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COVID–19 Vaccine Distribution and Production Act

Introduced: October 2, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Oct 2, 2020
Introduced in House
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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Production Act

This bill requires the President to, within one day, exercise certain authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to obtain supplies necessary to distribute and administer COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines. That act confers on the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods for the national defense.

The President must allocate these supplies based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the population of each state.

The bill's directive to use these authorities terminates when all requests from the states have been fulfilled. Supplies that have been produced but are unused at that time must be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.

What's happening now October 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7018 Related bill COVID–19 Emergency Production Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Oct 2, 2020
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8508: COVID–19 Vaccine Distribution and Production Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8508/
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"H.R. 8508: COVID–19 Vaccine Distribution and Production Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8508/.
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