POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation


S.3449 — A bill to require foreign establishments engaged in the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or device to register with the Food and Drug Administration regardless of whether the drug or device undergoes further manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing at a separate establishment outside the United States prior to being imported into the United States; Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3457 — A bill to codify the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances by adding fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act; Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]; Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

S.3461 — A bill to provide that the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard” shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]; Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

S.3463 — A bill to impose sanctions and other measures in response to the failure of the Government of the People’s Republic of China to allow an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 at suspect laboratories in Wuhan; Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]; Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

H.R.6363 — To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on funding to entities utilizing such funding for human genomic sequencing or genetic services; Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

S.3473 — A bill to authorize funding for the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network in order to demonstrate the impact of the aging network on the health and independence of older individuals and to foster innovation in such network, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3476 — A bill to provide for mental health and substance use disorder services in response to public health emergencies, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3477 — A bill to improve the program for reporting on device shortages; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3478 — A bill to provide for the designation of biological products as qualified infectious disease products; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3479 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to awards to support community health workers and community health; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.6372 — To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services; Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

S.3483 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

S.3486 — A bill to provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality N-95 respirator masks for every individual in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Defense Production Act and other means; Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]; Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

S.3489 — A bill to establish or continue a multidisciplinary research program to advance the discovery and preclinical development of medical products for priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3493 — A bill to require guidance on extending expiration dates for certain drugs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.6374 — To implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense with respect to mitigation of foreign suppliers in the pharmaceutical supply chain of the Department of Defense; Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.6377 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to purchase and make available for free rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Ways and Means

H.R.6384 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve certain notifications provided to qualified beneficiaries by group health plans in the case of COBRA qualifying events; Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]; Committees: House - Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.6385 — To provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality N-95 respirator masks for every individual in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Defense Production Act and other means; Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D- CA-17]; Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Budget

S.3496 — A bill to improve research and development of medical countermeasures for novel pathogens; Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3497 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to award grants to public institutions of higher education located in a covered State, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3498 — A bill to support endemic fungal disease research, incentivize fungal vaccine development, discover new antifungal therapies and diagnostics, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3500 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3505 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain Nurse Corps payments from gross income; Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3506 — A bill to strengthen the public health workforce loan repayment program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3509 — A bill to strengthen the authority of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to foreign drug facility inspections; Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.6392 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs; Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.6395 — To prohibit COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]; Committees: House - Oversight and Reform; House Administration; Energy and Commerce

H.R.6397 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to award grants to public institutions of higher education located in a covered State, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.6400 — To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced payments to rural health care providers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Budget

H.R.6401 — To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to require recipients of assistance to inform minors receiving family planning services through such assistance about age of consent law, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.6406 — To elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]; Committees: House - Natural Resources; Energy and Commerce



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