American Cures Act
- Last Action
- 5/6/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- 2019-05-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-04-30Referred 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.
- 2019-04-30Referred 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.
- 2019-04-30Referred 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.
- 2019-04-30Referred 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.
- 2019-04-30Introduced in House
- 2019-04-30Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-30 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (2)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Budget process
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disability and paralysis
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medical research
- Military medicine
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Research administration and funding
- Veterans' medical care
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