Title: Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act
This bill requires the President to report to Congress on certain authorities used under the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act).
Specifically, the bill requires the President or each federal agency to which the President delegates authority under the Defense Production Act, within 14 days of exercising authority provided under such Act, to report to Congress disclosing (1) the production, transport, distribution, sale, delivery, and construction of all materials, services, and facilities related to the exercise of such authority; and (2) any private entity in receipt or possession of such materials, services, and facilities.
The bill requires the President or each federal agency to which the President delegates authority under the Stafford Act's federal emergency disaster relief assistance provision, within 14 days of exercising such authority, to report to Congress disclosing all equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, services, and other resources provided to federal agencies, private organizations, and state and local governments related to such exercise of authority.
Such reports shall be updated periodically, not less than every 14 days, while such authority is in use.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6530

 To require the President to report to Congress on certain authorities 
    used under the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Robert T. 
 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2020

Mr. Deutch (for himself, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Schneider, and 
  Ms. Craig) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the President to report to Congress on certain authorities 
    used under the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Robert T. 
 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Supply Chain Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.

    Title VII of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4551 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 724. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    ``(a) In General.--Within 14 days of exercising any authority 
provided under title I or title III of this Act, the President, or the 
head of each Federal agency to which the President delegates authority 
under such title, shall issue a report to Congress disclosing--
            ``(1) the production, transport, distribution, sale, 
        delivery, and construction of all materials, services, and 
        facilities related to the exercise of such authority; and
            ``(2) any private entity in receipt or possession of such 
        materials, services, and facilities.
    ``(b) Update.--Each report made under subsection (a) shall be 
updated periodically, not less than every 14 days, while such authority 
is in use.''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

    Section 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Within 14 days of exercising authority 
        under subsection (a), the President, or the head of each 
        Federal agency to which the President delegates authority under 
        this section, shall submit to Congress a report disclosing all 
        equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, services, and other 
        resources provided to Federal agencies, private organizations, 
        and State and local governments under this Act related to such 
        exercise of authority.
            ``(2) Update.--Each report made under subsection (a) shall 
        be updated periodically, not less than every 14 days, while 
        such authority is in use.''.
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