Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008
Latest action · Oct 13, 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-392.
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.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2008
- Passed SenateSep 27, 2008
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2008
- Became lawOct 13, 2008Public Law 110-392
Summary
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008 - Title I: Department of Health and Human Services in Coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Other Appropriate Agencies - Subtitle A: National Strategy for Combating and Eliminating Tuberculosis - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the grant program through which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to carry out programs with respect to the prevention, treatment, control, and elimination of tuberculosis.
Includes research on latent tuberculosis infection within such program.
Includes within such program research and development and related activities to develop new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis and new methods to enhance detection and response to tuberculosis outbreaks. Encourages the Secretary to give priority to programmatically relevant research so that new tools can be utilized in public health practice.
Includes among demonstration projects the Secretary may carry out as part of such program projects for the development of regional capabilities to prevent, control, and eliminate tuberculosis and prevent multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant strains of tuberculosis and projects for the intensification of efforts to: (1) reduce health disparities in the incidence of tuberculosis; (2) control tuberculosis along the U.S.-Mexico border; (3) prevent, detect, and treat tuberculosis among foreign-born persons who are in the United States; and (4) prevent, detect, and treat tuberculosis in high-risk populations and settings.
Allows the Secretary, as part of such program, to develop, enhance, and expand information technologies that support tuberculosis control, including surveillance and database management systems with cross-jurisdictional capabilities.
Requires the Secretary, in awarding grants for such tuberculosis programs, to give highest priority to applicants that will contribute nonfederal funds to carry out such activities.
Subtitle B: Interagency Collaboration - (Sec. 111) Expands the duties for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis to include providing to the Secretary and other appropriate federal officials advice on: (1) coordinating the activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies; (2) responding rapidly and effectively to emerging issues in tuberculosis; and (3) efficiently utilizing the federal resources involved. Requires the Council to make or update recommendations on the comprehensive plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Council.
Requires the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to: (1) provide to the Secretary and other appropriate federal officials advice on research into new tools; and (2) make recommendations on the development of a comprehensive plan for the creation of new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis.
Subtitle C: Evaluation of Public Health Authorities - (Sec. 121) Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to the appropriate congressional committees on changes needed to federal and state public health authorities to address current disease containment challenges; and (2) promulgate regulations to update current interstate and foreign quarantine regulations.
Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 131) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013. Requires the Secretary to allocate a portion of grant funds on the basis of a formula that takes into account the level of tuberculosis morbidity and case complexity in the respective geographic area.
Title II: National Institutes of Health - (Sec. 201) Allows the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and development and related NIH activities with respect to tuberculosis. Authorizes such activities to include: (1) enhancing basic and clinical research on tuberculosis, including drug resistant tuberculosis; (2) expanding research on the relationship between tuberculosis and the human immunodeficiency virus; and (3) developing new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis, including public health interventions and methods to enhance detection and response to outbreaks of tuberculosis.
Cosponsors 58
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2007 to Jul 23, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 7, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007Markup Sep 17, 2008Reported Sep 24, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2007 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 13, 2008Signed by President.
- Oct 13, 2008Became Public Law No: 110-392.
- Oct 3, 2008Presented to President.
- Sep 27, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10018-10019)
- Sep 27, 2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 27, 2008Cleared for White House.
- Sep 25, 2008Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Sep 24, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9406)
- Sep 24, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8671-8673)
- Sep 24, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 23, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-873.
- Sep 23, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569.
- Sep 23, 2008Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 23, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8671-8674)
- Sep 23, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1532.
- Sep 23, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burgess objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- Sep 17, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 17, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 16, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 S10018 | Mary L. Landrieu D-LA | Sep 27, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1914, E1980 | Gene Green D-TX, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL | Sep 25, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8671–H8674Text printed H8671–H8673 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Michael C. Burgess R-TX | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2332 | Gene Green D-TX | Nov 6, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p>
- Sep 22, 2008H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-258 | PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS: REINVESTING IN CONTROL AND NEW TOOLS RESEARCH50 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Oct 30, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-44 | THE XDR TUBERCULOSIS INCIDENT: POORLY COORDINATED FEDERAL RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS104 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 6, 2007 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34246 | Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | May 1, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1551 | Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 | Related bill | Apr 22, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Authorization
- Blacks
- Boundaries
- Clinical trials
- Commerce
- Communicable diseases
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Curricula
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug resistance in microorganisms
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International cooperation in science
- Latin America
- Lung diseases
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical technology
- Mexico
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Pharmaceutical research
- Preventive medicine
- Public-private partnerships
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientists
- Student loan funds
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- World health
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2008Enrolled Bill
- Sep 25, 2008Received in Senate
- Sep 24, 2008Engrossed in House
- Sep 23, 2008Reported in House
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
