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House Bill 2401
116th Congress(2019-2020)
American Cures Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Apr 30, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Apr 30, 2019
Latest Action
May 6, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2401
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Lauren Underwood
Illinois
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Connecticut
Democrat
Bill Foster
Illinois
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

American Cures Act

This bill requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits over FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program.

The bill also requires annual appropriations in FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019.

The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
April 30, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Apr 30, 2019
Introduced in Senate
9
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1250
American Cures Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (5)
05/06/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
05/01/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
05/01/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
04/30/2019
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
04/30/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:19:38 PM
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