Pharmaceutical Risk Assessment and Mitigation Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4635
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-07-08
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4635 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 8, 2024 Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Ernst ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require a report and updated guidance on continued risk management for pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Risk Assessment and Mitigation Act of 2024 . 2. Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense (a) In general Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall— (1) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding— (A) existing information streams within the Federal Government, if any, for excipients and key starting materials of drugs that may be used to assess the reliance by the Department of Defense on high-risk foreign suppliers analyzed in the report required under section 860(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.); (B) active pharmaceutical ingredients, final drug products, and respective excipients and key starting materials analyzed in such report that is produced by each manufacturer in a high-risk foreign country, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; (C) any limitations on the ability of the Secretary to— (i) obtain or analyze the information identified under subparagraphs (A) and (B); and (ii) use data analytics to monitor vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical supply chain of the Department; (D) how the Secretary plans to address the limitations identified under subparagraph (C); and (E) any recommendations of the Secretary to address those limitations; and (2) update risk management guidance developed by the Under Secretary under section 860(a)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.) to include any relevant findings identified in paragraph (1). (b) FDA determinations The Department of Defense shall rely upon determinations of excipients and key starting materials for final drug products that are made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or that align with FDA regulations.