,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #edg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#ah1 #bjbj,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,brown1 
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4  
,booker1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 
,peters1 ,mr4 ,carper1 and ,ms4 ,smith7 
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,encouraging the          
,president to use authorities provided  
by the ,defense ,production ,act of     
#aiej to scale up the national response 
to the coronavirus crisis4  ,whereas    
more than #c1hjj people in the ,united  
,states have already tested positive for
 the novel coronavirus across #di       
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 and
 #c territories1 with experts believing 
the number is already much higher2      
,whereas the ,centers for ,disease      
,control and ,prevention have projected 

that between #afj1jjj1jjj and           
#bad1jjj1jjj people could be infected by
 the novel coronavirus in the ,united   
,states over the course of the pandemic2
 ,whereas the ,united ,states health    
care sector is facing severe shortages  
of critical supplies for coronavirus    
testing and treatment1 including        
personal protective equipment for staff 
and infected patients1 ,n#ie            
respirators1 sanitizing materials1      
ventilators1 and test kit supplies2     
,whereas the ,strategic ,national       
,stockpile contains only a fraction of  
the supplies that the ,department of    
,health and ,human ,services estimates  
will be necessary to respond to the     
coronavirus crisis1 with the stockpile  
currently holding less than #j4c percent
 of the amount of respirators estimated 
to be necessary2 ,whereas the ,president
 has the existing authority under the   
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #deja et seq47 to take        
immediate action to mobilize ,united    

,states industry for emergency          
preparedness activities conducted       
pursuant to title ,,vi of the ,robert   
,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaie et seq471 which has been
 previously used to respond to public   
health hazards2 and ,whereas the        
,president issued a national emergency  
declaration relating to the novel       
coronavirus under section #eja7;b7 of   
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b77 on ,march #ac1
 #bjbj3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the
 ,senate-- 7#a7 calls on the ,president 
to use existing authorities under the   
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #deja et seq47 to massively   
and quickly ramp up production in the   
,united ,states of medical supplies1    
including personal protective equipment1
 needed to respond to the ongoing public
 health emergency driven by the spread  
of the novel coronavirus2  7#b7 urges   

the ,president to prioritize the use of 
those authorities to produce and secure 
additional personal protective          
equipment1 test kit supplies1           
respirators1 ventilators1 and sanitizing
 materials for use within the health    
care sector in the ,united ,states2     
7#c7 supports the use of authorities    
under title ,i of the ,defense          
,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #deaa et seq47 to allocate and control 
the distribution of medical materials   
needed for testing and treating the     
novel coronavirus1 including by         
directing suppliers to prioritize and   
accept government contracts to restock  
the ,strategic ,national ,stockpile     
where necessary2  7#d7 supports the use 
of authorities under title ,,iii of the 
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #deca et seq47 to provide     
financial incentives to manufacturers   
and suppliers of critical medical       
equipment1 including loans1 loan        
guarantees1 direct purchases1 and       

purchase commitments2 and  7#e7 supports
 the use of authorities under title     
,,vii of the ,defense ,production ,act  
of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #deea et seq47  
to establish voluntary agreements       
between the ,federal ,government and    
private industry that would allow for   
the temporary coordination of production
 of necessary and scarce medical        
supplies4