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S. 1011 (110th): Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act of 2007

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A bill to change the name of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the National Institute on Diseases of Addiction and to change the name of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Joseph Biden

Sponsor. Senator for Delaware. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Aug 1, 2007
Length: 16 pages
Introduced
Mar 28, 2007
110th Congress (2007–2009)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on June 27, 2007, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote. Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Provisions of this bill also appear in:

S. 2484: A bill to rename the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 21, 2007. (compare text)
Cosponsors

4 Cosponsors (3 Democrats, 1 Republican)

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History

Mar 28, 2007
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Jun 27, 2007
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

S. 1011 (110th) 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 S. 1011. This is the one from the 110th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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