Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-4331
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Ambulatory care
Animal diseases
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Birds
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Farm income
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Hospital care
Immigrant health
Immunology and vaccination
Influenza
International Affairs
International cooperation
Internet
Law
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Medically uninsured
Minorities
Minority health
Mortality
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pharmaceutical research
Poultry
Preventive medicine
Public health administration
Public-private partnerships
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Social Welfare
Standards
Storage
Technical assistance
Terrorism
Vaccines
Veterinary medicine
Volunteer workers
Wild animal trade
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: 
Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) a proposal related to establishing a Pandemic Fund for countries affected by pandemic influenza.
 
Establishes the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Policy Coordinating Committee to develop an Interagency Preparedness Plan.
 
Requires the Secretary to strengthen, expand, and coordinate domestic pandemic influenza preparedness activities.
 
Requires states to have an approved state preparedness plan as a condition of receiving funds related to bioterrorism from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the Administrator of HRSA, to integrate and coordinate public and private influenza surveillance activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) procure doses of antivirals and developed vaccines needed during pandemic influenza for the Strategic National Stockpile; and (2) assist other counties in preparation for, and response to, pandemic influenza. Allows the Secretary to provide vaccines, antiviral medications, and supplies from the Stockpile to foreign countries.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop and disseminate pandemic influenza training curricula for health professionals and non-medical volunteers.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of CDC to expand and intensify influenza research.
 
Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study topics related to the pandemic influenza.
 
Establishes the National Pandemic Influenza Economics Advisory Committee.
 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to expand and intensify efforts to prevent pandemic influenza.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House