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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 14 (Introduced in House) — To increase the Federal commitment to defeating the virus that causes COVID–19 and prepare for future pandemics, and... · Sec. 2001

Sec. 2001. Sustained on-shore manufacturing capacity for public health emergencies

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Section 319L of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–7e ) is amended— in subsection (a)(6)(B)— by redesignating clauses
(iv)and
(v)as clauses
(v)and (vi), respectively; by inserting after clause (iii), the following: activities to support domestic manufacturing surge capacity of products or platform technologies, including manufacturing capacity and capabilities to utilize platform technologies to provide for flexible manufacturing initiatives; ; and in clause
(vi)(as so redesignated), by inserting manufacture, after improvement, ; in subsection (b)— in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting support for domestic manufacturing surge capacity, after initiatives for innovation, ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(C)as subparagraph (D); and by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following: activities to support manufacturing surge capacities and capabilities to increase the availability of existing medical countermeasures and utilize existing novel platforms to manufacture new medical countermeasures to meet manufacturing demands to address threats that pose a significant level of risk to national security; and ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: promoting domestic manufacturing surge capacity and capabilities for countermeasure advanced research and development, including facilitating contracts to support flexible or surge manufacturing. ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (B)— in clause (iii), by striking and at the end; in clause (iv), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: support and maintain domestic manufacturing surge capacity and capabilities, including through contracts to support flexible or surge manufacturing, to ensure that additional production of countermeasures is available in the event that the Secretary determines there is such a need for additional production. ; in subparagraph (D)— in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; by redesignating clause
(iii)as clause (iv); and by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: research to advance manufacturing capacities and capabilities for medical countermeasures and platform technologies that may be utilized for medical countermeasures; and ; and in subparagraph (E), by striking clause (ix); and in paragraph (7)(C)(i), by striking up to 100 highly qualified individuals, or up to 50 percent of the total number of employees, whichever is less, and inserting 75 percent of the total number of employees ; in subsection (e)(1)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(B)through
(D)as subparagraphs
(C)through (E), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph (A), the following: During a public health emergency under section 319, the Secretary shall be provided with an additional 60 business days to comply with information requests for the disclosure of information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, related to the activities under this section (unless such activities are otherwise exempt under subparagraph (A)). ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1), by striking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and inserting Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the ; and Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act in paragraph (2), by striking Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection and inserting Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the . Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act The restrictions under section 202 of division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ), or any other provision of law imposing a restriction on salaries of individuals related to a previous appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services, shall not apply with respect to salaries paid pursuant to an agreement under the medical countermeasure innovation partner program under section 319L(c)(4)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(c)(4)(E)).
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Sustained on-shore manufacturing capacity for public health emergencies
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