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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6390 
To require the President to use authorities under the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 to require emergency production of medical equipment 
to address the COVID-19 outbreak. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2020 
Mr. RYAN (for himself, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. KATKO, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
KHANNA, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. BROWN of 
Maryland, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. LEE 
of California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Mr. KILDEE, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. ALLRED, 
Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. 
SPANBERGER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Miss RICE of New 
York, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. YARMUTH, 
Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. KIM, Mr. BALDERSON, 
and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the President to use authorities under the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 to require emergency production 
of medical equipment to address the COVID-19 out-
break. 
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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 ‘‘Medical Supply Chain 
Emergency Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL EQUIP-
MENT TO ADDRESS COVID-19 OUTBREAK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Immediately upon the enactment 
of this Act, the President shall— 
(1) determine under section 101(b) of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511(b)) 
that— 
(A) medical equipment described in para-
graph (3)(A) is scarce and a critical material 
essential to the national defense; and 
(B) the requirements of the national de-
fense for such equipment cannot be met without 
exercising the authorities provided by the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 
et seq.); 
(2) identify private sector capacity to produce 
such equipment; and 
(3) exercise the authorities provided by the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 to the extent nec-
essary— 
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(A) to require emergency production of— 
(i) not less than— 
(I) 500,000,000 N95 respirators; 
(II) 200,000 medical ventilators; 
(III) 20,000,000 face shields; 
(IV) 500,000,000 pairs of med-
ical exam gloves; and 
(V) 20,000,000 surgical gowns; 
and 
(ii) such other medical equipment as 
the President determines to be necessary 
to address the coronavirus disease 2019 
(commonly known as ‘‘COVID-19’’) out-
break; and 
(B) to establish a fair and reasonable price 
for the sale of medical equipment produced pur-
suant to subparagraph (A). 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall coordinate 
and direct the allocation of medical equipment produced 
under subsection (a) based on requests from the Gov-
ernors of the States and the needs of the States, as deter-
mined based on— 
(1) the number of cases of COVID-19 in a 
State; and 
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(2) the proportion of the population in a State 
with a higher risk of developing a serious illness 
from COVID-19. 
(c) FUNDING.—Amounts available in the Defense 
Production Act Fund under section 304 of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534) shall be avail-
able to carry out this section. 
(d) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section, and authorities 
carried out pursuant to this section, shall terminate 
on the date on which the national emergency de-
clared under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, relating to 
the COVID-19 outbreak, terminates. 
(2) DISPOSITION OF UNUSED MEDICAL EQUIP-
MENT.—Any medical equipment produced pursuant 
to subsection (a) using amounts from the Defense 
Production Act Fund and unused as of the date de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the 
Strategic National Stockpile. 
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