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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8553 (Introduced in House) — To provide for expanded capacity to respond to pandemic disaster, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Capacity to respond to pandemic disaster

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Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 ) is amended by inserting any public health emergency (including any pandemic or virus threat), after drought), . Section 2802(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–1(b) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and
(10)as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(6)the following: Developing a capacity for long-term response to a major pandemic or other infectious disease outbreak, including the manufacture and distribution of critical pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical supplies, including personal protective equipment, needed to slow the spread of a pandemic or other infectious disease while preserving essential functions of society. . Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator shall develop the capacity to coordinate the procurement, distribution, and tracking of critical nonpharmaceutical materials needs of the United States during a major pandemic or other infectious disease outbreak of regional, national, or global scale. The Administrator shall develop the capacity to coordinate the collection and dissemination of data to track national demand for critical nonpharmaceutical materials during a major pandemic or other infectious disease outbreak of regional, national, or global scale. .
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