First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act
Latest action · Oct 28, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), for the purpose of domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism, to: (1) make available surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives, from the strategic national stockpile for administration to emergency response providers who voluntarily consent to such administration; (2) establish any necessary logistical and tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines and antimicrobials available; and (3) distribute disclosures regarding associated risks to end users.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an 18-month pilot program to administer such vaccines and antimicrobials to emergency response providers, (2) select providers based in at least two states to participate in the program, and (3) provide to each participating provider disclosures and educational materials regarding the risks of any vaccine or antimicrobial administered and of exposure to anthrax.
Requires the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to: (1) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and assessments of the threats posed by anthrax from an act of terror; (2) leverage homeland security intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; and (3) share information and provide tailored analytical support on threats posed by anthrax to state, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Dec 3, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Dec 2, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Dec 3, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
- Sep 19, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
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