[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 872--A bill to establish rules governing product liability 
    actions against raw materials and bulk component suppliers to 
    medical device manufacturers, and for other purposes; to the 
    Committees on the Judiciary; Commerce, for a period to be 
    subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
    consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction 
    of the committee concerned.


By Mr. GEKAS (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Burr of North 
Carolina, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. English 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. 
Gutknecht, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hayworth, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kind of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Luther, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
Ramstad, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
Stump, and Mr. Vento), H700 [27FE]

  Cosponsors added, H1040 [17MR], H1262 [20MR], H1707 [17AP], H2680 
  [14MY], H3274 [3JN], H3720 [11JN], H3924 [18JN], H5177 [11JY], H7119 
  [9SE], H8320 [2OC], H9559 [24OC]