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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act

USA116th CongressS-4175| Senate 
| Updated: 7/2/2020
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (1)
Tina Smith (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into contracts with U.S. entities to manufacture certain critical drugs within the United States and otherwise addresses drug manufacturing. HHS must periodically report to Congress a list of drugs that are critical to public health or national security. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within HHS must enter into contracts for qualified U.S. entities to manufacture in the United States the drugs on this list (and ingredients for such drugs). The contracts must impose certain conditions, such as those requiring the manufacturing entity to (1) develop and maintain a redundancy risk management and continuity of business plan, and (2) commit to selling the drugs and ingredients manufactured under the contract at reasonable prices. Beginning in FY2024, certain federal agencies (including the Department of Defense and the Bureau of Prisons) must, in procuring drugs on the HHS critical drugs list, give priority to high-quality drugs that are manufactured in the United States. This bill also requires the Federal Trade Commission to submit annually to Congress a report on foreign investment in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The report must address, among other topics, the effect of the industry's reliance on foreign manufacturing.
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Timeline
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • July 2, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 2, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 116-4191: United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act
Congressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationForeign and international corporationsGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndustrial policy and productivityManufacturingPrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementRetail and wholesale tradesStrategic materials and reservesU.S. and foreign investmentsWorld health

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act

USA116th CongressS-4175| Senate 
| Updated: 7/2/2020
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into contracts with U.S. entities to manufacture certain critical drugs within the United States and otherwise addresses drug manufacturing. HHS must periodically report to Congress a list of drugs that are critical to public health or national security. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within HHS must enter into contracts for qualified U.S. entities to manufacture in the United States the drugs on this list (and ingredients for such drugs). The contracts must impose certain conditions, such as those requiring the manufacturing entity to (1) develop and maintain a redundancy risk management and continuity of business plan, and (2) commit to selling the drugs and ingredients manufactured under the contract at reasonable prices. Beginning in FY2024, certain federal agencies (including the Department of Defense and the Bureau of Prisons) must, in procuring drugs on the HHS critical drugs list, give priority to high-quality drugs that are manufactured in the United States. This bill also requires the Federal Trade Commission to submit annually to Congress a report on foreign investment in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The report must address, among other topics, the effect of the industry's reliance on foreign manufacturing.
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Timeline
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • July 2, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 2, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (1)
Tina Smith (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 116-4191: United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationForeign and international corporationsGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndustrial policy and productivityManufacturingPrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementRetail and wholesale tradesStrategic materials and reservesU.S. and foreign investmentsWorld health