US Congress Senate Bill 3478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1743)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the security of the U.S. medical product supply chain (i.e., supply of drugs and devices). Among other things, the report shall assess the dependence of the United States, including the private sector, states, and federal government, on critical drugs and devices sourced or manufactured outside of the United States; and provide recommendations to address supply vulnerabilities or potential disruptions.

Commission on America’s Medical Security Act

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Mitt Romney [R-UT]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1743)

HB748 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
HB6282 (Related) 2020-03-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB3548 (Related) 2020-06-03 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3478/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3478/BILLS-116s3478is.pdf