[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6381 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6381

   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
    liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

   Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
Hinchey, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
Stupak, Ms. Solis, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Welch of 
 Vermont, Ms. Castor, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Markey, 
 Mr. Allen, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Ross, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Rush, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Sutton, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Baca, Mr. Berman, 
   Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Stark, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Coble, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Terry, Ms. 
   Hirono, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Higgins, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
Sarbanes, Mr. Filner, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Wu, 
 Mr. Melancon, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGovern, and 
 Mr. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
    liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Device Safety Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. LIABILITY UNDER STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS RESPECTING 
              DEVICES.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 521 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 360k) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) No Effect on Liability Under State Law.--Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action for 
damages or the liability of any person under the law of any State.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall--
            (1) take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
        Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (Public Law 94-295); and
            (2) apply to any civil action pending or filed on or after 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
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