Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2008

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.

3/15/2007--Introduced.
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth research and demonstration projections for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis that shall receive priority from the Secretary of Health and Human Services in awarding research grants for tuberculosis.
Requires the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis to make recommendations on the development, revision, and implementation of a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis. Requires the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to make recommendations on the development of a national plan for the development of such tools.
Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate tuberculosis research and development. Allows the Director of the Institute to provide awards for:
(1) the development of curricula in schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine regarding the principles and practices of preventing, managing, and controlling tuberculosis;
(2) supervised study and research for clinically trained professionals who are committed to research regarding pulmonary infections and tuberculosis.
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct research activities to develop a tuberculosis vaccine.
Requires the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis.
Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure that a portion of amounts appropriated for loan repayment for qualified health professionals conducting research is reserved for contracts with individuals to conduct tuberculosis research.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
• and 58 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. Kevin Brady [R, TX-8]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
  • Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Heather Wilson [R, NM-1]
  • Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1532

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		This Bill Has Become Law
March 15, 2007		September 24, 2008		September 27, 2008		October 13, 2008		October 13, 2008

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• Enacted on Oct 13, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-392.
• Signed on Oct 13, 2008.
• Oct 03, 2008. Presented to President.
• Sep 27, 2008. Cleared for White House.
• Sep 27, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Sep 27, 2008. Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
• Sep 25, 2008: Received in the Senate, read twice.
• Sep 25, 2008: Received in the Senate.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Sep 24, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8671-8673)
• Sep 24, 2008: Considered as unfinished business.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Sep 24, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Sep 23, 2008: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burgess objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
• Sep 23, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1532.
• Sep 23, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Sep 23, 2008: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Sep 23, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569..
• Sep 23, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-873.
• Added to calendar on Sep 17, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Sep 17, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Mar 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Mar 15, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Mar 15, 2007.

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