3.0.0 975 2019-11-15T21:53:11Z 2023-01-12T12:48:59Z Senate S S 2005-04-28 109 2005-07-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Held a roundtable discussion of the bill. Committee 2005-07-21 sshr10 Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-210. Committee 2005-05-09 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97. Calendars 2005-04-29 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2005-04-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4590-4595) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2005-04-28 True B000953 Sen. 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Creates incentives for the development of countermeasures, including: (1) payments to manufacturers; (2) accelerated approval of countermeasures; (3) patent term restoration and extension; (4) exclusive marketing; (5) federal tax incentives; (6) reimbursements for production costs; (7) expedited processing of visa applications; (8) grants and contracts for the construction and management of biosafety level 3-4 facilities; and (9) grants and scholarships for personnel to conduct biodefense and infectious disease research.

Sets forth provisions regarding necessary research for countermeasure development, including research regarding: (1) diagnostics; (2) detection technology; (3) infectious diseases; (4) accurate animal models; (5) biologics; (6) vaccine adjuvants; (7) the production of cell culture; (8) vaccines; (9) zoonotic disease surveillance; and (10) agroterrorism research.

Bioshield Export Priority Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expedite the processing of requests to export restricted items necessary to procure countermeasures.

]]> Project BioShield II Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Project BioShield II Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill BioShield Export Priority Act Display Title Project BioShield II Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide incentives to increase research by private sector entities to develop medical countermeasures to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated with biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious disease outbreak, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-05-09T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2005-04-29T04:00:00Z 2005-07-21 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Held a roundtable discussion of the bill. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.