Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act
Latest action · Jul 11, 2001 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 3, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2001 to Jul 17, 2001; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| D-ME | John Elias Baldacci | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Apr 3, 2001 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 1, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 1, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | May 8, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | May 21, 2001 | |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | May 22, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 24, 2001 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 24, 2001 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 7, 2001 | |
| R-WA | George R. Nethercutt Jr. | Jun 7, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jun 7, 2001 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jun 7, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Jun 7, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Jun 13, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 19, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jun 21, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jun 25, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 17, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 17, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2001 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 3, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2001Markup Jul 11, 2001Reported Jul 11, 2001 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2001Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 11, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Apr 25, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Apr 3, 2001Introduced in House
- Apr 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-32 | ADVANCING THE HEALTH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: ADDRESSING VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS78 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 27, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate that part or all of any income tax refund be paid over for use in biomedical research conducted through the National Institutes of Health.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Checkoff
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to medical research
- Gifts
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Income tax
- Medical research
- Personal income tax
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax refunds
- Tax returns
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
