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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3444 

To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated 

by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium, and 

facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from 

the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 5, 2022 

Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, 

or inter-Tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an 

urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Medical Sup3 plies Stockpile Access Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ITEMS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND 

5 FACILITIES. 

6 (a) STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.—Section 

7 319F–2(a)(3)(G) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(3)(G)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and, 

9 in the case that the Secretary deploys the stockpile under 

10 this subparagraph, ensure, in coordination with the appli11 cable States and programs and facilities, that appropriate 

12 drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical de13 vices, and other supplies are deployed by the Secretary di14 rectly to health programs or facilities operated by the In15 dian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, a Tribal organiza16 tion (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian 

17 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), or an 

18 inter-Tribal consortium (as defined in section 501 of the 

19 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) 

20 or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in 

21 section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), 

22 while avoiding duplicative distributions to such programs 

23 or facilities’’ before the semicolon. 

24 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPI25 DEMIC PRODUCTS TO IHS FACILITIES.—Title III of the 


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1 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is 

2 amended by inserting after section 319F–4 the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 319F–5. DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR 

4 EPIDEMIC PRODUCTS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS 

5 AND FACILITIES. 

6 ‘‘In the case that the Secretary distributes qualified 

7 pandemic or epidemic products (as defined in section 

8 319F–3(i)(7)) to States or other entities, the Secretary 

9 shall ensure, in coordination with the applicable States 

10 and programs and facilities, that, as appropriate, such 

11 products are distributed directly to health programs or fa12 cilities operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian 

13 Tribe, a Tribal organization (as those terms are defined 

14 in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu15 cation Assistance Act), or an inter-Tribal consortium (as 

16 defined in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination 

17 and Education Assistance Act) or through an urban In18 dian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 

19 Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative 

20 distributions to such programs or facilities.’’. 

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