[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1346 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1346

   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

                             March 5, 2009

   Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
 Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Higgins, 
Mr. Olver, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Weiner, 
Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Baca, 
  Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Terry, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
 Markey of Massachusetts, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Lipinski, 
 Mr. Wu, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
   Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
Florida, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Meeks 
 of New York, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Rothman of New 
 Jersey, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
Boswell, Mr. Schiff, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Stark, Mr. Filner, 
 Mr. Rush, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. McNerney, 
  Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Eddie 
  Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Welch, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Hodes) 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 2009''.

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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