HR 2720 United States House · 117th Congress

Make PPE in America Act

Summary
Make PPE in America Act This bill requires procurement contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be long-term and for domestically manufactured PPE. Specifically, contracts entered into by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Defense, Education, or Veterans Affairs for the procurement of PPE must be for a duration of at least three years, including a base period and all option periods, to incentivize investment in the production of PPE, and materials and components of PPE, in the United States. The bill provides exceptions (1) where a nonavailability determination has been made, (2) where a sufficient quantity of a satisfactory quality cannot be procured as and when needed at U.S. market prices, and (3) where the department certifies every 120 days that it is necessary to procure PPE under alternate procedures to respond to the immediate needs of a public health emergency. Such departments may transfer to the Strategic National Stockpile any excess PPE acquired under a contract.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
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Introduced Apr 21, 2021 Last action Jul 14, 2021
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Jul 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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Apr 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
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Apr 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Apr 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
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Apr 21, 2021
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