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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 346 

To establish a program providing grants to certain small business concerns 

to modify or reallocate their productive facilities to begin or increase 

production of certain medical supplies critical to addressing the COVID– 

19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2021 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To establish a program providing grants to certain small 

business concerns to modify or reallocate their productive 

facilities to begin or increase production of certain medical supplies critical to addressing the COVID–19 pandemic, 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 ‘‘Shoring Up Personal 

5 Protective and Lifesaving Indispensable Equipment Stock6 pile Act’’ or the ‘‘SUPPLIES Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASING PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MEDICAL 

2 SUPPLIES. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 15 days after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

5 the Small Business Administration shall establish a pro6 gram to provide grants to modify or reallocate the produc7 tive facilities of small business concerns to produce a cov8 ered good that is critically needed to address the national 

9 emergency related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 

10 (b) APPLICATION.—A small business concern seeking 

11 a grant under this section shall submit to the Adminis12 trator an application at such time, in such manner, and 

13 containing such information as the Administration may 

14 reasonably require. 

15 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—A small business concern that has 

16 not begun modifications or reallocations of the productive 

17 facilities of such concern before the date on which the na18 tional emergency was declared is eligible to receive a grant 

19 under this section to modify or reallocate such productive 

20 facilities. 

21 (d) GRANT TERMS.— 

22 (1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—A small business con24 cern receiving a grant under this section shall 

25 provide non-Federal matching funds equal to 

26 not less than 25 percent of the grant. 


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1 (B) IN-KIND SUPPORT.—The non-Federal 

2 matching funds described in subparagraph (A) 

3 may include in-kind support. 

4 (2) SALE REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to 

5 covered goods produced by a grant recipient during 

6 the period of the national emergency as a result of 

7 a modification or reallocation of productive facilities 

8 using grant amounts, such grant recipient, and any 

9 parent company or affiliate of such recipient, shall— 

10 (A) prioritize the domestic sale of any such 

11 covered goods; and 

12 (B) sell such covered goods at a price that 

13 does not grossly exceed the average price of 

14 such covered goods for the 90-day period end15 ing on January 31, 2020, for the region in 

16 which the grant recipient sells such covered 

17 goods, except to the extent that the price rea18 sonably reflects additional production costs. 

19 (e) PRIORITIES.—In making grants under this Act, 

20 the Administrator shall prioritize applications based on— 

21 (1) the expected date by which the applicant 

22 will begin or increase production of covered goods; 

23 (2) the expected number of covered goods that 

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1 allocation of productive facilities using grant 

2 amounts; and 

3 (3) such other criteria that the Administrator 

4 determines to be appropriate. 

5 (f) GRANT PERIOD.—Grants under this section may 

6 only be made during the period of the national emergency. 

7 (g) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 15 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

9 issue rules to carry out this Act. 

10 (h) REPORTS.— 

11 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 6 

12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

13 Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 

14 Small Business of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre16 neurship of the Senate a report on the grants made 

17 under this Act, including— 

18 (A) the total number and dollar amount of 

19 such grants; 

20 (B) a list of the recipients of such grants; 

21 and 

22 (C) with respect to each such grant, how 

23 grant funds are being used. 

24 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 

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1 trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi2 ness of the House of Representatives and the Com3 mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 

4 the Senate a report evaluating the effect of the pro5 gram established under subsection (a) on the re6 sponse to the COVID–19 pandemic, including— 

7 (A) a description of any covered goods pro8 duced by a grant recipient as a result of a 

9 modification or reallocation of productive facili10 ties using grant amounts; 

11 (B) the total number of each such covered 

12 good produced; 

13 (C) a list of purchasers of more than 500 

14 covered goods produced as a result of a modi15 fication or reallocation of productive facilities 

16 using grant amounts; 

17 (D) a description of the overall effect that 

18 the manufacturing of covered goods by grant 

19 recipients had in meeting the increased demand 

20 for such covered goods resulting from the 

21 COVID–19 pandemic; and 

22 (E) recommendations for continuing or im23 proving the program. 


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1 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 through Sep3 tember 30, 2021, to carry out this Act. 

4 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi7 ness Administration. 

8 (2) COVERED GOOD.—The term ‘‘covered good’’ 

9 means invasive or multifunction ventilators, N95 

10 respirators, surgical masks, surgical gowns, sani11 tizing wipes, nasopharyngeal swabs, viral transport 

12 media, procedure masks, hand sanitizer, face shields, 

13 or nitrile exam gloves. 

14 (3) NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘na15 tional emergency’’ means the national emergency de16 clared by the President under the National Emer17 gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to 

18 COVID–19. 

19 (4) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

20 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the same meaning as 

21 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

22 U.S.C. 632). 

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