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This bill, the American-Made Protection for Healthcare Workers and First Responders Act, has several key provisions: 1. It requires the strategic national stockpile to include a one-year supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during a nationwide pandemic, defining PPE broadly to include items like protective clothing, respirators, and hand sanitizer. 2. It establishes a national strategic stockpile of PPE for use by first responders during emergencies, allowing the government to make this equipment available on a reimbursable basis to first responder agencies. 3. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into pre-disaster contracts with suppliers for the procurement of PPE in the event of a public health emergency. 4. It prohibits federal agencies from procuring PPE sourced, manufactured, or assembled by certain "covered foreign entities," instead prioritizing procurement from U.S. sources. 5. It makes federal contractors or subcontractors who fail to reasonably perform PPE procurement contracts ineligible for future federal contracts for 10 years.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3573/all-info