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PREEMIE Act

109-s707 — PREEMIE Act. Sponsored by Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]. Introduced 2005-04-05. Senate bill. 109th Congress.

109-s707 109th Congress Senate Became Public Law No: 109-450. Died in Committee
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PREEMIE Act

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Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Sponsor
Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (R), TN
Cosponsors
42 cosponsors
Introduced
2005-04-05
Committees
Energy and Commerce Committee; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Subjects
Access to health care; Agriculture and Food; Birth defects; Child development; Child health; Child nutrition; Communicable diseases; Communication in medicine; Community health services; Conferences; Congress; Congressional reporting requirements; Department of Health and Human Services; Disabled; Drug abuse; Economic research; Economics and Public Finance; Education; Epidemiology; Evaluation research (Social action programs); Executive reorganization; Families; Family services; Federal advisory bodies; Federal aid to child health services; Federal aid to research; Fetus; Government Operations and Politics; Governmental investigations; Health counseling; Health education; Health surveys; Higher education; Infant mortality; Infants; Low birth weight; Maternal health services; Medical education; Medical research; Medical screening; Medical technology; Medical tests; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Nutrition; Obstetrics; Performance measurement; Planning; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Preventive medicine; Public health; Quality of care; Quality of life; Reproduction; Research centers; Science, Technology, Communications; Smoking; Social Welfare; Stress (Psychology); Technology assessment; Women; Women's health

Bill Activity

House
Referred in House
2006-08-02
House Floor Vote
2006-12-09
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Engrossed Amendment House
2006-12-09
Senate
Introduced in Senate
2005-04-05
Committee
2006-06-28
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee
2006-07-31
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-298.
Committee
2006-08-01
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Committee
2006-08-02
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
2006-12-09
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 H9304-9306; text of measure as referred in House: CR 12/8/2006 H9304-9305)
Engrossed in Senate
2006-08-01
Senate Floor Vote
2006-08-01
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8550-8551)
President
President
2006-12-20
Presented to President.
Became Law
2006-12-22
Became Public Law No: 109-450.
Enrolled Bill
2006-12-14
Public Law
2006-12-23

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  1. 1
    Introduced

    A member files the bill in the House or Senate.

  2. 2
    Committee Review

    Referred to committee for hearings, markup, and a vote to advance it.

  3. 3
    Floor Vote

    The full chamber debates and votes on passage.

  4. 4
    Second Chamber

    If passed, it repeats committee review and a floor vote in the other chamber.

  5. 5
    Resolve Differences

    If the chambers pass different versions, a conference reconciles them.

  6. 6
    Sent to President

    The reconciled bill is enrolled and delivered to the White House.

  7. 7
    Signed or Vetoed

    Becomes law with a signature, or automatically after 10 days.

    ✓ Becomes Law ✗ Vetoed
    Stalled here

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