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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3820" measure-id="id118hr3820" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-06-05" update-date="2024-06-11">
        <title>To amend the Public Health Service Act to strike the requirement that the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr3820v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-06-11">
            <action-date>2023-06-05</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill eliminates the requirement for the Senate to confirm the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The&nbsp;requirement was enacted in 2022 and is currently scheduled to become effective on January 20, 2025.)</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->]]></summary-text>
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