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American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act

Introduced: March 1, 2021 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

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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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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