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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 3522

Sec. 3522. STUDY ON TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

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## SEC. 3522 STUDY ON TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ###
(a)Study Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on— ####
(1)the extent to which the transportation of personal protective equipment for health care was expedited during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2022, as a response to the COVID–19 pandemic; ####
(2)how the transportation of such personal protective equipment was expedited during such period through vessels and ports onto trucks or rail; ####
(3)how relevant stakeholders, such as vessel operators, ports, marine terminal operators, rail carriers, and motor carriers, interacted during such period to transport personal protective equipment; ####
(4)what role the Department of Transportation and other relevant Federal agencies played to expedite the transportation of personal protective equipment during such period; ####
(5)what authorities currently exist which allow for the expedited transportation of personal protective equipment by relevant Federal agencies that do not reduce or impact safety; ####
(6)methodologies to improve the coordination among relevant Federal agencies to expedite the transportation of personal protective equipment; and ####
(7)the impact, if any, that any expedition of essential medical supplies had on the transportation of other goods. ###
(b)Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a). ## Subtitle D Other Matters
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