S 1041 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

ADAM Act

Introduced Jun 14, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Russell D. Feingold D-WI

Latest action · Jul 16, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 14, 2001
Passed SenateJun 26, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act - ADAM Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to establish a national information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (PAD) in schools by providing: (1) timely information on PAD program implementation and development; (2) comprehensive program materials to establish a PAD program in schools; (3) support to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training programs; (4) encouragement for community partnerships with and among public and private organizations to promote PAD in schools; (5) a data base to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or conducting further research into the problem; and (6) assistance to communities that wish to develop screening programs for at-risk youth.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2001 to Sep 4, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Jun 19, 2001
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.		Sep 4, 2001

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Jun 14, 2001Discharged Jun 27, 2002
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 27, 2002
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 16, 2002
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jun 27, 2002

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 16, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 27, 2002Received in the House.
Jun 27, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 27, 2002Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jun 26, 2002Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6173-6174)
Jun 26, 2002Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6173-6174)
Jun 26, 2002Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6174)
Jun 19, 2001Star Print ordered on the bill.
Jun 14, 2001Introduced in Senate
Jun 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6321-6322)
Jun 14, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S6173, S6174Text printed S6174	Harry Reid D-NV	Jun 26, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S6459	Harry Reid D-NV	Jun 19, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S6321	Russell D. Feingold D-WI	Jun 14, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-118	INSURANCE COVERAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS118 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 23, 2002

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2560	ADAM Act	Identical bill	Nov 2, 2001

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.
Short Titles as Introduced: Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act; ADAM Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act; ADAM Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 27, 2002Referred in House
Jun 26, 2002Engrossed in Senate
Jun 14, 2001Introduced in Senate

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