US Congress House Bill 2276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on June 22 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to: (1) study ways to provide independent, confirming genetic diagnostic test activity where gene patents and exclusive licensing for primary genetic diagnostic tests exist; and (2) report the findings to Congress within nine months along with recommendations for establishing the availability of such independent confirming genetic diagnostic test activity. Defines “confirming genetic diagnostic test activity” as the performance of a genetic diagnostic test, by a genetic diagnostic test provider, on an individual solely for the purpose of providing the individual with an independent confirmation of results obtained from another test provider’s prior performance of the test on the individual.

To require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a study on effective ways to provide confirming genetic diagnostic test activity where gene patents and exclusive licensing exist, and for other purposes.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
2011-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-22	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-22	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB1249 (Related) 2011-09-16 - Became Public Law No: 112-29.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2276/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2276/BILLS-112hr2276ih.pdf