# 116-hr-6410: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply of equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19.

116-hr-6410, To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply of equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6410
- Congress: 116
- Title: To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply of equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-03-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and other personal protective equipment to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.) The President must (1) make a determination that the ventilators and protective equipment are essential for the national defense; (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce such equipment; and (3) exercise authorities under the act to mitigate, where possible, the dependency of the United States on overseas sources and to ensure the supply of such equipment. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the agency coordinating the response shall submit weekly reports to Congress on the status and distribution of such equipment.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8943: Pandemic Supplies Production Act
- 116-hr-8871: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act
- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8737: Fly Safe and Healthy Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-6410 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6410)

## Related
- [116-hr-8943: Pandemic Supplies Production Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8943)
- [116-hr-8871: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8871)
- [116-hr-8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8840)
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8782)
- [116-hr-8737: Fly Safe and Healthy Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8737)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6410 (as of 2025-11-18).