US Congress Senate Bill 3140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Biosecurity and Vaccine Development Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products to meet critical national needs in response to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens for which private industry has not devoted adequate development effort or has not produced adequate stocks of such biological products. Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is competition. Allows the Secretary to: (1) establish a public-private partnership to design, construct, own, and operate such a facility; and (2) use the authority to enter into other transactions under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to establish such a facility.

Biosecurity and Vaccine Development Improvement Act of 2010

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-18		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2010-03-18		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1751-1752)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3140/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3140/BILLS-111s3140is.pdf