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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2015 [S.1883] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer to improve the understanding of these cancers and of the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2020 and revised to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6138) on 07/29/2015

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1695] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Social Security ] [Disabilities ] [Immigration ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Poverty ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Blunt. With Written Report No. 114-74. on 06/25/2015

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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [S.1645] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Native American Affairs ] [Mining ] [Agriculture ] [Animals ] [Air Quality ] [Science ] [Arts and Culture ] [Healthcare ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Murkowski. With Written Report No. 114-70. on 06/23/2015

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Congratulating the National Institute of Nursing Research on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary. [HR-470] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Congratulating the National Institute of Nursing Research on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary. Congratulates the National Institute of Nursing Research on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. Commends the Institute for its ongoing support of nursing research.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Kelly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/09/2015

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Celebrating 25 years of success from the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health. [HR-458] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Human Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Celebrating 25 years of success from the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health. Commends the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its work over the past 25 years to improve and save the lives of women worldwide. Expresses that the ORWH must remain intact for this and future generations. Recognizes that there remain striking sex and gender differences among many diseases and conditions on which the ORWH should continue to focus. Encourages the ORWH to continue (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the National Institutes of Health should encourage a global pediatric clinical trial network, and for other purposes. [HCR-46] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [International ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the National Institutes of Health should encourage a global pediatric clinical trial network, and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that: the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should encourage a global pediatric clinical trial network through the allocation of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to supplement the salaries of new and early investigators who participate in it; NIH grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements should be awarded to participating entities, solely for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Pitts Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/15/2015

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Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2015 [HB-777] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for FY2016-FY2025: for FY2016, $32 billion; and for each fiscal year from FY2017-FY2025, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year, adjusted by any percentage increase in nominal gross domestic product during the preceding calendar year. The bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add NIH to the list of programs (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/06/2015

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Medical Innovation Act of 2015 [HB-744] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Public Health ]
Medical Innovation Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a settlement agreement in the previous five years with a federal agency regarding specified violations must pay 1% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for each of its covered (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/06/2015

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21st Century Cures Act [HB-6] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
21st Century Cures Act (Sec. 2) The NIH and Cures Innovation Fund is established and funds are appropriated: (1) for biomedical research, including high-risk, high-reward research and research conducted by early stage investigators; (2) to develop and implement a strategic plan for biomedical research; and (3) to carry out specified provisions of this Act. TITLE I--DISCOVERY Subtitle A--National Institutes of Health Funding (Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through FY2018. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2015

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5926] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Social Security ] [Pensions ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Disabilities ] [Senior Citizens ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2017 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, the Job Corps, Community Service Employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-699, By Mr. Cole. on 07/22/2016

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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5538] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Arts and Culture ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Mining ] [Air Quality ] [Animals ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Science ] [Recreation ] [National Security ]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 587. on 09/06/2016

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5325] [Defense ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Public Health ] [National Security ] [Funding ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the emergency amounts and transmitting the designations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Graves Presented To President. on 09/29/2016

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Accelerating Biomedical Research Act [HB-531] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 01/26/2015

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Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-5243] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [International ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Budget and Spending ]
Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Provides appropriations to HHS for: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus, domestically and internationally; the National Institutes of Health for the preclinical and clinical development of vaccines for the Zika virus; and the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund within the Office of the Secretary to develop necessary countermeasures and vaccines to respond to the Zika virus, domestically (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Young Received In The Senate. on 05/26/2016

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EUREKA Act Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act [HB-5073] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Mental Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
EUREKA Act Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish EUREKA prize competitions to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and dementia prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. The NIH must: (1) convene an advisory council of nongovernmental experts in Alzheimer's disease and dementia to develop the EUREKA prize competitions, and (2) appoint a panel of judges to evaluate submissions. The council (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/29/2016

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Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus. [HB-5044] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Science ] [Budget and Spending ] [Disaster Relief ]
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus. This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases. The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits. The bill provides appropriations to HHS for: the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 06/21/2016

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Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act [HB-4447] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act This bill provides FY2016 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address heroin and opioid drug abuse. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. For DOJ, the bill provides funds for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs. For HHS, the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Introduced In House on 02/03/2016

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Comprehensive Behavioral Health Reform and Recovery Act of 2016 [HB-4435] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Reform and Recovery Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2016

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RaD Fund Act Rare Disease Fund Act [HB-3731] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Science ] [Public Health ]
RaD Fund Act Rare Disease Fund Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to organize the Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to purchase rights to, fund the development of, and sell ownership interests in drugs, biological products, and medical devices for rare diseases. The NIH must sell stock in the corporation to investors as soon as practicable. The corporation and the NIH may enter into an agreement under which the NIH maintains an ownership interest in the corporation in exchange for providing the corporation with intellectual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Rooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/16/2015

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U.S.-Israel Global Neuroscience Partnership Act [HB-3717] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Science ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Grants ]
U.S.-Israel Global Neuroscience Partnership Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities for U.S.-Israel cooperative neuroscience research and related technological innovation. The programs shall be carried out through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The bill establishes in NIH a U.S.-Israel Neuroscience Advisory Committee. The grant program and the Committee are terminated seven years after (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chaka Fattah Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/09/2015

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