,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #feda ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #ag1 #bjbj,mr4 ,malinowski 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 and ,mr4 ,hastings7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,financial ,services1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act to provide for maintaining adequate supplies in ,strategic ,national ,stockpile1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,providing ,protective ,equipment ,act of #bjbj or the ,,ppe ,act of #bjbj4 #b4 ,maintaining adequate supplies in ,strategic ,national ,stockpile 7a7 ,in general ,section #cai;,f-#b7;a77#c7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#f;b7a77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,i71 by striking and at the end2 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,j71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7,k7 in consultation with the working group under section #cai;,f7a7 and the ,public ,health ,emergency ,medical ,countermeasures ,enterprise established under section #bhaa-a1 annually determine the minimum level of relevant supplies that must be maintained in the national stockpile at all times1 especially in case of a significant pandemic4 4 7b7 ,determination ,section #cai;,f-#b7;a7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#f;b7a77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#f7 ,supply adequacy 7,a7 ,budget submission ,not later than ,february #a of each year1 the ,secretary shall include in the annual budget submission for the ,department1 and submit to the ,congress1 the ,secretary's request with respect to expenditures necessary to maintain the minimum level of relevant supplies in the stockpile1 as determined under subsection 7a77#c77,k74 7,b7 ,defense ,production ,act ,if the ,secretary cannot maintain such minimum level due to other issues1 including production issues1 the ,secretary shall request that the ,president use the authority provided under title ,i or ,,iii of the ,defense ,production ,act of #aiej to attain and maintain that minimum level4 4 7c7 ,reimbursable transfers from ,strategic ,national ,stockpile ,section #cai;,f-#b7;a7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#f;b7a771 as amended by subsection 7b71 is further amended by adding at the end the following3 7#g7 ,transfers and reimbursements ,without regard to chapter #e of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 the ,secretary may transfer to any ,federal department or agency1 on a reimbursable basis1 any drugs1 vaccines and other biological products1 medical devices1 and other supplies in the stockpile if the transferred supplies are less than six months from expiry4 4 7d7 ,removal of limitation on the ,defense ,production ,act ,fund ,section #cjd of the ,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #decd7 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking subsection 7e72 and 7#b7 by redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as subsections 7e7 and 7f71 respectively4