Health Technology, Devices, Supplies

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US Congress 117th Congress

Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2022 Domestic Security Using Production Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday Act of 2022 [HB-6468] [Healthcare ] [Defense ] [Public Health ] [National Security ] [Manufacturing ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to establish a program of entering into partnerships with eligible domestic manufacturers to ensure the availability of qualified personal protective equipment to prepare for and respond to national health or other emergencies, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/24/2022

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To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a local educational agency that requires any student at the schools served by the agency to wear a face covering or be vaccinated against COVID-19. [HB-6456] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a local educational agency that requires any student at the schools served by the agency to wear a face covering or be vaccinated against COVID-19.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Louie Gohmert Introduced In House on 01/20/2022

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Promoting ACCESS to Diagnostics Act Promoting Access to Critical Countermeasures by Ensuring Specimen Samples to Diagnostics Act [S.3496] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
A bill to improve research and development of medical countermeasures for novel pathogens.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/13/2022

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Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act [S.3493] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
A bill to require guidance on extending expiration dates for certain drugs, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/12/2022

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Masks for All Act of 2022 [S.3486] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Manufacturing ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality N-95 respirator masks for every individual in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Defense Production Act and other means.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/12/2022

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Free At-Home Tests for All Act [HB-6377] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to purchase and make available for free rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/12/2022

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A bill to establish or continue a multidisciplinary research program to advance the discovery and preclinical development of medical products for priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic, and for other purposes. [S.3489] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
A bill to establish or continue a multidisciplinary research program to advance the discovery and preclinical development of medical products for priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/12/2022

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SERVIS Act Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status Act [S.3485] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Public Health ]
A bill to ensure that the right to vote shall not be impaired due to vaccination status.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 01/12/2022

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Masks for All Act of 2022 [HB-6385] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Manufacturing ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ]
To provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality N-95 respirator masks for every individual in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Defense Production Act and other means.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 01/13/2022

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Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2022 [HB-6372] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Native American Affairs ] [Human Services ]
To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ruben Gallego Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/12/2022

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Registration of Certain Foreign Establishments Act [S.3449] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Trade ] [Public Health ]
A bill to require foreign establishments engaged in the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or device to register with the Food and Drug Administration regardless of whether the drug or device undergoes further manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing at a separate establishment outside the United States prior to being imported into the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/10/2022

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Prohibiting Private Sector Vaccine Mandates Act of 2022 [S.3461] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ]
A bill to provide that the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard" shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Braun Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 241. on 01/18/2022

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Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2022 [S.3444] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Native American Affairs ] [Human Services ]
A bill to ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/05/2022

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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the Federal Government from limiting State access to key therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies, and from prioritizing Federal contracts over State contracts relating to purchasing supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [S.3440] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Defense ] [National Security ]
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit the Federal Government from limiting State access to key therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies, and from prioritizing Federal contracts over State contracts relating to purchasing supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/04/2022

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Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act [HB-6321] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Science ] [Funding ]
To require the head of each Federal agency, within 100 calendar days, to complete all pending Freedom of Information Act requests related to a drug or medical device to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat COVID-19, gain-of-function or potential pandemic pathogen research, or a policy, rule, or standard requiring COVID-19 vaccination of individuals, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Introduced In House on 12/16/2021

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Neuroscience Center of Excellence Act of 2021 [S.3427] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Neuroscience Center of Excellence.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/16/2021

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Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act [S.3412] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to COVID-19 vaccine and mask requirements for Head Start programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/16/2021

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Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act [HB-6312] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to COVID-19 vaccine and mask requirements for Head Start programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Allen Introduced In House on 12/16/2021

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Emergency Use Transparency Act [S.3394] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to emergency use authorization transparency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/14/2021

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Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 [HB-6250] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Food ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Public Safety ]
To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 01/04/2022

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