S. 3715: SAVE Act of 2020
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S. 3715: SAVE Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
SAVE Act of 2020
Plain summary
Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2020 or the SAVE Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes, among other elements (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical articles essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical articles.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · 1 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3715.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s3715 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116