I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6662 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy to become the sole owner and distributer of certain medical equipment 
in the event of a covered emergency, to establish a Joint Congressional 
Committee on Defense Production, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. TRONE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Energy and Commerce, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to become the sole owner and 
distributer of certain medical equipment in the event 
of a covered emergency, to establish a Joint Congres-
sional Committee on Defense Production, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic Response 
and Interstate Cost Equity Act’’ or the ‘‘PRICE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATOR AS OWNER AND DISTRIBUTER OF 
CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a covered emer-
gency, the Administrator shall become the sole owner and 
distributer of medical equipment obtained by the Federal 
Government pursuant to this Act for which the prevailing 
market price exceeds the fair market price by more than 
15 percent and is required to address the covered emer-
gency. 
(b) ASSESSMENT
OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.—To 
carry out subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator 
and other Federal agencies or departments as considered 
necessary, shall conduct an assessment of available med-
ical equipment, including— 
(1) identifying the medical equipment required 
to address the covered emergency for which the pre-
vailing market price exceeds the fair market price by 
more than 15 percent; 
(2) assessing the amount of such medical equip-
ment available to respond to the covered emergency, 
including the amount of such medical equipment 
available in the Strategic National Stockpile; and 
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(3) determining the amount of such medical 
equipment still needed to respond to the covered 
emergency. 
(c) CONTRACT
TO
PRODUCE
MEDICAL
EQUIP-
MENT.—Following the assessment under subsection (b), 
the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall— 
(1) create and execute an indefinite delivery-in-
definite quantity contract with all persons capable of 
producing such medical equipment to— 
(A) respond to the covered emergency; and 
(B) following the covered emergency, re-
plenish the Strategic National Stockpile to a 
level acceptable to respond to a future public 
health emergency or other covered emergency; 
(2) require that all contracts created and exe-
cuted under this section supersede any existing con-
tracts such persons have already created or exe-
cuted; and 
(3) establish a price for such medical equipment 
to be resold to the States or other persons. 
(d) SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL 
EQUIPMENT.—The Administrator shall sell or otherwise 
distribute medical equipment to the States or to persons 
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that request such medical equipment, giving consideration 
to— 
(1) requests for medical equipment under sub-
sections (e) and (f); 
(2) the continuity of operations of the Federal 
government; and 
(3) consultation with public health officials, as 
may be necessary. 
(e) STATE REQUEST FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.— 
To request an allocation of medical equipment, a State 
shall submit to the Administrator a request for medical 
equipment, including— 
(1) the number of impacted individuals in each 
State, disaggregated by condition and the severity of 
such condition— 
(A) on the date the request is submitted to 
the Administrator; 
(B) as projected at 14 days from the date 
the request is submitted to the Administrator; 
and 
(C) as projected at 60 days from the date 
the request is submitted to the Administrator; 
(2) existing health system medical equipment; 
(3) medical equipment possessed by the State; 
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