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Union Calendar No. 435 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 555 
[Report No. 118–523] 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of 
certain medical materials essential to national defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2023 
Mr. HILL (for himself and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
MAY 23, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LAWLER and Mr. CARSON 
MAY 23, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 26, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure 
the supply of certain medical materials essential to na-
tional defense, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Securing America’s Vac-
cines for Emergencies Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SECURING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL MATERIALS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Section 2(b) of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4502) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) 
as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) authorities under this Act should be used 
when appropriate to ensure the availability of med-
ical materials essential to national defense, including 
through measures designed to secure the drug supply 
chain, and taking into consideration the importance 
of United States competitiveness, scientific leadership 
and cooperation, and innovative capacity;’’. 
(b) STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC CAPABILITY.—Section 
107 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4517) 
is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(including 
medical materials)’’ after ‘‘materials’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘(including 
medical materials such as drugs (as defined under the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 
et seq.)), devices, and biological products (as that 
term is defined in section 351 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262)) to diagnose, cure, miti-
gate, treat, or prevent disease that are essential to na-
tional defense)’’ after ‘‘essential materials’’. 
(c) STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR 
MEDICAL MATERIALS.—Title I of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 109. STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR 
MEDICAL MATERIALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the President, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Secretary of Defense, shall transmit a 
strategy to the appropriate Members of Congress that in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed plan to use the authorities under 
this title and title III, or any other provision of law, 
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