[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5151 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5151

     To require responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency 
                       pharmaceutical contracts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2023

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency 
                       pharmaceutical contracts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Further Strengthening Supply Chains 
for Servicemembers and Security Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIVENESS TESTING OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 
              PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACTS.

    The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall modify Defense 
Logistics Agency Instructions 5025.03 and 3110.01--
            (1) to require Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support to 
        coordinate annually with customers in the military departments 
        to conduct responsiveness testing of the Defense Logistics 
        Agency's contingency contracts for pharmaceuticals; and
            (2) to include the results of that testing, as reported by 
        customers in the military departments, in the annual reports of 
        the Warstopper Program.
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