HOUSE 321116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Recognizing the historic, cultural, and religious significance of the festival of Vaisakhi, and for other purposes.

Last Action: 4/15/2019

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2019-01-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-08Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-01-08Introduced in House
2019-01-08Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-08 (00)

Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act

This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis.

The consortium must

award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO;
assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and
designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

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