Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 3538
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Strengthening America’s Supply Chain and National Security Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 19, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 19, 2020
Latest Action
Mar 19, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3538
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Florida
Democrat
Connecticut
Democrat
Massachusetts
Republican
North Dakota
Republican
South Dakota
Democrat
Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Strengthening America's Supply Chain and National Security Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take specified actions concerning the importation of pharmaceutical products from China and any other countries selected by DOD.

DOD must submit to Congress a classified report that addresses, among other issues, the percentage of pharmaceutical products used by DOD that are made by such countries and recommendations related to the domestic manufacturing capacity and the resiliency of the supply chain for such products. An unclassified summary of this report must be published on a DOD website.

A manufacturer of a pharmaceutical product that has received market approval must annually submit to HHS specified information about the product's active and inactive pharmaceutical ingredients, including the sources of such ingredients and the percentage of the aggregate amount of such ingredients from China and other countries selected by DOD. HHS shall provide such information to DOD.

In addition, the bill revises certain statutory tests used to determine the country of origin of a pharmaceutical product. Specifically, a pharmaceutical product shall be deemed to have the same country of origin as the product's active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). (A recent court case held that a drug manufactured in the United States using an API from India is considered a U.S.-made product for procurement purposes.)

Text (1)
March 19, 2020
Actions (2)
03/19/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/19/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 3:57:00 AM