Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act
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.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Apr 3, 2020 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Apr 23, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Apr 23, 2020 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 1, 2020 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | May 1, 2020 | |
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | May 8, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | May 12, 2020 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | May 28, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Sep 4, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Sep 29, 2020 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Apr 6, 2020 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 1, 2020 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
- Apr 6, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House
- 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 65, April 3, 2020, page H1875.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46330 | Proposals for a COVID-19 Congressional Advisory Commission in the 116th Congress: A Comparative Analysis Archived | Report | Jan 28, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3584 | Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 1, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the creation of a national commission to prepare for future national emergencies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Advisory bodies
- Business expenses
- Buy American requirements
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Income tax deductions
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Manufacturing
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Prescription drugs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- Strategic materials and reserves
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
