{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3635","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3635","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-05-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-10-20","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h322","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act","result":"Passed","yea":397,"nay":22,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll322.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2021-10-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-10-20","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Strengthening America's Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes changes to the administration and management of the Strategic National Stockpile."},{"k":"p","t":"Among these changes, the bill authorizes through September 30, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer supplies from the stockpile to any federal departments or agencies under certain conditions. HHS must also ensure the contents of the stockpile remain in working order and may enter into maintenance service contracts to carry out this requirement."},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, as part of its management of the stockpile, HHS must establish and maintain domestic reserves of certain supplies, including by entering into cooperative agreements or partnerships to access facilities and equipment to produce these supplies. The authority for such agreements and partnerships terminates on September 30, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill temporarily authorizes HHS to award grants to states for maintaining stockpiles of certain equipment and supplies for use during public health emergencies."},{"k":"p","t":"HHS must also develop transparent processes for the use and distribution of supplies from the stockpile that address, for example, the prioritization of requests. Additionally, during the COVID-19 emergency, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response must report monthly on requests for supplies from states, tribes, and other jurisdictions. These reports must include the rationale for any partially fulfilled or denied requests."},{"k":"p","t":"Lastly, the Government Accountability Office must study the feasibility of establishing user fees to offset costs for procuring single-source materials for, and distributing such materials from, the stockpile."}],"words":246},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Health Service Act provisions on the Strategic National Stockpile, covering transfers, maintenance, domestic reserves, state stockpile grants, reporting on supply requests, and funding authorizations.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H7FD613348E1244DF91AB0004F34DF3D6"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H18D68E33E34B45498404686DF3AFD5A7"},{"label":"Sec. 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the stockpile"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary to transfer stockpile supplies less than one year from expiry to any federal department or agency on a reimbursable basis, with that authority ending on September 30, 2024.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H7FD613348E1244DF91AB0004F34DF3D6"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary to keep the contents of the stockpile in good working order and allows contracts for equipment maintenance services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H18D68E33E34B45498404686DF3AFD5A7"}},{"text":"Adds to the stockpile's duties the establishment and maintenance of domestic reserves of critical medical supplies, including through cooperative agreements or partnerships, and authorizes $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 for this purpose.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-HE885926EB4B749419D3D98E7F30833F6"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to establish a pilot program of grants to States to expand or maintain strategic stockpiles, requires matching non-Federal cash contributions unless waived, and authorizes $3,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-HF0B01077BE2B402AA47EABB0B8E6994B"}},{"text":"Requires recurring reports to congressional committees on State, local, Tribal, and territorial COVID–19 stockpile requests, including whether each was wholly fulfilled, partially fulfilled, or denied and the rationale for partial fulfillment or denial.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H8D1E045AF91241D2A41A5F9553041F0E"}},{"text":"Replaces the stockpile authorization of \"$610,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023\" with \"$705,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-H2F31EF6A876145BB972F2388D4227DB8"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh#toc-HA357F5C46EF54E59B54BBFA991F1A74E"},"heading":"GAO study on the feasibility and benefits of a user fee agreement","effect":"Directs the Comptroller General to study whether user fees could offset Federal costs of procuring and distributing single-source materials for the Strategic National Stockpile, and to report by February 1, 2024.","amount":null,"quote":"investigate the feasibility of establishing user fees to offset certain Federal costs attributable to the procurement of single-source materials"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-10-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3635/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3635.png","v":"de856f44a6ae","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3635, 117th Congress: Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2021. House: 397 Yea, 22 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Oct 2021."}}