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House Bill 4459
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Improving Contract Transparency at BARDA Act
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Introduced in House on Jul 3, 2023
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H. R. 4459 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4459


To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to specify the duration of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions awarded or entered into with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 3, 2023

Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to specify the duration of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions awarded or entered into with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, 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. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Improving Contract Transparency at BARDA Act”.

SEC. 2. Duration of agreements with BARDA.

Section 319L(c)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(c)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(I) DURATION.—A contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction entered into under this section shall be for a period not to exceed five years, except that, in first awarding the grant or entering into the contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction, the Secretary may provide for a longer duration, not exceeding 10 years, if the Secretary determines that complexities or other difficulties in performance under the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction justify such a period. The contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction shall be renewable for additional periods, none of which shall exceed five years. The Secretary shall notify the vendor within 90 days of a determination by the Secretary to modify, renew, extend, or terminate such contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction.”.