Drug Export Bill
Executive Summary
Senate Labor & Human Resources Cmte. has rescheduled for Nov. 7 a mark-up session to consider Chairman Hatch's (R-Utah) export legislation and Sen. Hawkins' (R-Fla.) Vaccine Compensation Bill (S 827). The mark-up has been postponed twice. Hatch has been fine-tuning his bill (S 1770) to attract broad sponsorship, and particularly the support of Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Prponents of the measure hope that a new revised bill will be introduced, with Kennedy as a co-sponsor, before Nov. 7.