HR 3463
117th Congress
House
Health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 21, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake various actions to enhance supply chain elasticity for and maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies for the Strategic National Stockpile.
Specifically, HHS must increase emergency stocks of supplies, geographically diversify production of supplies, and enter cooperative agreements or partnerships for purposes of supporting domestic production of supplies and replenishing supplies in the stockpile. The department's authority to enter such agreements and partnerships terminates on September 30, 2024.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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