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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) a proposal related to establishing a Pandemic Fund for countries affected by pandemic influenza.</p> <p>Establishes the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Policy Coordinating Committee to develop an Interagency Preparedness Plan.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to strengthen, expand, and coordinate domestic pandemic influenza preparedness activities.</p> <p>Requires states to have an approved state preparedness plan as a condition of receiving funds related to bioterrorism from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). </p> <p>Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the Administrator of HRSA, to integrate and coordinate public and private influenza surveillance activities.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to: (1) procure doses of antivirals and developed vaccines needed during pandemic influenza for the Strategic National Stockpile; and (2) assist other counties in preparation for, and response to, pandemic influenza. Allows the Secretary to provide vaccines, antiviral medications, and supplies from the Stockpile to foreign countries.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to develop and disseminate pandemic influenza training curricula for health professionals and non-medical volunteers.</p> <p>Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of CDC to expand and intensify influenza research.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study topics related to the pandemic influenza.</p> <p>Establishes the National Pandemic Influenza Economics Advisory Committee.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to expand and intensify efforts to prevent pandemic influenza.</p>]]></text>
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