus;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2067000C344D483DB48A93B55029C7F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>investigate and report to the President and Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for measures that can be taken to mitigate impacts of future physical and medical national disasters; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBAFC3A882DD54051A367E52C2F3E6C65"><enum>(4)</enum><text>determine products, materials, minerals, ingredients, or equipment that is essential in the response to a declaration of a national emergency and to determine surge capacity for both physical and medical national disasters;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBF7FEFCD95640BEAE8EAC07AC00A16E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> give special attention to the need for or existence of national Federal stockpile requirements and national surge capacity; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H23EE52A3A7D4430087CE67FDD1892860"><enum>(6)</enum><text>report on infrastructure deficiencies or capability deficiencies in hospitals and medical centers.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HB8AB1BCACC2443E8ACD5414E0B4F8381"><enum>203.</enum><header>Composition of Commission</header><subsection id="H384D352949034F87A7A27FAA09B706FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of whom—</text><paragraph id="H8FEED4980B9D49A29F6FCA5CE475E65C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the President, who shall serve as chairman of the Commission;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3790DB351AD40AEA08EC3D64329159B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the leader of the Senate (majority or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Republican Party, in consultation with the leader of the House of Representatives (majority or minority leader, as the case may be) of the Republican Party, who shall serve as vice chairman of the Commission;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H555C49C7FA9F455AA3D7A5764CE4C4D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Democratic Party;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8306C1D291FD430594FC4D0010CCF56F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Republican Party;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D83023B4EBB4AB7A58A47787B7F3FD0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Republican Party; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE41BE20866914395B94E981E51D710C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Democratic Party.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1F05E24DAEB4B57BB82435EE255BB2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications; initial meeting</header><paragraph id="H037F95048F6B4ECDBB6F4311F3968B1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Political party affiliation</header><text>Not more than 5 members of the Commission shall be from the same political party.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C74AE2B55034CDE8E6961815C78303D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nongovernmental appointees</header><text>An individual appointed to the Commission may not be an officer or employee of the Federal Government or any State or local government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H48934CA879424AADB11A4A1AE512321F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other qualifications</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that individuals appointed to the Commission should be prominent United States citizens, with national recognition and significant depth of experience in such professions as health, manufacturing, agriculture, emergency planning, governmental service, law enforcement, the Armed Services, law, public administration, commerce, and disaster relief.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H45889F0F83894402914320011C0798AD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>The Commission shall meet and begin the operations of the Commission as soon as practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8930AB584B4844138A68CBEB2ACB7A0A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quorum; vacancies</header><text>After its initial meeting, the Commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7E055331DFD948C8AFBEB6C0C1B7AE60"><enum>204.</enum><header>Functions of Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The functions of the Commission are to make recommendations to the President on what resources are necessarily to properly address a wide range of physical and health national disasters.</text></section><section id="HC3F21273CD9B4ED488EE10D4F5F3E732"><enum>205.</enum><header>Powers of Commission</header><subsection id="H83F995D05FFF4FE28499D497E32B81D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="H6CD326D5F095411597A270C29B7F09E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hearings and evidence</header><text>The Commission or, on the authority of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out this title—</text><subparagraph id="HF7486083139F4A8FA903A2A408ED60D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, administer such oaths; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E4C10FDA249434FB550B32953C582ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated member may determine advisable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF31324CFD9AB445DA2C4B894D78E6CEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subpoenas</header><subparagraph id="H310F58B1044B425CBC4EA330A4F00C9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Issuance</header><clause id="H37ED18518C204EAB85CEC100A532F9E2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A subpoena may be issued under this subsection only—</text><subclause id="H1634642BB1364D438B48E089BC210D5D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by the agreement of the chairman and the vice chairman; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H943CF97CA01B488F8BE79FA9FC73F85D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by the affirmative vote of 6 members of the Commission.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H49464453FFC34EE38389CB3A306AB0C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Signature</header><text>Subject to clause (i), subpoenas issued under this subsection may be issued under the signature of the chairman or any member designated by a majority of the Commission, and may be served by any person designated by the chairman or by a member designated by a majority of the Commission.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H270405A8EE7A40788E40FD8F1A3BC602"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><clause id="HA4B294D6E4744FFFA3B8ADDD299FE1D0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of contumacy or failure to obey a subpoena issued under subsection (a), the United States district court for the judicial district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found, or where the subpoena is returnable, may issue an order requiring such person to appear at any designated place to testify or to produce documentary or other evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of that court.</text></clause><clause id="H795F94C521BD450ABAD8877A088870BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional enforcement</header><text>In the case of any failure of any witness to comply with any subpoena or to testify when summoned under authority of this section, the Commission may, by majority vote, certify a statement of fact constituting such failure to the appropriate United States attorney, who may bring the matter before the grand jury for its action, under the same statutory authority and procedures as if the United States attorney had received a certification under sections 102 through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 192 through 194).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H40EE204EB512484CAE57D41C1EB49654"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracting</header><text>The Commission may, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under this title.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF42E6504392F4415BA861DF0B4D14AD5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information from Federal agencies</header><paragraph id="H421FF4AA73FA4278A0EC8BF43A81F13E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this title. Each department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the chairman, the chairman of any subcommittee created by a majority of the Commission, or any member designated by a majority of the Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H828B203B96254007A36DDAAD62200386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination</header><text>Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and disseminated by members of the Commission and its staff consistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3A941D4299B4D16A22A92C3AA2FB462"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance from federal agencies</header><paragraph id="H4BD7A599AFCF417BBED19B49AE73343D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General services administration</header><text>The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis administrative support and other services for the performance of the Commission’s functions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FCA3D6ED2C4454FBA10864445FD6F56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other departments and agencies</header><text>In addition to the assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and agencies of the United States may provide to the Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services as they may determine advisable and as may be authorized by law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06D24E5929D545DF9CC1C7F2C46CF457"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Gifts</header><text>The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.</text></subsection><subsection id="H70400986C01E415EB29B8B0D783AFCA0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Postal services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments and agencies of the United States.</text></subsection></section><section id="H43FFC0FCC0AF49CF89A4B1B746ED2E93"><enum>206.</enum><header>Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><subsection id="H1FA40FB2A04F47F989B965F919A4E1A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5FEFDC41FD3245B5AC5CFEF784F5B7B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public meetings and release of public versions of reports</header><text>The Commission shall—</text><paragraph id="H3CCBF47E738C41659B2191D95D2D3F47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hold public hearings and meetings to the extent appropriate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H048542E2159542B0A323DE8837159DA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>release public versions of the reports required under section 310(a) and (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2CFDFDB6AD71485A9D20B65909766447"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public hearings</header><text>Any public hearings of the Commission shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of information provided to or developed for or by the Commission as required by any applicable statute, regulation, or Executive order.</text></subsection></section><section id="HCE2936E8FDB14AAD8F65D08D0241976A"><enum>207.</enum><header>Staff of Commission</header><subsection id="H3C1CD669CEE04BCC81A75DEDB072B64D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="H14251545C39E46FB8C513EFD2F47208D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment and compensation</header><text>The chairman, in consultation with the vice chairman, in accordance with rules agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the equivalent of that payable for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H722374980E8A4FA5A4DB0D2691472223"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Personnel as federal employees</header><subparagraph id="H8C2ED08BC80748D4818C857E03732469"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The executive director and any personnel of the Commission who are employees shall be employees under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4CC905ACAC6498D8955AE2FBCCEA851"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Members of commission</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to apply to members of the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE698B13CC3CC44E8877C84AE445C9410"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular employment without interruption.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDF8BCB541E62432A892DD6F4B639CC40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultant services</header><text>The Commission is authorized to procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section id="HC190298D5B8943EC915081C1EEA3B61F"><enum>208.</enum><header>Compensation and travel expenses</header><subsection id="H86F07FC6AC5B4C659AF807B4C137FF16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Each member of the Commission may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Commission.</text></subsection><subsection id="H636A357A47C04F90BB7E3999DFFAC52A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section id="HD5145C51E9B2486C9554001A9B88D8A7"><enum>209.</enum><header>Security clearances for Commission members and staff</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Commission in expeditiously providing to the Commission members and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements, except that no person shall be provided with access to classified information under this title without the appropriate security clearances.</text></section><section id="H43D8DAE6076246E485142BDE0D2B772D"><enum>210.</enum><header>Reports of Commission; termination</header><subsection id="HD7B420D082A44B9990AA59232DBBC981"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may submit to the President and Congress interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission members. </text></subsection><subsection id="HB70DFC22A2BB49D1999F2B5BCA337924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission members.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE1C8A2E09D0A4F24BA5EC61D6E18E852"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on essential products, materials, ingredients, and equipment required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the findings of the Commission regarding which medical, pharmaceutical, and emergency preparedness products are determined to be essential for purposes of section 101(b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H31057FC2FA444D63875E52BFC1B1F2D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on State actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a report on—</text><paragraph id="HCFF4D035FEE544679FAA068C60026AF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>actions States should take to be better prepared;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1FB3D240177B4F0CA28CB41238219591"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national Federal stockpile requirements; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF2C69E5BF049C8A9941240451A4E7D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>national surge capacity infrastructure deficiencies in hospitals and medical centers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71951386696C4F32833C4E94DC4E01C5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><paragraph id="HF7E4A4F161464C07A18634D1AE121DDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission, and all the authorities of this title, shall terminate 60 days after the date on which the final report is submitted under subsection (b). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2346E53398F4A1C8FD6305AC09AB7A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative activities before termination</header><text>The Commission may use the 60-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose of concluding its activities, including providing testimony to committees of Congress concerning its reports and disseminating the final report. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>State implementation of findings by Commission</header><section id="HD3623D29A88E41F99C5C510BF02FE934"><enum>301.</enum><header>State implementation of findings</header><subsection id="H3BD09CC7A985426CA76C22D3E5FC41E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Loss of Federal funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), any State that fails to implement the findings of the report described in section 310(d) by January 1, 2026, at the State and local level will lose access to all Federal funds for emergency preparedness. </text></subsection><subsection id="H31A766D83E434C329A7A7015E1403226"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may exempt a State from the loss of Federal funds if the Secretary determines that the State is working towards implementing the findings in good faith. The Secretary shall evaluate each such exemption every fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Temporary 100 percent expensing for Qualifying Goods</header><section id="HBCF90576DBF9496595EB4CA6A8B68A25"><enum>401.</enum><header>Special allowance for certain property</header><subsection id="HF137F17662D6466DAA29AABA74BEBEA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/168">section 168(k)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of any qualified pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing property which is placed in service after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2027—</text><paragraph id="H254F7C2E7F47477380BE73F2CEE33035"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such property shall be treated as qualified property (within the meaning of such section);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4AFB46068B4048DBA54798C56DC585FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the applicable percentage otherwise determined under section 168(k) of such Code with respect to such property shall be 100 percent; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H37F9772BCAE34578977A5F495743554D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>paragraph (8) of such section shall not apply. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47ABB858DFDE4D7AB2FD91E2D79E4020"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>qualified pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing property</term> means any tangible property placed in service in the United States as part of the construction or expansion of property for the manufacture of drugs (as defined in section 201(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(g)</external-xref>)) or medical devices (as defined in section 201(h) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(h)</external-xref>), including personal protective equipment and any other item determined by the National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies to be necessary.</text></subsection></section>