,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bf1 #bjbj,mr4  
,pocan 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,blunt        
,rochester1 and ,mr4 ,crist7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,president to use authorities under the 
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej to   
require emergency production of         
,,covid-#ai supplies to address the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,covid-#ai         
,emergency ,production ,act4  #b4       
,emergency production of supplies to    
address ,,covid-#ai pandemic  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a day after the
 date of the enactment of this section1 
the ,president shall-- 7#a7 determine   
under section #aja7;b7 of the ,defense  
,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #deaa7;b77 that-- 7,a7 ,,covid-#ai     
supplies are a scarce and critical      

material essential to the national      
defense2 and  7,b7 the requirements of  
the national defense for such           
,,covid-#ai supplies cannot be met      
without exercising the authorities      
provided by the ,defense ,production    
,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #deja et   
seq472  7#b7 identify private sector    
capacity to produce such ,,covid-#ai    
supplies2 and  7#c7 exercise the        
authorities provided by the ,defense    
,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #deja et seq47 to the extent           
necessary-- 7,a7 to require emergency   
production of the supplies needed to    
respond to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic2 and
  7,b7 to establish a fair and          
reasonable price for the sale of        
,,covid-#ai supplies produced pursuant  
to subparagraph 7,a74  7b7 ,coordination
 ,the ,president shall coordinate and   
direct the distribution of ,,covid-#ai  
supplies produced under subsection      
7a77#c77;,a7 based on-- 7#a7 requests   
submitted to the ,president by the      

,governors of the ,states2 and  7#b7 the
 needs of the ,states1 as determined    
based on the populations of each ,state4
  7c7 ,funding ,amounts available in the
 ,defense ,production ,act ,fund under  
section #cjd of the ,defense ,production
 ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #decd7    
shall be available to carry out this    
section4  7d7 ,termination  7#a7 ,in    
general ,this section shall terminate on
 the date on which there are no         
remaining requests under subsection     
7b77#a74  7#b7 ,disposition of unused   
,,covid-#ai supplies ,any ,,covid-#ai   
supplies produced pursuant to subsection
 7a77#c77;,a7 using amounts from the    
,defense ,production ,act ,fund and     
unused as of the date described in      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be deposited in the
 ,strategic ,national ,stockpile under  
section #cai;,f-#b of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bdg;d-#f;b71 including any such        
supplies authorized for emergency use   
under section #efd of the ,federal      

,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cfj;bbb-#c74  7e7            
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,,covid-#ai supples ,the term           
,,covid-#ai supplies includes-- 7,a7    
personal protective equipment1 including
 face shields1 ,n-#ie respirator masks1 
and any other masks determined by the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to be needed to respond to the
 ,,covid-#ai pandemic and the materials 
necessary to produce such personal      
protective equipment2  7,b7 diagnostic  
tests for ,,covid-#ai and the reagents  
and other materials necessary for       
producing or conducting such tests2 and 
7,c7 any vaccine approved by the ,food  
and ,drug ,administration to prevent    
,,covid-#ai and other materials         
necessary for producing and             
administering such vaccines4  7#b7      
,state ,the term ,state includes the    
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 ,american      

,samoa1 and the ,commonwealth of the    
,northern ,mariana ,islands4