US Congress House Bill 7841 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 29-12)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-10-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the federal government to purchase medical supplies and personal protective equipment from the United States, with exceptions for small purchases. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase specified medical supplies (including disinfecting wipes and natural fiber products) and personal protective equipment (including surgical masks, face shields, and foot coverings) from products that are 100% grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States. The bill makes an exception for purchases for amounts not greater than $150,000. The bill applies the Berry Amendment (which requires the Department of Defense to give preference in procurement to domestically produced, manufactured, or home-grown products) to specified supplies and equipment, such as surgical dressing materials, hospital and surgical clothing, and textile medical supplies and equipment.

The American PPE Supply Chain Integrity Act

Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]
Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]
Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Dan Bishop [R-NC]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Greg Murphy [R-NC]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
2020-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2020-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-07-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7841/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7841/BILLS-116hr7841ih.pdf