Microbicide Development Act
Latest action · Mar 8, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 8, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Microbicide Development Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of AIDS Research to: (1) expedite the implementation of the federal strategic plan for the conduct and support of microbicide research and development; and (2) expand, intensify, and coordinate all activities with respect to research and development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to: (1) establish within the Division of AIDS an organizational branch to carry out microbicide research and development; and (2) assign priority to ensuring adequate funding and support for the Microbicide Trials Network and other programs for supporting microbicides clinical trials.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fully implement the CDC's microbicide agenda to support microbicide research and development.
Directs the head of the Office of HIV/AIDS of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop and implement a program to support the development of microbicides products for the prevention of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and facilitate wide-scale availability of such products.
Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on advance market commitments of microbicides to prevent HIV infection as a means of creating private sector investment incentives.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2007 to Jun 4, 2007; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | May 14, 2007 |
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 Mar 8, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 8, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2919-2920)
- Mar 8, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 S2919 | Barack Obama D-IL | Mar 8, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33771 | Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008 Archived | Report | Jul 16, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1420 | Microbicide Development Act | Related bill | Mar 14, 2007 |
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 with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Microbicide Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Clinical trials
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Developing countries
- Drug industry
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to research
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Health
- Human behavior
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- International Affairs
- Medical research
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Pharmaceutical research
- Preventive medicine
- Product development
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Social science research
- Strategic planning
- Women
- Women's health
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in Senate
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