SRES 171 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the provision of funding for bioterrorism preparedness and response.

Introduced Oct 11, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor William H. Frist R-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 11, 2001 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10653-10654)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 11, 2001
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should make a substantial new investment this year in bioterrorism preparedness and response, including: (1) improving State and local preparedness capabilities, hospital response capabilities, disaster response medical systems, and the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile program; (2) upgrading the capabilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); (3) targeting research for therapeutics and vaccines for bioterrorist agents and food safety activities; and (4) increasing international cooperation in securing biological agents, increasing surveillance, and retraining biological warfare specialists.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 11, 2001 to Dec 14, 2001, with 25 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-NEChuck HagelOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-MTConrad R. BurnsOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-AKFrank H. MurkowskiOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-TNFred ThompsonOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-RIJack ReedOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalOct 11, 2001
D-LAJohn B. BreauxOriginalOct 11, 2001
R-VAJohn WarnerOriginalOct 11, 2001
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Actions 3

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  1. Oct 11, 2001Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 11, 2001Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10653-10654)
  3. Oct 11, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10654-10655)

Subjects

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

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