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This bill, the Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies (SAVE) Act of 2022, aims to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the availability of medical materials, such as drugs, devices, and biological products, that are essential to national defense. The key provisions of the bill include: (1) authorizing the use of the Defense Production Act authorities to secure the drug supply chain, while considering U.S. competitiveness, scientific leadership, and innovative capacity; (2) requiring the President to develop a strategy to ensure the supply of medical materials essential to national defense, including an analysis of supply chain vulnerabilities and measures to diversify supply chains; and (3) allowing the President to make payments to eligible entities to increase the security of supply chains and supply chain activities, if the President certifies that the payment is critical to meet national defense requirements.

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