HR 3263 United States House · 117th Congress

DHS Medical Countermeasures Act

Summary

DHS Medical Countermeasures Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readiness and protection for DHS employees and working animals in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support DHS mission continuity. The Chief Medical Officer of DHS shall (1) provide programmatic oversight of the program, (2) establish a medical countermeasures working group, and (3) develop and submit to DHS an integrated logistics support plan for medical countermeasures.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2021

Committee Review

Jul 2021

House Passage

Jul 2021

Senate Passage

President

Introduced May 17, 2021 Last action Jul 21, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jul 21, 2021

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

upper

Jul 20, 2021

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3728)

lower

Jul 20, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294.(consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3728)

lower

Jun 1, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-49.

lower

May 18, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

May 18, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.

lower

May 18, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

lower

May 17, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

lower

May 17, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors