# 116-hr-6609: Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act.

116-hr-6609, Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6609
- Congress: 116
- Title: Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 35
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Immediate COVID Testing Procurement Act This bill requires the President, within 24 hours of this bill's enactment, to issue purchase orders for a program of the highest national urgency (commonly known as a DX purchase order) to procure under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) supplies to conduct COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) medical testing nationwide. The supplies must have received prior approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or have received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for the detection of COVID-19. The bill waives certain DPA requirements relating to industrial resource and critical technology shortfalls and notification to Congress.

## Cosponsors (35)

- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6609 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6609)

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