West Nile Virus and Arboviral Disease Act
Latest action · Oct 10, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedOct 10, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires 85 percent of grant funds to any State to be expended locally.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with appropriate consultation, to develop a plan, together with standard operating procedures, to serve as a guideline for State and local mosquito control programs. Sets forth elements that such plan should include, including programs to: (1) identify new human cases of disease; and (2) provide laboratory support for testing. Sets a termination date of September 30, 2004, for the temporary program.
Directs the President to expand, intensify, and enhance research for various activities, including to: (1) identify and develop methods of controlling the population of insects that transmit to humans diseases that have significant adverse health consequences (including the West Nile Virus); and (2) develop rapid screening tools for West Nile Virus in blood or organs.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 10, 2002 to Oct 17, 2002; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 10, 2002 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Oct 10, 2002 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Oct 10, 2002 |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Original | Oct 10, 2002 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Oct 10, 2002 |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Oct 17, 2002 |
Committees 1
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 Oct 10, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Oct 10, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10383-10385)
- Oct 10, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S10384 | William H. Frist R-TN | Oct 10, 2002 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the operation of enhanced mosquito control programs to prevent and control mosquito-borne diseases.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- West Nile Virus and Arboviral Disease Act
- Popular Titles
- Mosquito Abatement bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Animals
- Blood banks
- Blood donors
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Entomological research
- Equipment and supplies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to medical research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health planning
- Insect control
- Law
- Medical laboratories
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Mosquitoes
- Parasitic diseases
- Preventive medicine
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Surveys
- Virus diseases
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2002Introduced in Senate
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