US HR98 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 49-6)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Urges the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to: (1) give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data; and (2) avoid paternalistic policy decisions not grounded in hard science.

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Title

Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration should give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural sciences, physical sciences, and computing sciences.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-02-28HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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