S. 3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-10 · Health · Latest: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

PREVENT Pandemics Act

Plain summary

Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act or the PREVENT Pandemics Act This bill sets out programs and activities primarily to address public health preparedness and response. Specifically, the bill establishes a legislative task force to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic and a White House office to advise on pandemic preparedness and response. It also revises authorities, programs, and other aspects of the Department of Health and Human Services and associated agencies to support preparedness and response activities at all levels of government. Other matters addressed in the bill include grants related to health disparities and for centers for public health preparedness; collection and dissemination of public health data (e.g., genomic sequencing of pathogens); workforce programs for public health and related fields; the safety and availability of the blood supply; research concerning viruses and other pathogens with pandemic potential, vaccines and other medical countermeasures, and the long-term health effects of COVID-19; biosafety and security related to biological agents and toxins; national security, privacy and information security, and foreign influence in biomedical research; the administration of the Strategic National Stockpile; and domestic manufacturing of medical countermeasures. The bill also modifies the regulation of medical products with a particular focus on expediting the development and approval of medical countermeasures. Additional areas of focus include strengthening medical product supply chains and supporting innovation in, for example, clinical trial designs.

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Official text

PREVENT Pandemics Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · 1 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s3799.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s3799 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117