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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4952 

To establish a grant program to expand the domestic production of certain 

medical supplies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Ms. ERNST introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to expand the domestic 

production of certain medical supplies. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobilize America to 

5 Manufacture Equipment Required for Independence from 

6 Communist Adversaries Act’’ or the ‘‘Mobilize AMERICA 

7 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF MED2 ICAL SUPPLIES. 

3 Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended 

4 by inserting after section 319F–4 (42 U.S.C. 247d–6e) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 319F–5. EXPANDING THE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 

7 MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

9 with the Secretary of Defense, shall award grants to drug, 

10 biological product (including vaccines), device (including 

11 respiratory protective devices), and other medical supply 

12 manufacturers for the purpose of incentivizing such manu13 facturers to manufacture such products domestically using 

14 advanced manufacturing, and to ensure that the Nation 

15 is able to retain or acquire necessary supplies to address 

16 critical public health needs, including countermeasures re17 quired during a pandemic or other public health emer18 gency. 

19 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS.—The Secretary, in con20 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall compile and 

21 update a list of drugs, biological products (including vac22 cines), devices (including respiratory protective devices), 

23 and other medical supplies that are, or may become, crit24 ical supplies in the event of a pandemic or public health 

25 emergency. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 

2 this section, a manufacturer shall submit an application 

3 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con4 taining such information as the Secretary may require, in5 cluding the applicant’s plan for the advanced manufac6 turing, domestically, of a product on the list under sub7 section (b). 

8 ‘‘(d) GRANT AWARDS.—A grant awarded under this 

9 section— 

10 ‘‘(1) shall be used for the capital costs associ11 ated with the installation of countermeasure manu12 facturing equipment (including both final finished 

13 products and the related critical components re14 quired for these products), including the building 

15 and assembly of manufacturing equipment, modifica16 tions to existing facilities to accommodate such 

17 equipment, or expansion of existing facilities to ac18 commodate such equipment, in accordance with the 

19 advanced manufacturing plan set forth in the appli20 cation under subsection (c); and 

21 ‘‘(2) shall be in amount not to exceed the 

22 amount sufficient to cover up to 50 percent of the 

23 costs described in paragraph (1). 

24 ‘‘(e) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—The re25 quirements of section 75.323 of title 45, Code of Federal 


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1 Regulations (or any successor regulations) shall not apply 

2 with respect to a grant awarded under this section. 

3 ‘‘(f) ONGOING MONITORING.—The Secretary, in co4 ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish 

5 and implement procedures for the ongoing monitoring of 

6 the program under this section to ensure that such pro7 gram works toward the goal of expanding domestic pro8 duction of drugs, biological products (including vaccines), 

9 devices (including respiratory protective devices), and 

10 other medical supplies. 

11 ‘‘(g) REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of the Mobilize America to Manu13 facture Equipment Required for Independence from Com14 munist Adversaries Act and annually thereafter, the Sec15 retary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 

16 submit to Congress a report on the program under this 

17 section. Each such report shall include certification that 

18 all funds appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this 

19 section are used solely for such purpose. 

20 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

21 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro22 priated $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

23 through 2025.’’. 

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