S 3715
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
SAVE Act of 2020
Introduced: May 13, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1