1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Task Force on the COVID-19 Pandemic Act . 2. Comprehensive review of the COVID–19 response (a) Establishment of task force There is established in the legislative branch a task force to be known as the National Task Force on the Response of the United States to the COVID–19 Pandemic (referred to in this section as the Task Force ). (b) Purposes The purposes of the Task Force are to— (1) examine, assess, and report upon the United States preparedness for, and response to, the COVID–19 pandemic, including— (A) the initial Federal, State, local, and territorial responses in the United States; (B) the ongoing Federal, State, local, and territorial responses in the United States, including the activities, policies, and decisions of the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration; (C) the impact of the pandemic on public health and health care systems; and (D) the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China, including efforts to determine the potential causes for the emergence of the SARS–CoV–2 virus, and Federal actions to mitigate its spread internationally; (2) build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid unnecessary duplication, by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate task forces, committees, commissions, or entities established by other public or nonprofit private entities related to the United States preparedness for, and response to, the COVID–19 pandemic; (3) identify gaps in public health preparedness and medical response policies, processes, and activities, including disparities in COVID–19 infection and mortality rates among people of color, older adults, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable or at-risk groups, and how such gaps impacted the ability of the United States to respond to the COVID–19 pandemic