[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2101 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2101

To provide for an earlier effective date for the requirement of Senate 
  confirmation of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
                              Prevention.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2023

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Braun) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for an earlier effective date for the requirement of Senate 
  confirmation of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
                              Prevention.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CDC Accountability Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR 
              DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

    Section 2101(b) of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, 
Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (Public Law 117-328) is amended 
by striking ``January 20, 2025'' and inserting ``the date of enactment 
of the CDC Accountability Act of 2023''.
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