US Congress Senate Bill 3568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and specified personal protective equipment to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.) The President must (1) make a determination that such items are essential for the national defense, (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce these items, and (3) exercise authorities under the act to require emergency production of them at a reasonable price. In addition, the President shall coordinate the allocation of these items based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the number of COVID-19 cases and the proportion of the population at higher risk of the disease in a given state. The bill makes specified funds available for these efforts. Equipment produced under these authorities but unused at the termination of the COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020, shall be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.

Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB6390 (Same As) 2020-03-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3568/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3568/BILLS-116s3568is.pdf