To amend the Public Health Service Act to strike the requirement that the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
HR 3820 would remove the requirement that the CDC Director be appointed "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" under the Public Health Service Act. This change directly affects the appointment process for the CDC Director, shifting it from a Senate-confirmed position to one appointed solely by the President. The key mechanism is amending Section 305(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242c(a)) to delete the Senate confirmation language. This bill focuses solely on altering the appointment authority for the CDC Director, with no other substantive policy changes described in the provided text.
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Introduction
Jun 2023
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Introduced Jun 5, 2023
Last action Jun 9, 2023
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Jun 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 5, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jun 5, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Frank Pallone, Jr.
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