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119-s-5671119th CongressWALLET

State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

Introduced

Summary

Regional and State medical stockpile expansion. This bill would reauthorize and broaden a pilot under the Public Health Service Act so State or regional stockpiles can be funded and coordinated with local health and emergency officials.

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  • States and local health departments: Would be eligible to build State or regional stockpiles and must coordinate with health care providers, health officials, and emergency management officials in their jurisdictions.
  • Communities and patients: Encourages sharing best practices and regional approaches so jurisdictions can pool supplies and improve access to medicines and other countermeasures during public health emergencies.
  • Federal oversight and funding: Tightens Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) language by removing an "as appropriate" qualifier, adds a Government Accountability Office review of regional stockpiles, and replaces a prior fixed $3.5 billion per year for FY2023 and FY2024 with "such sums as may be necessary" for FY2027 through FY2031.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More regional medical stockpile grants

This bill would extend and broaden a pilot program that backs state medical stockpiles. It would change timeline language to run through 2028 and 2029 for specified clauses. The bill would allow State or regional stockpile efforts and require award recipients to coordinate with health care providers, state health officials, and emergency management officials. It would replace the prior fixed $3.5 billion for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 with authorization of “such sums as may be necessary” for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031, but it would not specify amounts.

Less flexibility for medical countermeasures

The bill would remove the words "as appropriate" from a provision about the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise. This would make that provision less discretionary. The text does not say which specific action would change or how households would be affected.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

NH • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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