Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004
Latest action · Oct 8, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10861-10863)
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 8, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas.
Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution.
Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups.
Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals.
Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Oct 8, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Nov 17, 2004 | |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Nov 17, 2004 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Nov 17, 2004 |
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 9, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Oct 8, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10861-10863)
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 S10863, S10864Text printed S10861–S10863 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Jack Reed D-RI (text) | Oct 8, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5409 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Dec 1, 2004 |
Titles 2
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 address the shortage of influenza vaccine, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Aspirin
- Canada
- Caregivers
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clinical trials
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional employees
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Drug approvals
- Drug industry
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Eminent domain
- Employee rights
- Europe
- European Union
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal employees
- Federal libraries
- Federal mandates
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Geriatrics
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Imports
- Infants
- Influenza
- Japan
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Library of Congress
- Licenses
- Long-term care
- Marketing
- Medical personnel
- Nursing homes
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Prices
- Public health administration
- Public service advertising
- Seniority in employment
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Switzerland
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Wages
- Wholesale trade
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2004Introduced in Senate
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