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Union Calendar No. 435 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 555 

[Report No. 118–523] 

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of 

certain medical materials essential to national defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2023 

Mr. HILL (for himself and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

MAY 23, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LAWLER and Mr. CARSON

MAY 23, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 26, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure 

the supply of certain medical materials essential to national defense, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Securing America’s Vac5 cines for Emergencies Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act of 

6 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SECURING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL MATERIALS. 

8 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Section 2(b) of the De9 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4502) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) 

12 as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(3) authorities under this Act should be used 

16 when appropriate to ensure the availability of med17 ical materials essential to national defense, including 

18 through measures designed to secure the drug supply 

19 chain, and taking into consideration the importance 

20 of United States competitiveness, scientific leadership 

21 and cooperation, and innovative capacity;’’. 

22 (b) STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC CAPABILITY.—Section 

23 107 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4517) 

24 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(including 

2 medical materials)’’ after ‘‘materials’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘(including 

4 medical materials such as drugs (as defined under the 

5 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 

6 et seq.)), devices, and biological products (as that 

7 term is defined in section 351 of the Public Health 

8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262)) to diagnose, cure, miti9 gate, treat, or prevent disease that are essential to na10 tional defense)’’ after ‘‘essential materials’’. 

11 (c) STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR

12 MEDICAL MATERIALS.—Title I of the Defense Production 

13 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) is amended by adding 

14 at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 109. STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR 

16 MEDICAL MATERIALS. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this section, the President, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv20 ices, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security, and the Secretary of Defense, shall transmit a 

22 strategy to the appropriate Members of Congress that in23 cludes the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) A detailed plan to use the authorities under 

25 this title and title III, or any other provision of law, 


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1 to ensure the supply of medical materials (including 

2 drugs (as defined under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

3 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)), devices, and bi4 ological products (as that term is defined in section 

5 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262)) 

6 to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease) 

7 essential to national defense, to the extent necessary 

8 for the purposes of this Act. 

9 ‘‘(2) An analysis of vulnerabilities to existing 

10 supply chains for such medical materials, and rec11 ommendations to address the vulnerabilities. 

12 ‘‘(3) Measures to be undertaken by the President 

13 to diversify such supply chains, as appropriate and 

14 as required for national defense. 

15 ‘‘(4) A discussion of— 

16 ‘‘(A) any significant effects resulting from 

17 the plan and measures described in this sub18 section on the production, cost, or distribution of 

19 biological products or any other devices or drugs; 

20 ‘‘(B) a timeline to ensure that essential 

21 components of the supply chain for medical ma22 terials are not under the exclusive control of a 

23 foreign government in a manner that the Presi24 dent determines could threaten the national de25 fense of the United States; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) efforts to mitigate any risks resulting 

2 from the plan and measures described in this 

3 subsection to United States competitiveness, sci4 entific leadership, and innovative capacity, in5 cluding efforts to cooperate and proactively en6 gage with United States allies. 

7 ‘‘(b) PROGRESS REPORT.—Following submission of 

8 the strategy under subsection (a), the President shall submit 

9 to the appropriate Members of Congress an annual progress 

10 report until September 30, 2027, evaluating the implemen11 tation of the strategy, and may include updates to the strat12 egy as appropriate. The strategy and progress reports shall 

13 be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi14 fied annex. 

15 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In this 

16 section, the term ‘appropriate Members of Congress’ means 

17 the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader of the 

18 House of Representatives, the majority leader and minority 

19 leader of the Senate, the Chairman and Ranking Member 

20 of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep21 resentatives, and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

22 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 

23 Senate.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. INVESTMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Defense Produc3 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(h) INVESTMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to other authori7 ties in this title, the President may make available to 

8 an eligible entity described in paragraph (2) pay9 ments to increase the security of supply chains and 

10 supply chain activities, if the President certifies to 

11 Congress not less than 30 days before making such a 

12 payment that the payment is critical to meet national 

13 defense requirements of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An eligible entity de15 scribed in this paragraph is an entity that— 

16 ‘‘(A) is organized under the laws of the 

17 United States or any jurisdiction within the 

18 United States; and 

19 ‘‘(B) produces— 

20 ‘‘(i) one or more critical components; 

21 ‘‘(ii) critical technology; or 

22 ‘‘(iii) one or more products or raw ma23 terials for the security of supply chains or 

24 supply chain activities. 

25 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

26 ‘supply chain’ and ‘supply chain activities’ have the 


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1 meanings given those terms by the President by regu2 lation.’’. 

3 (b) REGULATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

6 shall prescribe regulations setting forth definitions for 

7 the terms ‘‘supply chain’’ and ‘‘supply chain activi8 ties’’ for the purposes of section 303(h) of the Defense 

9 Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533(h)), as added 

10 by subsection (a). 

11 (2) SCOPE OF DEFINITIONS.—The definitions re12 quired by paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) shall encompass— 

14 (i) the organizations, people, activities, 

15 information, and resources involved in the 

16 delivery and operation of a product or serv17 ice used by the Government; or 

18 (ii) critical infrastructure as defined 

19 in Presidential Policy Directive 21 (Feb20 ruary 12, 2013; relating to critical infra21 structure security and resilience); and 

22 (B) may include variations as determined 

23 necessary and appropriate by the President for 

24 purposes of national defense. 


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Union Calendar No. 435 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 555 

[Report No. 118–523] 

A BILL 

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to 

poses. sential to national defense, and for other purensure the supply of certain medical materials esMAY 23, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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