3.0.0 3447 2023-01-11T20:37:12Z 2023-01-11T20:37:12Z House H HR 2007-08-03 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-08-03T18:38:10Z Referred to 2007-08-03T13:10:10Z Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act 110 1777 S 2007-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2007-08-03 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-08-03 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-08-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-08-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 N C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2007-08-03 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-08-03 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2007-08-03 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2007-08-03 True S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 2007-08-03 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2007-08-03 True B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2007-08-03 True D000197 Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] DIANA DEGETTE D CO 1 2007-08-03 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2007-08-03 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-08-03 True H000762 Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] DARLENE HOOLEY D OR 5 2007-08-03 True C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2007-08-03 True L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2007-08-03 True Health Communication in medicine Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Consultants Department of Health and Human Services Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Employee selection Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Nominations for office Physicians Presidential appointments Public health Public health personnel Removal of officials Term limits Health 00 2007-08-03 Introduced in House 2007-11-26T19:44:45Z Surgeon General Independence Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add as requirements for appointment as Surgeon General that an individual be: (1) a licensed physician; and (2) nominated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Regular Corps to submit to the Secretary and the President a list of six qualified nominees to fill any vacancy in the Surgeon General position.

Prohibits an individual from serving more than three full terms as Surgeon General.

Allows the President to remove a Surgeon General during a term only for cause. Requires the Secretary to provide a written explanation of such a removal to the relevant congressional committees.

Directs the Surgeon General, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, to administer the Office of the Surgeon General, the Regular Corps, and the Reserve Corps.

Requires the Surgeon General to submit to the President an annual budget estimate for the Office of the Surgeon General, after reasonable opportunity for comment (but without change) by the Secretary.

Gives the Surgeon General authority to hire and terminate employees of and consultants to the Office of the Surgeon General without obtaining approval or clearance.

Directs the Surgeon General to: (1) issue reports, calls to action, and other communications on matters of importance to the health of the American people; and (2) submit to Congress and make publicly available an annual report on the state of the nation's health. Gives the Secretary the exclusive authority to disapprove the issuance of a report, call to action, or other communication proposed by the Surgeon General.

]]> Surgeon General Independence Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the independence of the Surgeon General from political interference. Introduced in House IH Display Title Surgeon General Independence Act Short Titles as Introduced Surgeon General Independence Act Introduced in House 2007-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3447ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3447ih.xml 2007-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.