Congress 107 - HR 1254 - Lyme Disease Initiative of 2001

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Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Defense budgets Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Epidemiology Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to medical research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Health education Health planning Health surveys Higher education Insect control Lyme disease Medical education Medical laboratories Medical statistics Medical tests Military medicine Outdoor recreation Parasitic diseases Physicians Preventive medicine Public Lands and Natural Resources Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Sports and Recreation

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Lyme Disease Initiative of 2001 - Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Agriculture, of the Interior, and of Defense to: (1) establish specified detection test, improved surveillance and reporting system, and prevention goals to provide for a reduction in the incidence and prevalence of Lyme disease and related tick borne infectious diseases; and (2) establish a five-year plan of activities toward achieving those goals, and carry them out.

Establishes the Lyme Disease Taskforce to advise the Secretaries with respect to achieving such goals.

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May 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 8, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 23, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Apr 23, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Apr 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 27, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 27, 2001

Introduced in House

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