SEC. 2. DOMESTIC PURCHASING REQUIREMENT FOR PER-
SONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ACQUISI-
TIONS 
FOR 
THE 
STRATEGIC 
NATIONAL 
STOCKPILE. 
Section 319F–2(a) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(6) DOMESTIC
PURCHASING
REQUIREMENT 
FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided 
in subparagraphs (C) and (D), funds appro-
priated or otherwise available to the Secretary 
for the Strategic National Stockpile may not be 
used for the procurement of an item described 
in subparagraph (B) unless the item was 
grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) COVERED ITEMS.—An item described 
in this subparagraph is an article or item of— 
‘‘(i) personal protective equipment (in-
cluding surgical masks, respirator masks, 
face shields, surgical and isolation gowns, 
and head and foot coverings) or clothing 
(and the materials and components there-
of), other than sensors, electronics, or 
other items added to, and not normally as-
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sociated with, such personal protective 
equipment or clothing; 
‘‘(ii) sanitizing and disinfecting wipes, 
privacy curtains, beds and bedding, testing 
swabs, gauze and bandages, tents, tarpau-
lins, covers, or bags; or 
‘‘(iii) any other textile medical sup-
plies and equipment described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(C) 
AVAILABILITY
EXCEPTION.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an item described 
in subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) that is, or that includes, a mate-
rial listed in section 25.104 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation as one for which a 
non-availability determination has been 
made; or 
‘‘(ii) as to which the Secretary deter-
mines that a sufficient quantity of a satis-
factory quality of such item that is grown, 
reprocessed, reused, or produced in the 
United States cannot be procured as, and 
when, needed at United States market 
prices. 
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‘‘(D) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
SMALL
PUR-
CHASES.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
purchases for amounts that do not exceed 
$150,000. A proposed purchase or contract for 
an amount in excess of $150,000 may not be 
divided into several purchases or contracts for 
lesser amounts in order to qualify for the excep-
tion under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(E) GEOGRAPHIC
COVERAGE.—In this 
section, the term ‘United States’ means the sev-
eral states, the District of Columbia, the United 
States territories and possessions, and the 
Freely Associated States. 
‘‘(F) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED WITHIN 7 
DAYS AFTER CONTRACT AWARD IF CERTAIN EX-
CEPTIONS APPLIED.—In the case of any con-
tract for the procurement of an item described 
in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary applies 
the exception described in subparagraph (C) 
with respect to that contract, the Secretary 
shall, not later than 7 days after the awarding 
of the contract, post a notification that the ex-
ception has been applied on the internet website 
maintained by the General Services Administra-
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tion known as FedBizOps.gov (or any successor 
site). 
‘‘(G) TRAINING
DURING
FISCAL
YEAR 
2021.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that each member of the ac-
quisition workforce in the Department of 
Health and Human Services who partici-
pates personally and substantially in acqui-
sitions on a regular basis receives training 
during fiscal year 2021 on the require-
ments of this paragraph and the regula-
tions implementing this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN 
NEW TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that any training program for 
the acquisition workforce developed or im-
plemented after fiscal year 2021, includes 
comprehensive information on the require-
ments described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(H) APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
AGEN-
CIES.—If responsibility for maintaining the 
Strategic National Stockpile is transferred from 
the Department of Health and Human Services 
to any other Federal department or agency, the 
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provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the 
head of such department or agency. 
‘‘(I) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This paragraph 
shall apply with respect to contracts entered 
into by the Department of Health and Human 
Services beginning 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 3. INVESTMENT CREDIT FOR QUALIFYING MEDICAL 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT MANU-
FACTURING PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart E of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting after section 48C the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 48D. QUALIFYING MEDICAL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT 
MANUFACTURING 
PROJECT 
CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 46, the 
qualifying medical personal protective equipment manu-
facturing project credit for any taxable year is an amount 
equal to 30 percent of the qualified investment for such 
taxable year with respect to any qualifying medical per-
sonal protective equipment manufacturing project of the 
taxpayer. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED INVESTMENT.— 
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