Sec. 4. Use of Defense Production Act Fund for pandemic preparedness and response
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Section 304 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4534 ) is amended— by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: The Fund shall be available to carry out the provisions and purposes of this title, subject to the limitations set forth in this Act and in appropriations Acts. The Fund manager designated under subsection
(e)shall ensure that amounts in the Fund are fairly distributed to the office established under section 305 and all other Federal agencies with responsibility for carrying out the provisions and purposes of this title. ; by striking subsection (e); by redesignating subsections
(f)and
(g)as subsections
(e)and (f), respectively; in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (3)— in paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: coordinating with other Federal agencies to ensure that amounts in the Fund are made available to agencies other than the agency of the Fund manager, especially for public health programs. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Defense shall establish an interagency rotation program that provides for personnel of the components of the Department of Health and Human Services specified in paragraph
(2)to take rotational assignments within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, and for personnel of that Office to take rotational assignments within such components, for the purposes of— strengthening working relationships between agencies; promoting interagency experience; and ensuring the amounts in the Fund enable the use of highly tailored economic incentives to boost the manufacturing of critical public health resources that are vital to effective pandemic preparedness and response in the United States. The components of the Department of Health and Human Services specified in this paragraph are the following: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Institutes of Health. .
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Use of Defense Production Act Fund for pandemic preparedness and response
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