I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7841 
To require the purchase by the Federal Government of certain medical sup-
plies and protection equipment from the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2020 
Mr. MCHENRY (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Vet-
erans’ Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Re-
sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the purchase by the Federal Government of cer-
tain medical supplies and protection equipment from 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 ‘‘The American PPE 
Supply Chain Integrity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE CERTAIN MEDICAL 
SUPPLIES 
AND 
PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) COVERED SECRETARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
any covered item purchased by a covered Secretary 
shall be from the United States. For purposes of 
this subsection, ‘‘from the United States’’ means 
that 100 percent of a product is grown, reprocessed, 
reused, or produced in the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the applicable covered Secretary may waive the 
requirements of such paragraph if such covered Sec-
retary determines that satisfactory quality and suffi-
cient quantity of any such covered item from the 
United States cannot be procured as and when need-
ed at United States market prices. This subsection 
shall not apply to covered items that are or that in-
clude materials determined to be non-available in ac-
cordance with section 25.104 of title 48 of the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation. 
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR
SMALL
PURCHASES.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to purchases for amounts not 
greater than $150,000. A proposed purchase or contract 
for an amount greater than $150,000 may not be divided 
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into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in 
order to qualify for this exception. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to a purchase of a covered 
item made pursuant to subsection (a) on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ITEM.—The term ‘‘covered item’’ 
means an article or item of— 
(A) personal protective equipment (includ-
ing surgical masks, respirator masks and pow-
ered air purifying respirators and required fil-
ters, face shields and protective eyewear, sur-
gical and isolation gowns, and head and foot 
coverings) or clothing, and the materials and 
components thereof, other than sensors, elec-
tronics, or other items added to and not nor-
mally associated with such personal protective 
equipment or clothing; 
(B) sanitizing and disinfecting wipes, pri-
vacy curtains, beds and bedding, testing swabs, 
gauze and bandages, tents, tarpaulins, covers, 
or bags; or 
(C) cotton and other natural fiber prod-
ucts, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk 
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yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or 
coated synthetic fabric (including all textile fi-
bers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), 
canvas products, or wool (whether in the form 
of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, mate-
rials, or manufactured articles). 
(2) COVERED SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘covered 
Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 3. EXCEPTION TO DOMESTIC REQUIREMENT FOR 
SMALL PURCHASES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 2533a(h) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘the simplified acquisition threshold’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘$150,000. A proposed purchase for an amount greater 
than $150,000 may not be divided into several purchases 
or contracts for lesser amounts in order to qualify for this 
exception.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Sub-
section (f) of section 604 the American Recovery and Re-
investment Act of 2009 (6 U.S.C. 453b) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the simplified acquisition threshold’’ and all that 
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follows through the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘$150,000. A proposed purchase for an amount 
greater than $150,000 may not be divided into several 
purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in order to qual-
ify for this exception.’’. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF THE BERRY AMENDMENT TO CER-
TAIN 
DEFENSE 
LOGISTICS 
AGENCY 
PUR-
CHASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2533a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(l) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN DEFENSE LOGISTICS 
AGENCY PURCHASES.—Subsection (a) applies to pur-
chases made by the Director of the Defense Logistics 
Agency on behalf of the General Services Administration 
or any other Federal agency.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a purchase made under section 2533a of 
title 10, United States Code, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF THE BERRY AMENDMENT TO CER-
TAIN MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2533a(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) Surgical dressing materials. 
‘‘(6) Hospital and surgical clothing and related 
special purpose items. 
‘‘(7) Replenishable field medical sets, kits, and 
outfits. 
‘‘(8) All textile medical supplies and equip-
ment.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a purchase made under section 2533a of 
title 10, United States Code, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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