Public Health Emergency Fund Act

Summary

Public Health Emergency Fund Act This bill provides $5 billion in supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Public Health Emergency Fund. The bill designates the funds as an emergency requirement and provides that the funds are only available if the President subsequently designates the funds. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) HHS may use the funds provided by this bill to acquire products such as drugs, vaccines and other biological products, and medical devices for deposit into the Strategic National Stockpile. The bill also exempts the Public Health Emergency Fund from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

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Timeline

1. 30 January 2020

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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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2. 30 January 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 January 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 30 January 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 January 2020

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Sponsors

• Rosa DeLauro · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• David Trone · D · Cosponsor
• · hsbu00 · Standing
• · hsap00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act