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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6696 
To establish a program providing grants to certain small business concerns 
to modify or reallocate their productive facilities to begin or increase 
production of certain medical supplies critical to addressing the COVID– 
19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2020 
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To establish a program providing grants to certain small 
business concerns to modify or reallocate their productive 
facilities to begin or increase production of certain med-
ical supplies critical to addressing the COVID–19 pan-
demic, 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 ‘‘Shoring Up Personal 
Protective and Lifesaving Indispensable Equipment Stock-
pile Act’’ or the ‘‘SUPPLIES Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASING PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MEDICAL 
SUPPLIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 15 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall establish a pro-
gram to provide grants to modify or reallocate the produc-
tive facilities of small business concerns to produce a cov-
ered good that is critically needed to address the national 
emergency related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A small business concern seeking 
a grant under this section shall submit to the Adminis-
trator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administration may 
reasonably require. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A small business concern that has 
not begun modifications or reallocations of the productive 
facilities of such concern before the date on which the na-
tional emergency was declared is eligible to receive a grant 
under this section to modify or reallocate such productive 
facilities. 
(d) GRANT TERMS.— 
(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A small business con-
cern receiving a grant under this section shall 
provide non-Federal matching funds equal to 
not less than 25 percent of the grant. 
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(B) IN-KIND SUPPORT.—The non-Federal 
matching funds described in subparagraph (A) 
may include in-kind support. 
(2) SALE
REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to 
covered goods produced by a grant recipient during 
the period of the national emergency as a result of 
a modification or reallocation of productive facilities 
using grant amounts, such grant recipient, and any 
parent company or affiliate of such recipient, shall— 
(A) prioritize the domestic sale of any such 
covered goods; and 
(B) sell such covered goods at a price that 
does not grossly exceed the average price of 
such covered goods for the 90-day period end-
ing on January 31, 2020, for the region in 
which the grant recipient sells such covered 
goods, except to the extent that the price rea-
sonably reflects additional production costs. 
(e) PRIORITIES.—In making grants under this Act, 
the Administrator shall prioritize applications based on— 
(1) the expected date by which the applicant 
will begin or increase production of covered goods; 
(2) the expected number of covered goods that 
will be produced as a result of a modification or re-
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allocation of productive facilities using grant 
amounts; and 
(3) such other criteria that the Administrator 
determines to be appropriate. 
(f) GRANT PERIOD.—Grants under this section may 
only be made during the period of the national emergency. 
(g) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 15 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
issue rules to carry out this Act. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate a report on the grants made 
under this Act, including— 
(A) the total number and dollar amount of 
such grants; 
(B) a list of the recipients of such grants; 
and 
(C) with respect to each such grant, how 
grant funds are being used. 
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
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trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
the Senate a report evaluating the effect of the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) on the re-
sponse to the COVID–19 pandemic, including— 
(A) a description of any covered goods pro-
duced by a grant recipient as a result of a 
modification or reallocation of productive facili-
ties using grant amounts; 
(B) the total number of each such covered 
good produced; 
(C) a list of purchasers of more than 500 
covered goods produced as a result of a modi-
fication or reallocation of productive facilities 
using grant amounts; 
(D) a description of the overall effect that 
the manufacturing of covered goods by grant 
recipients had in meeting the increased demand 
for such covered goods resulting from the 
COVID–19 pandemic; and 
(E) recommendations for continuing or im-
proving the program. 
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(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to carry out this Act. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) COVERED GOOD.—The term ‘‘covered good’’ 
means invasive or multifunction ventilators, N95 
respirators, surgical masks, surgical gowns, sani-
tizing wipes, nasopharyngeal swabs, viral transport 
media, procedure masks, hand sanitizer, face shields, 
or nitrile exam gloves. 
(3) NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘na-
tional emergency’’ means the national emergency de-
clared by the President under the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to 
COVID–19. 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the same meaning as 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632). 
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