[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1057 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1057

     To require responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency 
                       pharmaceutical contracts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2023

 Mr. Rubio (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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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