Lists Legislation introduced, considered in committee or approved on the floor in January in the 107th Congress. the list includes bill number, topic, primary sponsor, date of introduction, committee referral, and any committee or floor action.

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Senate Bills

S 463: Establishes a foreign HIV/AIDS Loan Assistance Program to encourage physicians to provide HIV/AIDS treatment and care in developing countries; authorizes the HHS Secretary to pay or defer up to $5,000 in loans during individual's time of service; Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); March 6; referred to HELP Committee.

S 523: Instructs the HHS Secretary to award grants to health centers for facility upgrades and expansions; Sen. Christopher Bond (R-Mo.); March 13; referred to HELP Committe.

S 534: Establishes a federal interagency task force to prevent outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and foot-and-mouth disease; Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.); March 13; referred to Governmental Affairs Committee.

S 598: Reissues the rule relating to ergonomics standards; Sen. John Breaux (D-La); March 22; referred to HELP Committee.

S 668: Amends the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all cats and dogs used by research facilities are obtained legally; Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii); March 30; referred to Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.

House Bills

HR 973: Establishes an NIH EPSCoR program to enhance competitive biomedical research in EPSCoR states; Rep. Erest Istook (R-Okla.); March 13; referred Energy and Commerce/Health Subcommittee.

HR 1144: Provides for $26.1 FY 2002 increase in federal research investment for cancer, Alzheimer's and expresses sense of House that research investment should be further increased for FY 2003 to 2006; Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.); March 21; referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

HR 1167: Amends the PHS Act to make progress toward eliminating tuberculosis; Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio); March 22; referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

HR 1168: Amends Foreign Assistance Act to provide increased foreign assistance for tuberculosis prevention, treatment and control; Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Calif.); March 22; referred to International Relations Committee.

HR 1185: Prenvents use of U.S. federal funds to undermine intellectual property law or policies of developing countries regulating HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technology if it promotes access to HIV/AIDS drugs by the country's population; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.); March 22; referred to International Relations Committee.

HR 1215: Ensures confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information; Rep. James Greenwood (R-Penn.); March 27; referred to Energy and Commerce and Judiciary Committees.

HR 1218: Provides for a African-American Health Initiative under which targeted demonstration projects are conducted for high-risk African-American populations. Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.); March 27; referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.

HR 1254: Establishes a program to reduce the incidence and prevalence of Lyme disease; Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.); March 27; referred to Agriculture, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce and Resources Committees.

HR 1269: Increases assistance to developing courntries with high levels of infectious disease and premature death, improving women and children's health and combating HIV/AIDS; Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.); March 28; referred to International Relations committee.

HR 1260: Prohibits the cloning of human beings; Rep. Brian Kerns (R-Ind.); March 28; Refrred to Judiciary Committee.

HR 1297: To expand, intensity and coordinate National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute research activities on pulmonary hypertansion; Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.): March 29; referred to Energy and Commerce Committee.