1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Suppress COVID–19 Act of 2020 . 2. Interstate compacts and agreements (a) Establishment and purposes The consent of Congress is hereby given to States and Indian Tribes to enter into compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in procuring COVID–19 tests and supplies for such tests, or cooperative agreements (referred to in this section as agreements ) for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in procuring COVID–19 tests and supplies through memoranda of understanding. (b) Assistance The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall— (1) take all possible steps to encourage and assist States and Indian Tribes entering into interstate compacts or agreements under this section; (2) cooperate with such compacts and agreements; (3) cooperate with States and Indian Tribes forming cooperative agreements for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in procuring COVID–19 tests and supplies for such tests, through memoranda of understanding instead of compacts; and (4) encourage cooperative activities of Federal departments and agencies with such compacts or agreements. (c) Funding (1) Appropriation (A) In general Effective on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, and there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,000, for purposes of supporting testing procurement. Of such amount— (i) $20,000,000,000 shall be made available to States and Indian Tribes on the date that is 30 days after such date of enactment, which States or Indian Tribes may forward to interstate compacts or agreements authorized under this section