To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.
Sponsor and status
Clifford “Cliff” Stearns
Sponsor. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. Republican.
106th Congress (1999–2000)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Nov 13, 2000
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on November 13, 2000.
133 Cosponsors (79 Democrats, 53 Republicans, 1 Independent)
History
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Jul 13, 1999
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Introduced
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Nov 19, 1999
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Companion Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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May 17, 2000
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Ordered Reported
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May 23, 2000
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Oct 26, 2000
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made.
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Oct 27, 2000
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House Agreed to Changes
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Oct 27, 2000
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed the Senate with an Amendment. |
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Nov 13, 2000
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Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 2498 (106th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2498. This is the one from the 106th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 106th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 15, 2000. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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