Masks for All Act of 2022
Latest action · Jan 12, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Masks for All Act of 2022
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to manufacture and distribute N-95 respirator masks to every individual in the United States and to provide N-95 masks to all individuals working in health care settings in the United States that are experiencing a shortage of such masks.
FEMA must provide the masks at no cost to individuals and deliver them, to the greatest extent possible, using the U.S. Postal Service.
Additionally, FEMA shall
- designate mask pickup sites in each community and shall provide masks to each site, allocated according to population;
- consider new designs for masks to improve comfort, fit, and size options; and
- submit to Congress a strategic plan that includes monthly, measurable targets to eliminate shortages and increase domestic production of N-95 masks and to fulfill all other requirements of this bill.
The President shall make use of any and all available authorities (including emergency authorities) at the disposal of the federal government to procure and domestically manufacture N-95 masks and support the domestic manufacturing of N-95 masks.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2022 to Feb 14, 2022, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Jan 12, 2022Read 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6385 | Masks for All Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Jan 13, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Buy American requirements
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Postal service
- Public contracts and procurement
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2022Introduced in Senate
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