ACCORD Act

Bill: 118-s-2622
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-07-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Accountability for the CDC, improving Congressional Oversight, and Ratification of its Director Act or the ACCORD Act</strong></p><p>This bill specifies that the person serving as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 19, 2025, is subject to the requirement that the Director be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, effective January 20, 2025. (Current law specifies that appointment to the position of CDC Director requires Senate confirmation beginning on January 20, 2025.)</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2622 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2023 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To clarify the application of the appointment and confirmation requirements for the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability for the CDC, improving Congressional Oversight, and Ratification of its Director Act or the ACCORD Act . 2. Appointment and confirmation of the Director of the CDC Section 2101(b) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–328 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is in place on the day before such effective date shall be subject to the appointment requirements of such section 305(a), effective January 20, 2025. .