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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 5671 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5671

 To reauthorize and improve the pilot program to support State medical 
stockpiles, to ensure that State, local, Tribal, and territorial public 
  health departments or officials are consulted by the Public Health 
 Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2026

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

 
 To reauthorize and improve the pilot program to support State medical 
stockpiles, to ensure that State, local, Tribal, and territorial public 
  health departments or officials are consulted by the Public Health 
 Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Strategic Stockpile Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT STATE MEDICAL STOCKPILES.

    (a) In General.--Section 319F-2(i) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``and 2024'' and 
                inserting ``through 2028''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``2025'' and 
                inserting ``2029'';
            (2) in paragraph (4)(H), by striking ``State efforts'' and 
        inserting ``State or regional efforts'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Coordination.--An entity in receipt of an award under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) carry out activities under this section in 
                coordination with health care entities, health 
                officials, and emergency management officials within 
                the jurisdiction of such State or States, as 
                appropriate; and
                    ``(B) identify opportunities to coordinate with 
                other States in receipt of an award under paragraph (1) 
                to facilitate the sharing of best practices between 
                such States or with other States related to 
                establishing and maintaining a stockpile of medical 
                products.''; and
            (5) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``$3,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024'' and 
        inserting ``such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2027 through 2031''.
    (b) GAO Report.--Section 2409(b) of the PREVENT Pandemics Act 
(Public Law 117-328) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) the impact of any regional stockpiling approaches 
        carried out under such subsection (i)(1) of section 319F-2 of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b).''.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES ENTERPRISE.

    Section 2811-1(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh-10a(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``, as appropriate''.
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State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2026

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