A bill 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.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
106th Congress (1999–2000)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
21 Cosponsors (12 Republicans, 9 Democrats)
Position statements
History
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Aug 4, 1999
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Introduced
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Nov 19, 1999
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Passed Senate (House next)
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May 23, 2000
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Companion Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Oct 26, 2000
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Companion Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Oct 27, 2000
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Companion Bill —
House Agreed to Changes
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Nov 13, 2000
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Companion Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2498 (106th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1488 (106th). |
S. 1488 (106th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1488. 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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