# 116-hr-7018: COVID–19 Emergency Production Act

116-hr-7018, COVID–19 Emergency Production Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7018
- Congress: 116
- Title: COVID–19 Emergency Production Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-05-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

COVID-19 Emergency Production Act This bill directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) supplies, such as personal protective equipment, diagnostic tests, and vaccines. 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. Specifically, the President must (1) make a determination that such supplies are essential for the national defense, (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce these supplies, and (3) exercise authorities under the act to require emergency production of them at a reasonable price. In addition, the President shall coordinate the allocation of these supplies based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the population of each state. The bill's directive to produce COVID-19 supplies terminates when there are no remaining requests for them from states, and supplies that have been produced but are unused at that time shall be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] (D-FL), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7232: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7018 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7018)

## Related
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7816)
- [116-hr-7232: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7232)
- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
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