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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6372 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2022 

Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. COLE, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, and Ms. LEGER

FERNANDEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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 that appropriate drugs, vac11 cines and other biological products, medical devices, and 

12 other supplies are deployed by the Secretary directly to 

13 health programs or facilities operated by the Indian 

14 Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization (as 

15 those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self16 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

17 5304)), or an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 

18 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As19 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through an urban In20 dian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 

21 Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative 

22 distributions to such programs or facilities’’ before the 

23 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 that, as appropriate, such products are dis10 tributed directly to health programs or facilities operated 

11 by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal or12 ganization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the 

13 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

14 (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-tribal consortium (as de15 fined in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and 

16 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through 

17 an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of 

18 the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding 

19 duplicative distributions to such programs or facilities.’’. 

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