Maria Salazar (R-FL)
Protecting America’s Medical Supply Chains Act of 2026
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Protecting America's Medical Supply Chains Act of 2026 seeks to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950. The bill aims to ensure the supply of medical materials essential to national defense, such as drugs, devices, and biological products. It establishes a new policy to use authorities to secure the drug supply chain while considering United States competitiveness and innovation. The President will be required to develop and transmit a strategy to Congress regarding medical supply chain vulnerabilities and diversification. Additionally, the bill allows for payments to eligible domestic entities to increase the security of supply chains.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +6
Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak?
Strengthening medical supply chains directly enhances the nation's ability to respond to future public health emergencies.
- Scored +5
Does this make health care easier to get in general?
The bill aims to secure the availability of essential medical materials, which helps ensure consistent access to treatment.
- Scored +4
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill expands the President's authority under the Defense Production Act to secure medical supply chains.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Ensuring availability of medical materials: The bill updates the Defense Production Act to ensure that medical materials essential to national defense, including drugs, devices, and biological products used to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease, are available (Section 2(a) and 2(b)).
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Diversifying supply chains: The President is tasked with creating a strategy to diversify supply chains as required for national defense (Section 2(c)(a)(3)).
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Reducing foreign control of essential components: The bill mandates a timeline to ensure essential components of the medical supply chain are not under the exclusive control of a foreign government that could threaten national defense (Section 2(c)(a)(4)(B)).
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Increasing supply chain security through investment: The President may make payments to eligible domestic entities to increase the security of supply chains and supply chain activities, provided the payment is critical to meet national defense requirements (Section 3(a)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Potential impact on production and costs: The required strategy must include a discussion of any significant effects the plan may have on the production, cost, or distribution of biological products, devices, or drugs (Section 2(c)(a)(4)(A)).
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Risks to competitiveness and innovation: The President must consider and mitigate risks that the implementation of these measures might have on United States competitiveness, scientific leadership, and innovative capacity (Section 2(a) and 2(c)(a)(4)(C)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak? — Strengthening medical supply chains directly enhances the nation's ability to respond to future public health emergencies. Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill aims to secure the availability of essential medical materials, which helps ensure consistent access to treatment.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the President's authority under the Defense Production Act to secure medical supply chains.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill allows for federal payments to eligible domestic entities to increase supply chain security.
- 3/3/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced in House