Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
- Last Action
- 5/10/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-05-09Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2019-05-09Introduced in House
- 2019-05-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-09 (00)
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program that provides for a partial federal guarantee of specified bonds, the sale of which shall finance promising translational vision-impairment research with private investment. The Government Accountability Office must study this program and consider whether similar programs should be established for other areas of biomedical research.
Cosponsors (20)
- Cathy Rodgers (R-WA)
- Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Pete Olson (R-TX)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug therapy
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Medical research
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
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