Congress 107 - HR 3106 - Protecting America's Children Against Terrorism Act

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Adoption Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Biological weapons Caregivers Chemical warfare Chemical weapons Child care workers Child health Child mental health services Child safety Child welfare Clinical trials Commerce Communication in medicine Community health services Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Department of Health and Human Services Disaster relief Drug approvals Drug therapy Drugs EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary school students Emergency Management Emergency medical personnel Emergency medical services Employee training Executive reorganization Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to hospitals Federal aid to medical education Federal aid to nursing education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Guardian and ward Health Health information systems Health services administration Higher education International Affairs Labeling Labor and Employment Legal services Medical education Medical research Medical supplies Mental health services Nonprofit organizations Parent-school relationships Parents Presidential appointments Preventive medicine Public health administration Science, Technology, Communications Secondary school students Social Welfare Teachers Teaching materials Telephone Terrorism Vaccines Victims of terrorism

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Protecting America's Children Against Terrorism Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a Task Force on Children and Terrorism; (2) establish a Children and Terrorism Information Network; (3) provide for the inclusion of supplies, equipment, and instructions as are appropriate for use with respect to children in push packs and Vendor Management Inventories under the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program; (4) award grants concerning the implementation, development, expansion or increase in the capacity of 2-1-1 call centers, or other universal hotlines; (5) develop and maintain a list of drugs and biologics that may be used to prevent and treat illnesses and injury caused by biological or chemical agents and which require pediatric testing; (6) award contracts for the conduct of pediatric clinical trials and studies concerning drugs and biologics that are used to prevent and treat illnesses and injuries caused by biological or chemical agents; and (7) award grants concerning training for pediatric issues surrounding biological and chemical agents used in warfare and terrorism.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to: (1) school evacuations, safe places and medical partnerships, and parental notifications; and (2) mental health services for children.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to assisting children who have lost parents in a disaster, including appointment of a Children's Coordinating Officer in an affected disaster area.

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Jan 24, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Oct 29, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Oct 12, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1866-1867)
Oct 11, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Oct 11, 2001

Introduced in House

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