S 975 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Project BioShield II Act of 2005

Introduced Apr 28, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT

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Latest action · Jul 21, 2005 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Held a roundtable discussion of the bill.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Project BioShield II Act of 2005 - Establishes: (1) the Terrorism and Infectious Disease Countermeasure Purchase Fund; (2) procurement pools for qualified countermeasures and security countermeasures; (3) the International Public Health Advisory Committee to develop strategies for establishing such pools; (4) the Office of Public Health Countermeasure Development within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ; (5) the Office of Medical Readiness within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assume functions of the National Disaster Medical System and the Metropolitan Medical Response System; (6) the National Emergency Medical Readiness and Response Board within DHS to oversee emergency medical response plans; (7) the National Center for Healthcare Technology Development to manage NIH intellectual property; (8) the Millennium Medicine Discovery Award; (9) the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, Radiological and Infectious Disease Products; and (10) the Global Disease Detection Trust Fund.

Creates incentives for the development of countermeasures, including: (1) payments to manufacturers; (2) accelerated approval of countermeasures; (3) patent term restoration and extension; (4) exclusive marketing; (5) federal tax incentives; (6) reimbursements for production costs; (7) expedited processing of visa applications; (8) grants and contracts for the construction and management of biosafety level 3-4 facilities; and (9) grants and scholarships for personnel to conduct biodefense and infectious disease research.

Sets forth provisions regarding necessary research for countermeasure development, including research regarding: (1) diagnostics; (2) detection technology; (3) infectious diseases; (4) accurate animal models; (5) biologics; (6) vaccine adjuvants; (7) the production of cell culture; (8) vaccines; (9) zoonotic disease surveillance; and (10) agroterrorism research.

Bioshield Export Priority Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expedite the processing of requests to export restricted items necessary to procure countermeasures.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2005.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalApr 28, 2005
R-KSSam BrownbackOriginalApr 28, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 21, 2005Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-210.
  2. Jul 21, 2005Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Held a roundtable discussion of the bill.
  3. May 9, 2005Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97.
  4. Apr 29, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4590-4595)
  5. Apr 29, 2005Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  6. Apr 28, 2005Introduced in Senate

In the Congressional Record 5

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S14237—Dec 21, 2005
SenateDebate and remarks S11602Judd Gregg R-NHOct 20, 2005
SenateDebate and remarks S9433Daniel K. Akaka D-HIJul 29, 2005
SenateDebate and remarks S4787Mitch McConnell R-KYMay 9, 2005
SenateDebate and remarks S4590–S4595, S4607Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT, William H. Frist R-TNApr 28, 2005

Research

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Printed hearings 7

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 109-210ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PREPARING A NATIONAL BIODEFENSE: S. 97524 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeJul 21, 2005
S. Hrg. 109-193[ERRATA] ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: WHEN TERROR STRIKES17 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeJul 14, 2005
S. Hrg. 109-193ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: WHEN TERROR STRIKES60 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeJul 14, 2005
Serial No. 109-29PROJECT BIOSHIELD: LINKING BIOTERRORISM THREATS AND COUNTERMEASURE PROCUREMENT TO ENHANCE TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS91 pagesHomeland Security CommitteeJul 12, 2005
S. Hrg. 109-148CROSSING THE VALLEY OF DEATH: BRINGING PROMISING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES TO BIOSHIELD60 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeJun 9, 2005
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CRS reports 3

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Cite it 3

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Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide incentives to increase research by private sector entities to develop medical countermeasures to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated with biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious disease outbreak, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Project BioShield II Act of 2005
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
BioShield Export Priority Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 9, 2005Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Apr 29, 2005Introduced in Senate

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