Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2025
Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary **What the bill does:** The Domestic SUPPLY Act would require the federal government to buy personal protective equipment (PPE)—like masks, gloves, and gowns—primarily from American manufacturers rather than relying on foreign sources. The bill aims to ensure the U.S. has a domestic supply chain for PPE during public health emergencies like pandemics. The Department of Health and Human Services would establish agreements with eligible American manufacturers to stockpile and produce these supplies. **Who it affects and key requirements:** The bill primarily affects domestic manufacturers (who would have new business opportunities with the federal government) and the government agencies that purchase PPE. To qualify, manufacturers must be majority-owned by U.S.
citizens and manufacture most of their products domestically, with a requirement to produce 100% of their PPE domestically by 2028. The Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security would help coordinate the program. The bill also establishes "Buy American" requirements, meaning the federal government could only purchase foreign-made PPE in limited exceptions. **Current status:** The bill was introduced in the 119th Congress by Representative H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been voted on by the full House of Representatives.
CRS Official Summary
Domestic Security Using Production Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday Act of 2025 or the Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2025This bill establishes a program and sets out other requirements to promote domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) to address infectious diseases and other public health emergencies.Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to enter into purchasing agreements with eligible domestic manufacturers for PPE to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. To be eligible, manufacturers must be majority owned and operated by U.S. citizens and must manufacture a majority of their contracted products domestically, with 100% of products manufactured domestically by 2028. HHS must coordinate with the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security on this program.In addition, the federal government must only procure, subject to limited exceptions, clothing or equipment that is produced domestically to prevent the transmission of an infectious disease. If using federal funds, states or localities must also procure such items domestically.Further, the bill requires HHS to submit to Congress a report about changes to federal requirements for PPE since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of those changes on health care workers who cared for patients in 2020 and 2021.
Latest Action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.