HR 6431 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 1, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 3, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act

This bill establishes in the legislative branch a National Commission on United States Preparedness for National Emergencies.

Not later than 18 months after this bill's enactment, the commission shall report to the President and Congress regarding (1) which medical, pharmaceutical, and emergency preparedness products are determined to be essential; and (2) actions states should take to be better prepared, national federal stockpile requirements, and national surge capacity infrastructure deficiencies in hospitals and medical centers.

States that fail to implement the findings of the commission's report by January 1, 2025, at the state and local level, will lose access to all federal funds for emergency preparedness unless the Department of Homeland Security exempts a state determined to be working to implement such findings in good faith.

The bill (1) requires certain medical, pharmaceutical, and emergency preparedness products integral to the response to a national emergency to be manufactured and procured within the United States; and (2) provides for a temporary 100% expensing for firms that incur costs associated with pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing within the United States, including personal protective equipment and other necessary items.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2020 to Sep 29, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony BrindisiOriginalApr 3, 2020
D-MNDean PhillipsOriginalApr 3, 2020
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalApr 3, 2020
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalApr 3, 2020
R-NYTom ReedOriginalApr 3, 2020
R-TXWill HurdOriginalApr 3, 2020
D-TXColin Z. AllredApr 10, 2020
D-IACynthia AxneApr 10, 2020
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyApr 10, 2020
D-CAHarley RoudaApr 10, 2020
D-NJTom MalinowskiApr 10, 2020
D-VAElaine G. LuriaApr 21, 2020
D-CAJimmy PanettaApr 21, 2020
R-TXVan TaylorApr 21, 2020
R-COScott R. TiptonApr 23, 2020

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
  2. Apr 6, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  3. Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House
  4. Apr 3, 2020Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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.

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House

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