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H.R. 1708 (IH) - Affordable Prescription Drugs and Medical Inventions Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 107th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- May 3, 2001
- Action
- Mr. Brown of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Stark, Mr. Allen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Lee, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Baldacci, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. George Miller of California, and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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
- Bill Number
- H.R. 1708
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Affordable Prescription Drugs and Medical Inventions Act
- Full Title
- To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for compulsory licensing of certain patented inventions relating to health.
- Sponsors
- Sherrod Brown(OH)
- Cosponsors
- Marion Berry (AR); Fortney Pete Stark (CA); Thomas H. Allen (ME); Bernard Sanders (VT); David E. Bonior (MI); Barbara Lee (CA); Steven C. LaTourette (OH); Albert Russell Wynn (MD); James R. Langevin (RI); Danny K. Davis (IL); Thomas M. Barrett (WI); John Elias Baldacci (ME); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Gene Green (TX); Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH); Jerrold Nadler (NY); John Lewis (GA); George Miller (CA); Peter A. DeFazio (OR)
- Committees
- Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 5 U.S.C. 554
21 U.S.C. 355 and 360b
35 U.S.C. Chapter 14