Strengthen the Public Health Service
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S113)
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthen the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement for the establishment and operation of a student loan fund with any public or other nonprofit school that offers a graduate program in professional psychology.
Revises provisions concerning the collection of health professions data, sex discrimination in medical education programs, and definitions to make these applicable to "professional" (rather than "clinical") psychologists.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jan 4, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S113)
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S113)
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 S113Text printed S113 | Daniel K. Inouye D-HI (text) | Jan 4, 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.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-68 | CASES OF CHILD NEGLECT AND ABUSE AT PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES142 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-35 | H.R. 2515, ``LOWER COLORADO RIVER MULTI-SPECIES CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT'' & H.R. 1970, ``NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO RURAL WATER PROJECTS ACT''109 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 24, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-148 | NAVAJO NATION'S WATER RIGHTS AND MISCELLANEOUS WATER SUPPLY ISSUES120 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 27, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make certain graduate programs in professional psychology eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthen the Public Health Service
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Discrimination in education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational statistics
- Federal aid to education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Graduate education
- Health
- Higher education
- Medical education
- Medical statistics
- Psychologists
- Sex discrimination
- Student loan funds
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
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