Sec. 109. Review of ASPR efforts to ensure supply chain resiliency and accountability
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a review of— the Supply Chain Control Tower Program (in this section referred to as the SCCT Program ) under the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services; and any related efforts of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response— to create supply chain visibility into inventory, capacity, and distribution flow of certain products critical to preparedness and response efforts; to provide insights into demand forecasting and modeling of certain products critical to preparedness and response efforts; or to inform preparedness and response efforts by targeting distribution and coordinating supply with demand for certain products critical to preparedness and response efforts.
The review under this section shall include examination of— the data being collected and maintained pursuant to the SCCT Program; how the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, uses such data to provide supply chain visibility and address actual or potential supply gaps; the extent to which such data is provided and shared with end users, including States, localities, Territories, Tribes, and industry partners; the frequency and cadence of data reporting and sharing by and among States, localities, Territories, Tribes, and industry partners; information related to the type and number of States, localities, Territories, Tribes, and industry partners participating in the SCCT Program; the process by which States, localities, Territories, Tribes, and industry partners voluntarily choose to participate in the SCCT Program; and any inefficiencies, deficiencies, or challenges related to the application or operation of the SCCT Program.
Not later than the deadline described in subsection
(a)for the completion of the review under this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the results of such review.