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American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act

Introduced: June 1, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Apr 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Mar 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced in House
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The American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act

This bill requires specified federal departments to purchase certain items, including medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), and clothing, from the United States, with exceptions.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase items such as specified medical supplies (including disinfecting wipes), PPE, and fabric products (including clothing, bags, and tents) from products that are 100% grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.

The bill requires regulations to (1) prohibit the use by any federal department or agency of reverse auctions or lowest price technically acceptable contracting methods for the procurement of PPE if the level of quality or failure of the item could result in infection, illness, or death; and (2) establish a preference for the use of best value contracting methods for the procurement of such equipment.

The bill applies the Berry Amendment (which requires the Department of Defense to give preference in procurement to domestically produced, manufactured, or homegrown products) to specified supplies and equipment, such as surgical dressing materials, hospital and surgical clothing, and textile medical supplies and equipment.

What's happening now April 27, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 13
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 5 Republican 7
D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Feb 7, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Sep 14, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 11, 2021
Luria, Elaine
· Jun 1, 2021
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Apr 14, 2021
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2021
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Mar 11, 2021
 R
Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · Mar 11, 2021
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Mar 11, 2021
 R
Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Mar 11, 2021
Bishop, Dan
· Mar 10, 2021
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Mar 10, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1466: American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1466/
MLA
"H.R. 1466: American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1466/.
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H.R. 1466, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1466/.
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