HR 4035
105th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Military medicine
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Drugs and Informed Consent Armed Forces Protection Act of 1998
Introduced: June 11, 1998
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Committees of jurisdiction
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