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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7989 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that counter-
measures or products procured for the national strategic stockpile are 
grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 7, 2020 
Mr. TRONE (for himself and Mr. CRAWFORD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
ensure that countermeasures or products procured for 
the national strategic stockpile are grown, reprocessed, 
reused, or produced in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Made Stra-
tegic National Stockpile Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT FOR 
STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE. 
(a) UNITED STATES-MADE REQUIREMENT.—Section 
319F–2(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d–6b(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) ensure that countermeasures or prod-
ucts procured for the stockpile are grown, re-
processed, reused, or produced in the United 
States, unless such countermeasure or product 
meets an exception under paragraph (6).’’. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—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) PROCUREMENT
EXCEPTIONS
AND
ADDI-
TIONAL REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
AVAILABILITY.—The 
requirement 
under paragraph (3)(K) may not apply to a 
countermeasure or product that— 
‘‘(i) is, or includes, a material deter-
mined to be nonavailable under the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation (as defined in 
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section 2302 of title 10, United States 
Code); or 
‘‘(ii) is not— 
‘‘(I) available as determined by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) of sufficient quality; and 
‘‘(III) available at market price. 
‘‘(B) SMALL
PURCHASES.—The require-
ment under paragraph (3)(K) shall not apply to 
a countermeasure or product that has a pur-
chase amount that is equal to or less than 
$150,000. Such amount may not be divided 
into multiple purchases to meet the exception 
under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) 
NOTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (d), in applying the exceptions under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall, not later 
than 7 days after procuring a countermeasure 
or product for the stockpile under subsection 
(a), post a notification with respect to such ex-
ception on a website maintained by the Admin-
istrator of General Services.’’. 
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