Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Bill Introduced: S.895 Antimicrobial Data Collection Act

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to improve the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.

Bill Introduced: S.859 Animal and Public Health Protection Act

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide for the conducts of activities to detect, and respond in a timely manner to, threats to animal health.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1635 National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy Act of 2013

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To establish the National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy.

Bill Introduced: S.752 Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1608 Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.97 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.161 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1407 Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1408 Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to generic new animal drugs.

Bill Introduced: S.644 Preventing Abuse of Cough Treatments Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1366 Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for the relief of severe-only instead of moderate-to-severe pain, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.627 Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide incentives for investment in research and development for new medicines, to enhance access to new medicines, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.626 Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to de-link research and development incentives from drug prices for new medicines to treat HIV/AIDS and to stimulate greater sharing of scientific knowledge.

Bill Introduced: S.622 Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

An original bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic new animal drugs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1150 Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.

Bill Enacted: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

March 12, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-5.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.504 FAIR Generics Act

2013-03-06T19:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that valid generic drugs may enter the market.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-04T19:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.942 Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013

2013-03-03T19:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.