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HR 7041 110th Congress House Emergency Management Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Homeland security Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Research administration and funding Terrorism

Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act

Introduced: September 24, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
Sep 24, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 24, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland 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.
Sep 24, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to award such a grant only if the laboratory agrees to allow the Secretary and other relevant federal agencies to inspect laboratory facilities.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) activities undertaken to integrate the network of regional biocontainment laboratories with the laboratory response network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and (2) the extent to which additional Biosafety Level 3 laboratories are needed to fulfill the national's laboratory surge capacity needs.

What's happening now September 29, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2