Robin Danielson Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2005 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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Robin Danielson Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which additives in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or the health of the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collect, analyze, and make available data on toxic shock syndrome, including data on the causes of such syndrome; and (2) determine the national incidence and prevalence of such syndrome.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 22, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 22, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 22, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Breast cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Child development
- Child health
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Dioxins
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal aid to research
- Fetus
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health education
- Maternal and infant welfare
- Medical research
- Medical statistics
- Ovarian cancer
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Product safety
- Reproduction
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Synthetic fabrics
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxicology
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2005Introduced in House
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