US Congress House Bill 1079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 23 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases; (2) establish the National PF Registry; and (3) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board.Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases that can be confused with, misdiagnosed as, and progress to pulmonary fibrosis.Requires the Secretary, in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Action Plan.Requires the Secretary to: (1) convene a summit of individuals with expertise in research and care of pulmonary fibrosis to provide a detailed overview of NIH research activities and discuss potential collaborations between NIH and other federal health agencies; and (2) make information about NIH activities relating to pulmonary fibrosis publicly available.

Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Blackburn, Marsha	Rep Brady, Kevin	Rep Burgess, Michael C.
Rep Hall, Ralph M.	Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M.	Rep Mack, Connie	Rep Smith, Adam
Rep Young, C.W. Bill	Rep Boozman, John	Rep Calvert, Ken	Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.
Rep Rogers, Mike D.	Rep Simpson, Michael K.	Rep Bono Mack, Mary	Rep Dreier, David
Rep Gallegly, Elton	Rep Inslee, Jay	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Tonko, Paul D.
Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Sestak, Joe	Rep Thompson, Bennie G.	Rep Tierney, John F.
Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Walz, Timothy J.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A.	Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln	Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario	Rep Griffith, Parker
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Murphy, Tim	Rep Platts, Todd Russell	Rep Taylor, Gene
Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H.	Rep Altmire, Jason	Rep Minnick, Walter
Rep Moran, Jerry	Rep Paulsen, Erik	Rep Schock, Aaron	Rep Shimkus, John
Rep Thompson, Glenn	Rep Upton, Fred	Rep Walden, Greg	Rep Wolf, Frank R.
Rep Franks, Trent	Rep Gingrey, Phil	Rep Goodlatte, Bob	Rep Harper, Gregg
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven	Rep Linder, John	Rep Pitts, Joseph R.	Rep Melancon, Charlie
Rep Matheson, Jim	Rep Markey, Betsy	Rep Bishop, Rob	Rep Blunt, Roy
Rep Bonner, Jo	Rep Boren, Dan	Rep Carney, Christopher P.	Rep Castle, Michael N.
Rep Chaffetz, Jason	Rep Deal, Nathan	Rep Ellsworth, Brad	Rep Emerson, Jo Ann
Rep Gerlach, Jim	Rep Hill, Baron P.	Rep Johnson, Timothy V.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep Latham, Tom	Rep LaTourette, Steven C.	Rep Scalise, Steve	Rep Ryan, Tim
Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Space, Zachary T.	Rep Stupak, Bart	Rep Sutton, Betty
Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Weiner, Anthony D.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Baca, Joe
Rep Baird, Brian	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Boccieri, John A.
Rep Butterfield, G. K.	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Christensen, Donna M.
Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.
Rep Gordon, Bart	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Barrow, John	Rep Boucher, Rick
Rep Braley, Bruce L.	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep DeGette, Diana
Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Green, Gene	Rep Harman, Jane	Rep Kilroy, Mary Jo
Rep Maffei, Daniel B.	Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.
Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Lewis, John	Rep Loebsack, David	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lynch, Stephen F.
Rep Marshall, Jim	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Moran, James P.
Rep Murphy, Patrick J.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Pingree, Chellie
Rep Price, David E.	Rep Reyes, Silvestre	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Larsen, Rick
Rep Langevin, James R.	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep Dicks, Norman D.
Rep Doyle, Michael F.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Filner, Bob
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hall, John J.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Hodes, Paul W.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.
Rep Kaptur, Marcy	Rep Kind, Ron	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-02-13		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB3703 (Related) 2010-08-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN01079:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1079ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr1079ih.pdf