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Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act.

Introduced: April 23, 2020 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Apr 23, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Apr 23, 2020

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act

This bill requires the President, within 24 hours of this bill's enactment, to issue purchase orders for a program of the highest national urgency (commonly known as a DX purchase order) to procure under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) supplies to conduct COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) medical testing nationwide.

The supplies must have received prior approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or have received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for the detection of COVID-19.

The bill waives certain DPA requirements relating to industrial resource and critical technology shortfalls and notification to Congress.

What's happening now April 23, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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