[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4458 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4458

  To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
 clarity with respect to the duration of contracts for procurement of 
 supplies for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 3, 2023

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
 clarity with respect to the duration of contracts for procurement of 
 supplies 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 ``Improving Contract Transparency for 
the SNS Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT DURATION.

    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:
            ``(8) Procurement contract duration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A contract for the procurement 
                of a drug, vaccine or other biological product, medical 
                device, or other supplies for the stockpile under 
                paragraph (1) shall be for a period not to exceed five 
                years, except that, in first awarding the contract, the 
                Secretary may provide for a longer duration, not 
                exceeding 10 years, if the Secretary determines that 
                complexities or other difficulties in performance under 
                the contract justify such a period. The contract shall 
                be renewable for additional periods, none of which 
                shall exceed five years.
                    ``(B) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Appropriations and 
                        the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                        House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                        Appropriations and the Committee on Health, 
                        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
                        upon a determination by the Secretary to 
                        modify, renew, extend, or terminate a contract 
                        referred to in subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) the relevant vendor within 90 days 
                        of a determination by the Secretary to modify, 
                        renew, extend, or terminate such a contract.''.
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