Sec. 5. Establishment of office in Department of Health and Human Services to administer title III of Defense Production Act of 1950
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Title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services an office (in this section referred to as the office ) to be responsible for planning for the use of, reporting on, and implementation of authorities of the Department under this title and other provisions of this Act. In planning for the use of and implementing authorities under subsection (a), the office shall use highly targeted economic incentives authorized under this Act to boost the manufacturing of critical public health resources that are vital to effective pandemic preparedness and response.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall appoint an official of the Department, at the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary or the equivalent, to be the head of the office. The head of the office appointed under paragraph
(1)shall serve as the representative of the Department of Health and Human Services on the Defense Production Act Committee under section 722. The requirements of sections 301(d)(1)(A), 302(d)(1), and subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)of section 303(a)(6) are waived for purposes of the use of authorities under this Act by the office. Not less frequently than annually, the head of the office shall submit to Congress, and make available on a publicly accessible internet website of the office, a report that includes— a summary of the work and plans of the office to expand productive capacity and supply responsibilities under this Act during the year preceding submission of the report; an assessment of the elements of the industrial base and technology base in the United States; recommendations for appropriate remedial actions under this Act or regulations prescribed to carry out this Act to supply the emerging technologies needed to achieve robust pandemic preparedness and response; recommendations for legislation, regulations, executive orders, or other action by the Federal Government necessary to improve the use of the authorities provided by this Act; a summary of the findings and recommendations for improving information sharing between departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Federal Government relating to all aspects of this Act; and any additional findings or recommendations the office considers appropriate. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the establishment of the office. . Section 722(b)(1)(A) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4567(b)(1)(A) ) is amended by inserting except as specified in section 305(c)(2), before the head of .
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Establishment of office in Department of Health and Human Services to administer title III of Defense Production Act of 1950
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