116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to issue a report to Congress regarding all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to COVID–19, and for other purposes.
May 14, 2020
Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. McKinley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to issue a report to Congress regarding all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to COVID–19, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Strategic National Stockpile action reporting.
(a) In general.—The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (in this section referred to as the “Assistant Secretary”), in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall—
(1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate regarding all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to COVID–19; and
(2) not less than every 30 days thereafter through the end of the emergency period (as such term is defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B))), submit to such committees an updated version of such report.
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—The initial report under subsection (a) shall address all requests described in such subsection made during the period—
(A) beginning on January 31, 2020; and
(B) ending on the date that is 30 days before the date of submission of the report.
(2) UPDATES.—Each update to the report under subsection (a) shall address all requests described in such subsection made during the period—
(A) beginning at the end of the previous reporting period under this section; and
(B) ending on the date that is 30 days before the date of submission of the updated report.
(c) Contents of report.—The report under subsection (a) (and updates thereto) shall include—
(1) the details of each request described in such subsection, including—
(A) the specific medical countermeasures, devices, personal protective equipment, and other materials requested; and
(B) the amount of such materials requested; and
(2) the outcomes of each request described in subsection (a), including—
(A) whether the request was wholly fulfilled, partially fulfilled, or denied;
(B) if the request was wholly or partially fulfilled, the fulfillment amount; and
(C) if the request was partially fulfilled or denied, a rationale for such outcome.