Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 6, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish a working group in order to develop recommendations on improving the security and resilience of networked medical devices.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2017 to Nov 1, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Nov 1, 2017 |
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 Oct 5, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 6, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 5, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 160, October 5, 2017, page H7888.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a working group of public and private entities led by the Food and Drug Administration to recommend voluntary frameworks and guidelines to increase the security and resilience of Internet of Medical Things devices, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public-private cooperation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced 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.
