3.0.0 1089 2023-01-11T20:02:42Z 2023-01-11T20:02:42Z House H HR 2007-02-15 110 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-23T16:32:37Z Referred to 2007-02-15T15:03:30Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-16T20:21:45Z Referred to 2007-02-15T15:03:35Z 2007-02-23 hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. Committee 2007-02-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2007-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E363-364) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2007-02-15 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2007-02-15 True K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2007-02-15 True D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 2007-02-15 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2007-02-15 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-02-15 True D000136 Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] THOMAS DAVIS R VA M. 11 2007-02-15 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-02-15 True D000604 Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] Charles Dent R PA W. 15 2007-02-15 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2007-02-15 True D000606 Rep. Davis, David [R-TN-1] David Davis R TN 1 2007-02-15 True L000321 Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7] JOHN LINDER R GA 7 2007-02-15 True M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-08-01 False Emergency Management Antibiotics Authorization Biological warfare Chemical warfare Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency medicine Government Operations and Politics Health Nuclear terrorism Public health Risk Terrorism Vaccines Emergency Management 00 2007-02-15 Introduced in House 2007-05-02T18:13:45Z Project Bioshield Material Threats Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to utilize existing risk assessments to assess current and emerging threats of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents and determine which of such agents present a material threat against the U.S. population sufficient to affect national security. Requires the Secretary to group such assessments to facilitate assessments by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the availability and appropriateness of specific countermeasures to address more than one such agent or address adverse health consequences that are common to exposure to different agents. Requires the Secretary to complete assessments by December 31, 2007, for those agents known to the Secretary by the date of enactment of this Act that are capable of significantly affecting national security and to submit the results to Congress.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize appropriations through FY2009 for the Secretary to carry out such terror threat assessments. Authorizes additional appropriations to enable the Secretary to meet the deadlines established under this Act.

]]> Project BioShield Material Threats Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to improve and expedite the assessment and determination of current and emerging chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material threats, to group such agents to facilitate the assessment and acquisition of countermeasures that would address more than one of such agents or adverse health consequences common to exposure to different agents, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Project BioShield Material Threats Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Project BioShield Material Threats Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1089ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1089ih.xml 2007-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. 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.