Title: To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill authorizes additional funds for FY2020 and FY2021 for expenditures under the Defense Production Act of 1950 for medical ventilators, personal protection equipment, and other medical supplies to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
The Department of Commerce must report every three months on such expenditures.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6373 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6373

 To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 
  1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2020

  Mr. Vargas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 
  1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) Authorizations.--In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated in the 
aggregate $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and 2021 to carry out 
titles I and III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to produce 
medical ventilators, personal protection equipment, and other 
critically needed medical supplies and to carry out any other actions 
necessary to respond to the COVID-19 emergency.
    (b) Carryover Funds.--Section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950 shall not apply at the close of fiscal year 2020.
    (c) COVID-19 Emergency.--In this Act, the term ``COVID-19 
emergency'' means the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus 
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT; PUBLIC PORTAL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than three months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every three months thereafter, the Secretary 
of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Secretary of Defense, and any other Federal department or 
agency that has utilized authority under title I or title III of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the COVID-19 emergency, 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate--
            (1) on the use of such authority and the expenditure of any 
        funds in connection with such authority; and
            (2) that includes details of each purchase order made using 
        such authorities, including the product and amount of product 
        ordered and the entity that fulfilled the contract.
    (b) Public Availability.--The Secretary of Commerce shall place all 
reports submitted under subsection (a) on an appropriate website 
available to the public, in an easily searchable format.
    (c) Sunset.--The requirements under this section shall terminate 
after the expenditure of all funds appropriated pursuant to the 
authorizations under section 1.
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