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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1024 

To establish the Office of COVID–19 Supply Chain Resiliency, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 

Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish the Office of COVID–19 Supply Chain 

Resiliency, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘COVID–19 Supply 

5 Chain Resiliency Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF COVID–19 SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab8 lished in the Executive Office of the President the Office 

9 of COVID–19 Supply Chain Resiliency (in this section re10 ferred to as ‘‘the Office’’). 


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1 (b) DIRECTOR.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be at the head 

3 of the Office a Director who shall be appointed by 

4 the President. 

5 (2) APPOINTMENT OF FIRST DIRECTOR.—Not 

6 later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act, the President shall appoint an individual 

8 to serve as the Director. 

9 (3) VACANCY.—A vacancy in the position of Di10 rector shall be filled not later than 60 days after the 

11 date on which the vacancy occurs and shall be filled 

12 in the same manner in which the original appoint13 ment was made. 

14 (c) DEPUTY DIRECTORS.— 

15 (1) TYPES OF DEPUTY DIRECTORS.—To assist 

16 the Director in carrying out the functions of this 

17 Act, the Director shall appoint Deputy Directors as 

18 follows: 

19 (A) The Deputy Director for the Medical 

20 Supply Chain. 

21 (B) The Deputy Director for the Food 

22 Supply Chain. 

23 (C) The Deputy Director for the Industrial 

24 Supply Chain. 


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1 (D) The Deputy Director for Interagency 

2 Coordination. 

3 (2) ADDITIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTORS.—The Di4 rector may appoint additional Deputy Directors as 

5 the Director determines necessary. 

6 (d) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Office are 

7 to— 

8 (1) identify supply chain issues related the 

9 COVID–19 pandemic; 

10 (2) not later than 60 days after the establish11 ment of the Office, establish a national strategy to 

12 address such supply chain issues, in consultation 

13 with— 

14 (A) the heads of other agencies of the Fed15 eral Government, including— 

16 (i) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

17 (ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 

18 (iii) the Secretary of Defense; 

19 (iv) the Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services; 

21 (v) the Secretary of Homeland Secu22 rity; 

23 (vi) the Secretary of Labor; 

24 (vii) the Secretary of Transportation; 

25 (viii) the Secretary of the Treasury; 


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1 (ix) the Administrator of the Environ2 mental Protection Agency; 

3 (x) the Administrator of the Federal 

4 Emergency Management Agency; 

5 (xi) the Federal Trade Commission; 

6 (xii) the Administrator of the Small 

7 Business Administration; and 

8 (xiii) the United States Trade Rep9 resentative; 

10 (B) persons or private sector entities that 

11 transport products by air, water, rail, and road; 

12 (C) manufacturers of durable consumer 

13 products; 

14 (D) producers of agricultural products; 

15 (E) manufacturers and distributors of 

16 drugs, devices, and other medical products and 

17 supplies; and 

18 (F) manufacturers, producers, and dis19 tributors of other supplies critical to national 

20 security and the COVID–19 pandemic; 

21 (3) serve as a central point of contact for Fed22 eral and non-Federal entities seeking technical as23 sistance with respect to supply chain issues related 

24 to the COVID–19 pandemic; 


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1 (4) provide technical assistance to Federal and 

2 non-Federal entities seeking technical assistance 

3 with respect to supply chain issues related to the 

4 COVID–19 pandemic; and 

5 (5) develop legislative recommendations to 

6 strengthen critical supply chains for pandemics, in7 cluding the COVID–19 pandemic. 

8 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

10 shall submit a report to Congress on— 

11 (1) any supply chain issues identified under 

12 paragraph (1) of subsection (d); 

13 (2) the national strategy established under such 

14 subsection; and 

15 (3) any legislative recommendation developed 

16 under such subsection. 

17 (f) TERMINATION.—The Office established under this 

18 section shall terminate on the date that is 18 months after 

19 the date on which the Public Health Emergency declared 

20 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 

21 section 319 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 247) as a result of COVID–19 pandemic, and any renewal 

23 thereof, terminates. 

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