S 1559 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003

Introduced Aug 1, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward M. Kennedy D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 1, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedAug 1, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe composition requirements for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, and direct it to make recommendations on: (1) a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; and (2) a plan to guide U.S. involvement in global tuberculosis-control activities, with a focus on high incidence countries and on access to a comprehensive package of tuberculosis control measures.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants, to carry out tuberculosis research, demonstration projects, and public information and education programs.

Authorizes the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make awards: (1) to faculty of schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine to support the development of high quality curricula to assist interested individuals in learning the principles and practices of preventing, managing, and controlling tuberculosis; and (2) to support the career development of clinically trained professionals committed to pulmonary infection research.

Authorizes the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH to work to develop a tuberculosis vaccine.

Requires the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2003 to Jul 13, 2004, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalAug 1, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalAug 1, 2003
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalAug 1, 2003
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalAug 1, 2003
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalAug 1, 2003
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonSep 23, 2003
R-PAArlen SpecterFeb 25, 2004
D-ILRichard J. DurbinJun 3, 2004
D-NJJon S. CorzineJun 21, 2004
D-CADianne FeinsteinJul 13, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Aug 1, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10911)

Subjects

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