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SAVE Act of 2020

Introduced: May 13, 2020 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

May 13, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2020 or the SAVE Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes, among other elements (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical articles essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical articles.

What's happening now May 13, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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