,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hejh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,crist 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,pocan1 and ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester7     
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 the supplies    
necessary for distributing and          
administering the ,,covid-#ai vaccine1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,covid-#ai ,vaccine ,distribution and  
,production ,act4  #b4 ,emergency       
production of the supplies necessary for
 equitably distributing and             
administering the ,,covid-#ai vaccine   
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        
supplies necessary for equitably        
distributing and administering the      
,,covid-#ai vaccine are a scarce and    
critical material essential to the      
national defense2 and  7,b7 the         
requirements of the national defense for
 the supplies necessary for equitably   
distributing and administering the      
,,covid-#ai vaccine 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 the supplies        
necessary for equitably distributing and
 administering the ,,covid-#ai vaccine2 
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 necessary for equitably        
distributing and administering the      

,,covid-#ai vaccine2 and  7,b7 to       
establish a fair and reasonable price   
for the sale of the supplies produced   
pursuant to subparagraph 7,a74  7b7     
,coordination ,the ,president shall     
coordinate and direct the equitable     
distribution of the 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   
supplies necessary for equitably        
distributing or administering the       

,,covid-#ai vaccine ,any 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 section3 7#a7     
,,covid-#ai vaccine ,the term           
,,covid-#ai vaccine means a vaccine to  
prevent or mitigate ,,covid-#ai that the
 ,food and ,drug ,administration        
licenses or authorizes for emergency    
use4  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