Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Products liability

Bill Introduced: S.3398 Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6381 Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6270 Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act

2008-06-12T00:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3072 Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for comprehensive health reform.

Bill Introduced: S.3046 ACCESS Act

2008-05-21T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5955 Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

To provide for comprehensive health reform.

Bill Introduced: S.2769 Firearms Information Use Act of 2008

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize appropriate use of information in the Firearms Trace Database, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2662 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2008

2008-02-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to respond to a medicare funding warning.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5480 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008

2008-02-25T00:00:00Z

To respond to a Medicare funding warning.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5069 Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2008

2008-01-17T00:00:00Z

To require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4936 Antifreeze Bittering Act of 2007

2008-01-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable.

Bill Introduced: S.2081 Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

A bill to require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2626 Comprehensive Health Coverage And Reform Enhancement Act of 2007

2007-06-07T00:00:00Z

To provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2580 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2007

2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007

2007-05-10T00:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the deposit in the general fund of the Treasury of fees that are collected from manufacturers of drugs and devices under chapter VII of such Act, to terminate the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to negotiate with the manufacturers on particular uses of the fees, to establish a Center for Postmarket Drug Safety and Effectiveness, to establish additional authorities to ensure the safe and effective use of drugs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2183 Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

2007-05-07T00:00:00Z

To prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.

Bill Introduced: S.1323 Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

2007-05-07T00:00:00Z

A bill to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity.

Bill Introduced: H.R.989 Innocent Sellers Fairness Act

2007-02-12T00:00:00Z

To prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a product in the stream of commerce is as a lawful seller of the product.

Bill Introduced: H.R.961 Respirator Access Assurance Act of 2007

2007-02-08T00:00:00Z

To protect American workers and responders by ensuring the continued commercial availability of respirators and to establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators.

Bill Introduced: S.328 Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act

2007-01-17T00:00:00Z

A bill to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.