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Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act.

Introduced: April 28, 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
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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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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 13
D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · May 1, 2020
Demings, Val
· May 1, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· May 1, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 1, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 2020
Richmond, Cedric
· Apr 28, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Apr 23, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 23, 2020
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Apr 23, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 23, 2020
Loebsack, David
· Apr 23, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Apr 23, 2020
Maloney, Sean
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 23, 2020
Rice, Kathleen
· Apr 23, 2020
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 23, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Apr 23, 2020
Vela, Filemon
· Apr 23, 2020
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