House Simple Resolution 906
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Calling on the President to invoke the Defense Production Act to respond to COVID-19.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 23, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Simple Resolution
Simple Resolution
A form of legislative measure introduced and potentially acted upon by only one congressional chamber and used for the regulation of business only within the chamber of origin. Depending on the chamber of origin, they begin with a designation of either H.Res. or S.Res. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions are other types of resolutions.
Bill Number
906
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Andy Levin
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Summary
This resolution calls on the President to (1) use all relevant authorities of the Defense Production Act to direct the domestic production of supplies to address COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019), and (2) share specified information regarding the use of such authorities with Congress. (The Defense Production Act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)
The resolution also states that Congress stands ready to make additional appropriations available for this effort.
March 23, 2020
03/23/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
03/23/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:21:30 PM