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<title>H.R. 7077, The QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_7077.html</link>
<description> H.R. 7077 would amend title XIX of the Social Security System to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program....
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-379, The QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-379.html</link>
<description> S. 3560 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program....
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3549, The QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3549.html</link>
<description> S. 3549 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program....
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-316, The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.79</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-316.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6432 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program....
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2526, The Worker Infection Protection Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2526.html</link>
<description> S. 2526 would protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza....
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2525, The MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2525.html</link>
<description> S. 2525 would prevent health care facility-acquired infections....
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4200, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4200.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4200 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2351, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2351.html</link>
<description> S. 2351 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for medical research related to developing qualified infectious disease products....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508372.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508372.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-85, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.21</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-85.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3580 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2900, The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $76.91</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2900.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2900 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, and it would enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs....
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1082, The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $72.91</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1082.html</link>
<description> S. 1082 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions....
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1088, The Lower PRICED Drugs Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1088.html</link>
<description> S. 1088 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to market exclusivity for certain drugs....
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1496, The Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1496.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1496 would provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and medical device companies to invest in research and development with respect to antibiotic drugs, antivirals, diagnostic tests, and vaccines that may be used to identify, treat, or prevent serious and life-threatening infectious diseases....
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1148, The Safe Food Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1148.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1148 would establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination....
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1089, The Project BioShield Material Threats Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1089.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1089 would amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to improve and expedite the assessment and determination of current and emerging chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material threats, and it would group such agents to facilitate the assessment and acquisition of countermeasures that would address more than one of such agents or adverse health consequences common to exposure to different agents....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 654, The Safe Food Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_654.html</link>
<description> S. 654 would establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 549, The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_549.html</link>
<description> S. 549 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases....
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 962, The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_962.html</link>
<description> H.R. 962 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases....
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5533, The Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $3.09</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_5533.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5533 would create an office at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) called the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). BARDA would oversee advanced research and development of products to defend against bioterrorism and pandemic influenza. The bill also would establish the National Biodefense Science Board, an advisory group that would provide scientific guidance to HHS on issues involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. Additiona...
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5647, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3827.74</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_5647.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5647 spends money for the operations and activities of the Department of Education; the Department of Health and Human Services (except the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry); the Food and Drug Administration; for Indian Health Services and Facilities; the National Institute of Environmental Sciences (formerly EPA/Superfund)); the Department of Labor; and related agencies: the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, the Corporation for National ...
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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