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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7538" measure-id="id118hr7538" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2024-03-05" update-date="2024-04-02">
        <title>National Public Health Act</title>
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            <action-date>2024-03-05</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>National Public Health Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to the impact of certain products on public health. Specifically, HHS must (1) contract with the National Academy of Medicine, or a similar entity, to develop a list of public health crises; (2) develop a list of products that have a specified fiscal impact on the national public health system; and (3) require manufacturers of such products to develop and implement a plan to mitigate the effects of the products on public health.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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