Senate Bills - 108th Congress

S. 859—Microbicides Development Act of 2003

On April 10, 2003, Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) introduced S. 859, the Microbicides Development Act of 2003. Provisions would require the NIH Office of AIDS Research to 1) expedite the development and implementation of a Federal microbicide research strategic plan; 2) expand, intensify and coordinate the relevant activities of appropriate NIH research components; and 3) prepare and submit, within one year of enactment and biannually thereafter, a report to Congress on Federal microbicide research implementation strategies. S. 859 also would require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectius Diseases to establish a microbicide development branch within the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program of its Division of AIDS. S. 859 was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Legislative Update (April 2003): Microbicide Development Act of 2003