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108TH CONGRESS REPT 108-147
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PROJECT BIOSHIELD ACT OF 2003
JUNE 10, 2003.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. TAUZIN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2122]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2122) to enhance research, development, procure-
ment, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public
health threats affecting national security, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary .......................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Consideration ...................................................................................... 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 3
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 3
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ..................................................................................... 3
Congressional Budget Office Estimate .................................................................. 3
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 13
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 13
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 13
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 13
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 13
Com m ittee Correspondence .................................................................................... 20
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 21
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
The purpose of the Project BioShield Act of 2003 is to provide the
Secretary of Health and Human Services with greater authority
and flexibility to facilitate the research and development of bio-
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