I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6952 
To direct the President to appoint a Medical Supplies Response Coordinator 
to coordinate the efforts of the Federal Government regarding the supply 
and distribution of certain supplies and equipment relating to COVID– 
19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2020 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the President to appoint a Medical Supplies Re-
sponse Coordinator to coordinate the efforts of the Fed-
eral Government regarding the supply and distribution 
of certain supplies and equipment relating to COVID– 
19. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MEDICAL SUPPLIES RESPONSE COORDINATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint a 
Medical Supplies Response Coordinator to coordinate the 
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efforts of the Federal Government regarding the supply 
and distribution of critical medical supplies and equipment 
related to detecting, diagnosing, preventing, and treating 
COVID–19, including personal protective equipment, med-
ical devices, drugs, and vaccines. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—To qualify to be appointed as 
the Medical Supplies Response Coordinator, an individual 
shall be a senior government official with— 
(1) health care training, including training re-
lated to infectious diseases or hazardous exposures; 
and 
(2) a familiarity with medical supply chain lo-
gistics. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—The Medical Supplies Response Co-
ordinator shall— 
(1) consult with State, local, territorial, and 
Tribal officials to ensure that health care facilities 
and health care workers have sufficient personal pro-
tective equipment and other medical supplies; 
(2) evaluate ongoing needs of States, localities, 
territories, Tribes, health care facilities, and health 
care workers to determine the need for critical med-
ical supplies and equipment; 
(3) serve as a point of contact for industry for 
procurement and distribution of critical medical sup-
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plies and equipment, including personal protective 
equipment, medical devices, testing supplies, drugs, 
and vaccines; 
(4) procure and distribute critical medical sup-
plies and equipment, including personal protective 
equipment, medical devices, testing supplies, drugs, 
and vaccines; 
(5)(A) establish and maintain an up-to-date na-
tional database of hospital capacity, including beds, 
ventilators, and supplies, including personal protec-
tive equipment, medical devices, drugs, and vaccines; 
and 
(B) provide weekly reports to the Congress on 
gaps in such capacity and progress made toward 
closing the gaps; 
(6) require, as necessary, industry reporting on 
production and distribution of personal protective 
equipment, medical devices, testing supplies, drugs, 
and vaccines and assess financial penalties as may 
be specified by the Medical Supplies Response Coor-
dinator for failure to comply with such requirements 
for reporting on production and distribution; 
(7) consult with the Secretary and the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, as applicable, to ensure sufficient production lev-
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els under the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 
4501 et seq.); and 
(8) monitor the prices of critical medical sup-
plies and equipment, including personal protective 
equipment and medical devices, drugs, and vaccines 
related to detecting, diagnosing, preventing, and 
treating COVID–19 and report any suspected price 
gouging of such materials to the Federal Trade 
Commission and appropriate law enforcement offi-
cials. 
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