3.0.0 1777 2023-01-11T20:41:58Z 2023-01-11T20:41:58Z Senate S S 2007-07-12 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-12T19:16:35Z Surgeon General Independence Act 110 3447 HR 2007-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N Health Advice and consent of the Senate Congress Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Employee selection Federal employees Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Presidential appointments Public health personnel Public speaking Health 00 2007-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-03T19:15:21Z Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a nomination procedure for selection of the Surgeon General. Requires the Institute of Medicine to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the President a list of ten qualified nominees. Requires the Secretary to recommend one nominee from such list, or provide an explanation as to why each nominee is unsatisfactory.

Requires the Surgeon General to submit an annual budget estimate.

Authorizes the Surgeon General to: (1) submit a draft of a speech or report to the Secretary or any employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for comment and to issue, deliver, or release such speech or report notwithstanding any comment or objection of the Secretary or any such employee; and (2) directly hire staff without otherwise obtaining clearance or undergoing review as generally required within HHS.

Prohibits the censoring of any work product of the Surgeon General in any manner (except to comply with federal national security or privacy laws) by any federal entity or official for political reasons. Requires the Secretary to identify and separately label any supposed modifications to such a work product that the Surgeon General does not consent to accept.

]]> Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to restore the integrity to the office of the Surgeon General. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act Short Titles as Introduced Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act Introduced in Senate 2007-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1777is/xml/BILLS-110s1777is.xml 2007-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.