All Virus diseases Legislation - Federal Government
H.R.6680 - To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis.
Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill Text To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. 7/30/2008--Introduced.
Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act - Provides that nothing shall prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or carry out a program of distributing sterile syringes to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis. Comment on Bill H.R.6671 - To reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Bill Text To reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories. 7/30/2008--Introduced. Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 to reauthorize appropriations for the Select Agent Program, which lists and controls biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Requires appropriate training of individuals handling or using such agents and toxins.Includes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) among the federal agencies limited in the disclosure of information related to listed agents or toxins.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to review and make recommendations for improving the Select Agent [...] show full description S.3127 - A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories.
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text A bill to reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories. 6/12/2008--Introduced. Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 to reauthorize appropriations for the Select Agent Program, which lists and controls biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Requires appropriate training of individuals handling or using such agents and toxins.Includes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) among the federal agencies limited in the disclosure of information related to listed agents or toxins.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to review and make recommendations for improving the Select [...] show full description H.R.5877 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program.
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill Text To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program. 4/23/2008--Introduced.
Shingles Prevention Act - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of the shingles vaccine and its administration. H.R.4200 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products.
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill Text To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products. 11/15/2007--Introduced.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for 50% of expenses paid for research and development of any qualified infectious disease product. Defines "qualified infectious disease product" as any antibiotic drug, antiviral, diagnostic test, biological product, or vaccine developed to treat, detect, prevent, or identify certain pathogens. Terminates such credit after 2012. S.2351 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products.
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill Text A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products. 11/14/2007--Introduced.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for 50% of expenses paid for research and development of any qualified infectious disease product. Defines "qualified infectious disease product" as any antibiotic drug, antiviral, diagnostic test, biological product, or vaccine developed to treat, detect, prevent, or identify certain pathogens. Terminates such credit after 2012. H.R.4055 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV).
Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill Text To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV). 11/1/2007--Introduced.
Medicare Cervical Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) associated with a higher risk of cervical cancer. H.R.3639 - To establish a program of research and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill Text To establish a program of research and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. 9/24/2007--Introduced. Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to carry out a recovery program for southern sea otter populations along the coast of California.Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a Southern Sea Otter Health Assessment Plan; (2) collect and analyze tissue samples from southern sea otters; and (3) submit the tissue to the Secretary of Commerce for inclusion in the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank to allow for managed access to such tissues by other researchers.Requires the Secretary to: (1) award competitive grants to support research regarding southern sea otters; and (2) establish and appoint the Southern Sea Otter Recovery Implementation Team to make recommendations on overall implementation of the southern sea otter recovery [...] show full description S.1887 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to ensure access to critical medications under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.
Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10156-10157) Bill Text A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to ensure access to critical medications under the Medicare part D prescription drug program. 7/26/2007--Introduced. Medicare Access to Critical Medications Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require prescription drug plan (PDP) formularies to include all or substantially all covered part D drugs in the therapeutic classes: (1) anticonvulsants; (2) antineoplastics; (3) antiretrovirals; (4) antidepressants; (5) antipsychotics; and (6) immunosuppressants.Prohibits the application of a utilization management tool, such as prior authorization or step therapy, to such drugs in certain cases.Prescribes requirements for treatment of such drugs when a determination or reconsideration is requested, as well as the treatment of appeals for such drugs.Establishes data reporting requirements for such drug categories [...] show full description H.R.2419 - To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. Bill Text To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/22/2008--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Title I: Commodity Programs - (Sec. 1001) Defines specified terms. Subtitle A: Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to adjust base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated; (2) cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract; or (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop or oilseed acreage. Requires election of either direct payments and counter-cyclical payments or conservation payments if the base adjustment is made due to a change in status of a conservation reserve contract. Requires a reduction in base acres if the sum of base acres and [...] show full description H.R.1717 - To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 3, 2009. Bill Text To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. 8/1/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF), which shall: (1) be an integrated human, foreign-animal, and disease research, development, testing, and evaluation facility to support DHS, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other federal agencies in defending against the threat of agroterrorism and certain naturally-occurring incidents related to agriculture; and (2) produce and share knowledge and technology for the purpose of protecting animal and public health and reducing economic losses caused by diseases of livestock and poultry. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a joint strategy to define the respective roles and [...] show full description H.R.1153 - To prohibit Federal funding or other assistance for mandatory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs.
Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill Text To prohibit Federal funding or other assistance for mandatory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs. 2/16/2007--Introduced.
Parental Right to Decide Protection Act - Prohibits federal funds or other assistance from being made available to any state or political subdivision to establish or implement any requirement that individuals receive vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV). H.R.855 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the criminal law relating to terrorism, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill Text To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the criminal law relating to terrorism, and for other purposes. 2/6/2007--Introduced. Criminal Terrorism Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment on individuals who cause the death of a person while committing a terrorist act.Authorizes the death penalty for: (1) developing, possessing, or threatening to use radiological weapons against a person or against U.S. property; (2) causing the death of an individual by using missile systems designed to destroy aircraft, by using radiological dispersal devices, or by using the variola virus; and (3) use of atomic weapons with intent to injure the United States.Increases criminal penalties for: (1) attempting or conspiring to kill a U.S. national; (2) engaging in physical violence with the intent to injure a U.S. national; (3) financing terrorism or concealing assets to be used for terrorist activities;[...] show full description |
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