133 STAT. 953  PUBLIC LAW 116–22—JUNE 24, 2019  SEC. 602. UPDATING DEFINITIONS OF OTHER TRANSACTIONS.  Section 319L (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e) is amended—  (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘, such as’’ and all  that follows through ‘‘Code’’; and  (2) in subsection (c)(5)(A)—  (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘under this subsection’’  and all that follows through ‘‘Code’’ and inserting ‘‘(as  defined in subsection (a)(3)) under this subsection’’; and  (B) in clause (ii)—  (i) by amending subclause (I) to read as follows:  ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent  practicable, competitive procedures shall be used  when entering into transactions to carry out  projects under this subsection.’’; and  (ii) in subclause (II)—  (I) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting  ‘‘$100,000,000’’;  (II) by striking ‘‘senior procurement executive  for the Department (as designated for purpose of  section 16(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement  Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(c)))’’ and inserting  ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources’’; and  (III) by striking ‘‘senior procurement executive  under’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for  Financial Resources under’’.  (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this section (including section  565B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by  subsection (b)) is to support and advance the development or manu- facture of security countermeasures, qualified countermeasures, and  qualified pandemic or epidemic products by facilitating and encour- aging submission of data and information to support the develop- ment of such products, and through clarifying the authority to  cross-reference to data and information previously submitted to  the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this  section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), including data and information sub- mitted to medical countermeasure master files or other master  files.  (b) MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE MASTER FILES.—Chapter V of  the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.)  is amended by inserting after section 565A the following:  SEC. 603. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE MASTER FILES.  ‘‘SEC. 565B. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE MASTER FILES.  21 USC  360bbb–4b note.  21 USC  360bbb–4b.  ‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY OF REFERENCE.—  ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may submit data and informa- tion in a master file to the Secretary with the intent to ref- erence, or to authorize, in writing, another person to reference,  such data or information to support a medical countermeasure  submission (including a supplement or amendment to any such  submission), without requiring the master file holder to disclose  the data and information to any such persons authorized to  reference the master file. Such data and information shall  be available for reference by the master file holder or by a  person authorized by the master file holder, in accordance  with applicable privacy and confidentiality protocols and regula- tions. 