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Microbicide Development Act

Introduced: November 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 7, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 21, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
Sep 21, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Microbicide Development Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of AIDS Research to: (1) expedite the implementation of the Federal strategic plan for the conduct and support of microbicide research; and (2) expand, intensify, and coordinate all activities with respect to research and development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to: (1) establish within the Division of AIDS an organizational unit to carry out microbicide research and development; and (2) assign priority to ensuring adequate funding and support for the integration of basic science and clinical research.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fully implement the CDC's topical microbicide agenda to support microbicide research and development.

Directs the head of the Office of HIV/AIDS of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop and implement a program to support the development of microbicides products and facilitate wide-scale availability of such products.

What's happening now October 7, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 15, 2006
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 29, 2006
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 14, 2006
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 12, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 13, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 14, 2006
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 15, 2006
LINDER, JOHN
· Nov 7, 2005
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2005
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 21, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 2005
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2005
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 21, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3854: Microbicide Development Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3854/
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