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This bill would create a federal program to work with U.S.-based manufacturers so the government has a steady supply of trusted personal protective equipment, like masks and other protective gear, during public health emergencies. It would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to lead the program with help from other health, defense, and homeland security officials. The bill also pushes federal and state governments to buy this kind of protective clothing and equipment from within the United States when using federal funds, and it requires a report to Congress on how changes to PPE rules have affected the safety of frontline medical workers since the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The health department would have one year to set up a system for long-term purchasing deals with eligible domestic manufacturers.
- To qualify, manufacturers would need to be based in the continental United States, be mostly owned and run by U.S. citizens, and move toward making all products in the United States by 2028.
- The protective equipment covered by the program would need to meet health and safety standards, have FDA clearance where needed, and be priced using fair market benchmarks.
- Federal funds could not be used to buy infectious-disease protective clothing or equipment made outside the United States, except in limited cases with written justification, and HHS would have to report to Congress on PPE rule changes and their effects on doctors and other medical staff.
Official Summaries
Domestic Security Using Production Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday Act of 2025 or the Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2025
This bill establishes a program and sets out other requirements to promote domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) to address infectious diseases and other public health emergencies.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to enter into purchasing agreements with eligible domestic manufacturers for PPE to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. To be eligible, manufacturers must be majority owned and operated by U.S. citizens and must manufacture a majority of their contracted products domestically, with 100% of products manufactured domestically by 2028. HHS must coordinate with the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security on this program.
In addition, the federal government must only procure, subject to limited exceptions, clothing or equipment that is produced domestically to prevent the transmission of an infectious disease. If using federal funds, states or localities must also procure such items domestically.
Further, the bill requires HHS to submit to Congress a report about changes to federal requirements for PPE since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of those changes on health care workers who cared for patients in 2020 and 2021.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 675 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 675
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration
with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to establish a program of entering into partnerships
with eligible domestic manufacturers to ensure the availability of
qualified personal protective equipment to prepare for and respond to
national health or other emergencies, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 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
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration
with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to establish a program of entering into partnerships
with eligible domestic manufacturers to ensure the availability of
qualified personal protective equipment to prepare for and respond to
national health or other emergencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Security Using Production
Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday Act of 2025'' or the ``Domestic
SUPPLY Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DEFENSE AND HEALTH SECURITY DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, in collaboration with the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
establish a program of entering into partnerships with eligible
domestic manufacturers to ensure the availability of qualified personal
protective equipment for preparing for, and responding to, public
health emergencies.
(b) Contractual Purchasing Agreements.--
(1) Process.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize a process
for entering into contractual purchasing agreements with
eligible domestic manufacturers to implement the partnerships
described in subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--The contractual purchasing agreements
entered into under this section, collectively, shall--
(A) guarantee the availability of supplies and
manufacturing lines to produce qualified personal
protective equipment in amounts specified by the
Secretary to prepare for and respond to public health
emergencies; and
(B) fulfill such other requirements as are--
(i) deemed necessary by the Secretary to
prepare for and respond to a public health
emergency; and
(ii) covered under the contractual
purchasing agreement.
(c) Eligible Domestic Manufacturers.--To be eligible to participate
in a partnership described in subsection (a), a manufacturer shall--
(1) be headquartered in the continental United States;
(2) manufacture in the continental United States 50 percent
of their of the products in 2026, 75 percent of their products
by 2027, and 100 percent of their products by 2028 to be
supplied to the Federal Government pursuant to such
partnership;
(3) be majority owned and operated by United States
citizens;
(4) have supply agreements in place to verify supply chain
security and sourcing; and
(5) attest in writing to the fact that the manufacturer's
entire product lines meet or exceed all applicable quality
guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(d) Qualified Personal Protective Equipment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain a list of
products that are eligible for treatment as qualified personal
protective equipment under this section.
(2) Requirements.--To be included on the list under
paragraph (1), a product shall--
(A) meet or exceed all applicable quality
guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration;
(B) have been cleared under section 510(k) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
360(k)); and
(C) be priced using fair-market benchmarks
established by the Secretary.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``public health emergency'' means a public
health emergency for which a declaration is in effect under
section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d).
(2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT OF CLOTHING OR EQUIPMENT USED TO PREVENT
THE TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
(a) In General.--No agency of the Federal government or of a State
or local government may use Federal funds made available on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act to procure clothing or equipment
used to prevent the transmission of infectious disease that is
manufactured outside the United States.
(b) Exceptions.--The exceptions in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
subsection (a)(2) of section 8302 of title 41, United States Code,
shall apply with respect to the prohibition in paragraph (1) of this
subsection to the same extent and in the same manner as such exceptions
apply with respect to the prohibition in subsection (a)(1) of such
section 8302.
(c) Exception Documentation.--In the case of an exception described
in subsection (b), documentation, including a detailed justification
for the use of the exception, shall be submitted by the official
responsible for applying the exception.
SEC. 4. REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF CHANGES TO PPE REQUIREMENTS ON
FRONTLINE WORKER SAFETY.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, shall
submit a report to the Congress on--
(1) the changes to the Federal requirements applicable to
personal protective equipment that have taken place since the
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
(2) the impact of these changes on the safety of physicians
and other medical professionals caring for patients face-to-
face during the years 2020 and 2021.
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