S.Amdt. 2273

SA 2273. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 806, add the following:
(d) Medical Supply Chain Preparedness Measures.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense
Logistics Agency shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives--
(A) the results of a study on contracts entered into by the
Director relating to health readiness of the Armed Forces to
assess--
(i) the reliance by the Department of Defense on foreign
sources of active pharmaceutical ingredients, drugs, and
medical devices; and
(ii) the redundancy planning of the Department to mitigate
shortages of drugs and medical devices; and
(B) a list of critical drugs for the Department of Defense
compiled by the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in
coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Drug.--The term ``drug'' has the meaning given that
term in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(B) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the
meaning given the term ``device'' in such section 201.
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