Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act
Latest action · Oct 19, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
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.
- IntroducedJul 2, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act
This bill addresses the issue of national pandemic preparedness and response. It directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or another federal agency, as determined by the OMB, to convene an Interagency Task Force to analyze U.S. preparedness for national pandemics.
The task force shall, among other things (1) determine the mission of the Strategic National Stockpile and clearly define it, and (2) assess the current and future inventory needs of the stockpile.
The task force must report at specified intervals, including (1) identifying communities where racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) infection, hospitalization, and death rates are out of proportion to the community's population by a certain threshold; and (2) recommendations about how to best allocate critical COVID-19 resources to such communities.
During pandemic and related public health emergencies involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Response Coordination Center, acting through the appropriate FEMA Regional Administrators, shall (1) request voluntary information from state, local, tribal, and territorial governments regarding their holdings of equipment and medical supplies; and (2) share information with such governments regarding the federal inventory and the plan developed.
The Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, may sell drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, or other supplies maintained in the Strategic National Stockpile under specified circumstances.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Jul 22, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-279.
- Oct 19, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
- Jul 22, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 2, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4210 | Securing Healthcare and Response Equipment Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 14, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hospital care
- Immunology and vaccination
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Manufacturing
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Minority health
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- Strategic materials and reserves
- Worker safety and health
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2020Reported to Senate
- Jul 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
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