United States · Bill · S
S. 859 (108th)
Microbicide Development Act of 2003
Introduced
10 April 2003
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5183-5185)
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Summary
Microbicide Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of AIDS Research to expedite the development of a Federal strategic plan for the conduct and support of microbicide research. Requires the Director of such office to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of all appropriate institutes and components of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on the development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish within the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program of the Division of AIDS in the Institute, a branch charged with carrying out microbicide research and development. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fully implement the Centers' five-year topical microbicide agenda to support microbicide research and development. Directs the Office of HIV/AIDS of the Agency for International Development, in conjunction with other offices within AID, to fully implement AID's microbicide agenda to support the development of microbicides, and facilitate wide-scale introduction once microbicide products are available.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 April 2003
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 April 2003
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 10 April 2003
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/859
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/859