HR 4035 105th Congress House

Drugs and Informed Consent Armed Forces Protection Act of 1998

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and title 10, United States Code, with respect to the administration to members of the Armed Forces of certai… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and title 10, United States Code, with respect to the administration to members of the Armed Forces of certain drugs without the informed consent of the members.

Introduced: July 27, 1998 See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedureDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug approvalsDrugs

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Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkHealthInformed consent (Medical law)LawMilitary medicinePharmaceutical researchScience, Technology, Communications

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Sep 15, 1998

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

Jun 29, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Jun 11, 1998

Referred to House National Security

Jun 11, 1998

Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on National Security, 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.

Jun 11, 1998

Referred to House Commerce

Jun 11, 1998

Introduced in House

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Latest action September 15, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drugs and Informed Consent Armed Forces Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that if the Secretary of Defense submits to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) a request to waive the requirement of prior informed consent with respect to the administration of a drug to members of the armed forces for investigational use, then any determination by the Secretary of Defense that obtaining such consent is not feasible or is contrary to the best interests of the members involved shall not be effective unless the President provides to the HHS Secretary a written statement concurring in that determination.

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Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 4

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health and Environment Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Military Personnel Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Armed Services Committee

Cosponsors 27

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Oct 9, 1998

Aderholt, Robert B.

Alabama · Oct 2, 1998

California · Oct 2, 1998

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 10, 1998

New York · Aug 7, 1998

Smith, Adam

Washington · Aug 7, 1998

BALLENGER, CASS

· Aug 3, 1998

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Aug 3, 1998

Mississippi · Aug 3, 1998

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Jul 27, 1998

California · Jul 27, 1998

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Jul 20, 1998

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Jul 14, 1998

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Jul 14, 1998

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Jul 14, 1998

Sessions, Pete

Texas · Jul 14, 1998

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Jun 11, 1998

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Jun 11, 1998

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Jun 11, 1998

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