1. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The global shortage of medical supplies due to the COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed healthcare systems around the world and threatens to collapse the United States healthcare system. (2) There are approximately 160,000 ventilators in the United States. (3) It has been estimated that as many as 742,000 could be needed. (4) The Department of Health and Human Services estimated that healthcare providers may need 3,500,000,000 face masks to meet potential long-term need. 2. Use of Defense Production Act authority for equipment necessary for limiting spread of COVID-19 (a) In general Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, the President shall— (1) determine under section 101(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4511(b) ) that— (A) medical equipment described in paragraph (3)(B) is scarce and critical material essential to the national defense; and (B) the requirements of the national defense for such equipment cannot be met without exercising the authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.); (2) identify private sector capacity to produce such equipment; and (3) exercise the authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 to the extent necessary— (A) to mitigate, where possible, the dependency of the United States on overseas sources of supply of each such materials during the global shortage; and (B) to ensure the immediate adequacy of productive capacity and supply of ventilators, N–95 masks and other essential personal protective equipment needed to address the COVID-19 crisis, including at least— (i) 600,000 ventilators