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Appendix C: Key Legislative Authorities



The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code), notably the below Sections:

  • Sec. 2811-1. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES ENTERPRISE


Relevant Executive Orders


  • EO 13676: Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
  • EO 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government
  • EO 13988: Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
  • EO 13994: Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats
  • EO 13995: Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
  • EO 13996: Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats
  • EO 13997: Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-⁠19
  • EO 14001: A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain
  • EO 14005: Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers
  • EO 14017: America's Supply Chains
  • EO 14036: Promoting Competition in the American Economy



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PHEMCE Strategy & Implementation Plan 2022