Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
Latest action · Feb 3, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a national program of prevention and epidemiology concerning such disease, addressing its prevalence and public and professional awareness.
Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science to study public and private insurance standards for coverage of inflammatory bowel therapies.
Directs the General Accounting Office to study problems inflammatory bowel disease patients have applying for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.
Cosponsors 183
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2003 to Oct 8, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jan 29, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 19, 2003 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Mar 19, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Mar 24, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Mar 25, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 25, 2003 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 25, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| R-WA | George R. Nethercutt Jr. | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | May 1, 2003 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | May 1, 2003 | |
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | May 7, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 7, 2003 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | May 7, 2003 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 8, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 13, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 22, 2003 | |
| D-OK | Brad Carson | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| R-NY | Jack Quinn | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Jun 9, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Richard W. Pombo | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| R-CO | Joel Hefley | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Ernie Fletcher | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Sep 11, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 11, 2003 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Sep 11, 2003 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Sep 11, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 11, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Randy (Duke) Cunningham | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Oct 30, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jan 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jan 21, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jan 21, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Feb 6, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Feb 6, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Mar 9, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 16, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Mar 16, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Apr 1, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Apr 1, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Apr 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 21, 2004 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Apr 21, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 21, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 4, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | May 4, 2004 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | May 4, 2004 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | May 4, 2004 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 12, 2004 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | May 12, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 18, 2004 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Jun 1, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jun 1, 2004 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Jun 17, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jun 17, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 17, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Jun 17, 2004 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jun 23, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jun 23, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 7, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | Jul 7, 2004 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Jul 8, 2004 | |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 20, 2004 | |
| R-FL | Porter J. Goss | Jul 21, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 9, 2004 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Sep 22, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Oct 8, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 108-94 | ASSESSING DIGESTIVE DISEASES RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES43 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 8, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 491 | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act | Identical bill | Feb 27, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand research regarding inflammatory bowel disease, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- Ambulatory care
- Animals
- Clinical trials
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive diseases
- Drug therapy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Environmental Protection
- Environmentally induced diseases
- Epidemiology
- Federal aid to research
- Genetic research
- Genetics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Laboratory animals
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical supplies
- Medicare
- Nutrition
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Ulcers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2003Introduced 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.