[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3837 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3837

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of 
   Health and Human Services to delegate primary responsibility for 
maintaining the Strategic National Stockpile to the Assistant Secretary 
         for Preparedness and Response, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2023

Mrs. Miller-Meeks 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 require the Secretary of 
   Health and Human Services to delegate primary responsibility for 
maintaining the Strategic National Stockpile to the Assistant Secretary 
         for Preparedness and Response, 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 ``Improving Public Health Preparedness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING THE STRATEGIC 
              NATIONAL STOCKPILE TO ASPR.

    (a) Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--Section 319F-2(a)(1) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
        ``The Secretary, in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary 
        for Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with 
        the Secretary of Homeland Security'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for 
        Preparedness and Response, in coordination with the Director of 
        the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 319F-2(a)(3)(E) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)(3)(E)) is 
        amended by striking ``the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
        and Response,''.
            (3) Pilot program to support state medical stockpiles.--
        Section 319F-2(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 247d-6b(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``The Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
        and Response and the Director of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention'' and inserting ``The Secretary, acting 
        through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, 
        in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention''.
            (4) Transition.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, not 
        later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the amendments made by this subsection are fully implemented, 
        including any necessary transfer of personnel and resources.
    (b) ASPR Authorities.--
            (1) Additional coordination duty.--Section 2811(b)(4) of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(b)) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(K) Strategic national stockpile.--Coordinate 
                with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                regarding the maintenance and operation of, and 
                procurement and contracting related to, the Strategic 
                National Stockpile under section 319F-2.''.
            (2) Additional responsibility.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 2811(c)(2) of the Public 
                Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(2)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
                        (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting after subaragraph (D) the 
                        following:
                    ``(E) the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to 
                section 319F-2;''.
                    (B) Conforming change.--Section 2811(c)(3) of the 
                Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(3)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B).
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