SEC. 2. TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPPLIES IN 
THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE. 
Section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d–6b) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPPLIES 
IN THE STOCKPILE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘Assistant Secretary’) shall establish 
an automated supply chain tracking application that 
provides near real-time insight into the amount of 
critical medical and health supplies available in the 
stockpile under subsection (a), and available in the 
medical and health supply inventories of State, Trib-
al, territories, and local and private entities such as 
hospitals, manufacturers, and distributors. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS AND USE OF THE APPLICATION.— 
The Assistant Secretary shall establish rules for 
data access, and use of, the application established 
under paragraph (1). Such rules shall— 
‘‘(A) require internal tracking, pursuant to 
subsection (d), of all supplies within the stock-
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pile under subsection (a), in a manner that is 
visible to Federal entities identified by the As-
sistant Secretary; 
‘‘(B) allow for data access, by Federal en-
tities during an emergency response, as deter-
mined by the Assistant Secretary, to the med-
ical and health supply stockpiles of State, Trib-
al, territories, and local and private partners; 
‘‘(C) establish, after consultation with pub-
lic and private partners, a national standard for 
collecting and reporting data related to prod-
ucts maintained in the stockpile, including— 
‘‘(i) data standards for category of 
products, nomenclature, and standards for 
coding of each product for entities to re-
port product availability in their Federal, 
State, and local jurisdictions; 
‘‘(ii) application of the standard to 
Tribal and local stockpiles; and 
‘‘(iii) a data dictionary defining terms, 
such as ‘burn rate’, ‘calculation of supply- 
on-hand’, and other appropriate terms; 
‘‘(D) ensure clear and efficient mecha-
nisms for health care entities, including hos-
pitals, manufacturers, and distributors, to re-
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port data in an emergency that supports med-
ical and health supply chain management and 
surge re-deployment, including detailed data re-
garding all relevant supplies secured and avail-
able; 
‘‘(E) allow access by the Administration 
for Strategic Preparedness and Response to 
data from different vendor management sys-
tems, through automated feeds from health care 
entities, eliminating manual reporting errors 
from health care entities; 
‘‘(F) establish the parameters for per-
mitted and prohibited government data access 
and uses; 
‘‘(G) ensure that the Administration for 
Strategic Preparedness and Response protects 
any data from hospitals, manufacturers, and 
distributors that is shared through the applica-
tion, including protection of confidential, propri-
etary, commercial, and trade secret information; 
‘‘(H) ensure that Federal data collection is 
for monitoring and dynamic allocation and will 
not be used to remove or reallocate inventory 
from organizations; 
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‘‘(I) ensure that data will not be used by 
suppliers for commercial or contractual pur-
poses; 
‘‘(J) ensure that reported data will not be 
used to advantage or disadvantage any institu-
tion over another or to undermine the competi-
tive marketplace; and 
‘‘(K) ensure that the application interfaces, 
for tracking management purposes, with the 
National Disaster Recovery Framework of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, ap-
propriate dashboards of the Department of De-
fense, and other appropriate Federal partners. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION BY PRIVATE ENTITIES.— 
The application established under paragraph (1) 
shall support the voluntary sharing of data and ac-
cessing data by private health care supply chain en-
tities, by allowing such entities to display near real- 
time data relating to inventory and time estimates 
for when inventories may be replenished. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL EXERCISE.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall provide for an annual exercise hosted by 
the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and 
Response to test the effectiveness of the application 
established under paragraph (1), and to provide an 
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opportunity to report, not later than 180 days after 
publication of the standards described in paragraph 
(2)(C), any inefficiencies or deficiencies in the appli-
cation. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM
OF
SUPPORT.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall establish a program to assist State, 
local, and private health care entities, such as rural, 
critical access, or community hospitals, that do not 
have an automated vendor management system in 
developing or obtaining such a system. 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the As-
sistant Secretary for the acquisition and develop-
ment 
of 
an 
application 
under 
this 
section, 
$250,000,000 to remain available for fiscal years 
2024 through 2029.’’. 
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