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Introduced
06/05/2023
06/05/2023
In Committee
06/09/2023
06/09/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To establish a program at BARDA for developing medical countermeasures for viral threats with pandemic potential.
AI Summary
This bill, the Disease X Act of 2023, establishes a program at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop medical countermeasures for viral threats with pandemic potential. Specifically, it amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize BARDA to identify and develop platform manufacturing technologies for advanced development and manufacturing of medical countermeasures for viral families with significant pandemic potential, as well as to conduct advanced research and development of flexible medical countermeasures against priority respiratory virus families and other respiratory viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic. The bill also adds "priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic" as an area for BARDA's activities related to advanced research and development of medical countermeasures.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (6)
Lori Trahan (D)*,
Michael Burgess (R),
Dan Crenshaw (R),
Lizzie Fletcher (D),
Mike Garcia (R),
Susie Lee (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 06/09/2023)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3832/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr3832/BILLS-118hr3832ih.pdf |
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