HR 4689 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

National Alzheimer's Project Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2010 Originated House Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Latest action · Feb 25, 2010 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

IntroducedFeb 25, 2010
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Alzheimer's Project Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project to: (1) accelerate the development of treatments that would prevent, halt, or reverse the course of Alzheimer's; (2) create and maintain an integrated national plan to overcome Alzheimer's; (3) help to coordinate the health care and treatment of citizens with Alzheimer's; (4) ensure the inclusion of ethnic and racial populations that are at higher risk for Alzheimer's or that are least likely to receive care in clinical, research, and service efforts with the purpose of decreasing health disparities; (5) coordinate with international bodies to integrate and inform the fight against Alzheimer's globally; and (6) provide information and coordination of Alzheimer's research and services across all federal agencies.

Sets forth the duties of the Director of the Office, including to use discretionary authority to evaluate all federal programs concerning Alzheimer's.

Establishes in the Office an Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research and Treatment.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2010 to Dec 2, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Feb 25, 2010
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Mar 11, 2010
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 11, 2010
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 11, 2010
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 11, 2010
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Mar 11, 2010
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Mar 11, 2010
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Mar 11, 2010
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Mar 11, 2010
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Mar 11, 2010
D-AR	Mike Ross		Mar 11, 2010
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 11, 2010
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Mar 11, 2010
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 11, 2010
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 11, 2010
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 15, 2010
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Mar 15, 2010
D-GA	David Scott		Mar 15, 2010
D-PA	Kathleen A. Dahlkemper		Mar 15, 2010
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 15, 2010
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Mar 19, 2010
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 19, 2010
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 19, 2010
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 19, 2010
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 25, 2010
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Mar 25, 2010
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Mar 25, 2010
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 13, 2010
D-OK	Dan Boren		Apr 13, 2010
R-TN	David P. Roe		Apr 13, 2010
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 13, 2010
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Apr 13, 2010
D-CA	John Garamendi		Apr 13, 2010
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Apr 13, 2010
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 13, 2010
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 13, 2010
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Apr 15, 2010
D-TX	Gene Green		Apr 15, 2010
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Apr 15, 2010
R-IA	Tom Latham		Apr 15, 2010
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Apr 22, 2010
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 22, 2010
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Apr 22, 2010
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Apr 22, 2010
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Apr 26, 2010
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 29, 2010
R-MO	Sam Graves		Apr 29, 2010
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 29, 2010
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 6, 2010
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		May 6, 2010
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		May 6, 2010
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 6, 2010
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 18, 2010
D-OH	Betty Sutton		May 18, 2010
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 18, 2010
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		May 18, 2010
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		May 18, 2010
D-PA	Jason Altmire		May 24, 2010
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		May 24, 2010
D-AR	Vic Snyder		May 24, 2010
D-GA	Jim Marshall		May 27, 2010
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		May 27, 2010
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		May 27, 2010
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 27, 2010
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 24, 2010
D-GA	John Barrow		Jun 24, 2010
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 24, 2010
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jun 30, 2010
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jul 15, 2010
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jul 15, 2010
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 15, 2010
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Jul 15, 2010
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 15, 2010
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jul 21, 2010
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson		Jul 21, 2010
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 21, 2010
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 21, 2010
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 21, 2010
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Jul 21, 2010
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 22, 2010
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 22, 2010
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 27, 2010
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jul 27, 2010
D-FL	Ron Klein		Jul 28, 2010
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Jul 28, 2010
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Jul 30, 2010
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jul 30, 2010
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 30, 2010
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Aug 9, 2010
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Sep 15, 2010
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 15, 2010
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Sep 15, 2010
R-OK	John Sullivan		Sep 15, 2010
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 15, 2010
D-IL	Phil Hare		Sep 15, 2010
D-PA	Tim Holden		Sep 15, 2010
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Sep 15, 2010
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Sep 16, 2010
D-CA	Lois Capps		Sep 16, 2010
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 23, 2010
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Sep 23, 2010
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Sep 23, 2010
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Sep 29, 2010
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes		Sep 29, 2010
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Nov 18, 2010
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Nov 18, 2010
R-NY	Peter T. King		Nov 18, 2010
D-NY	Scott Murphy		Nov 18, 2010
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Nov 30, 2010
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Dec 2, 2010

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 Feb 25, 2010

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 25, 2010Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E249)
Feb 25, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E249	Edward J. Markey D-MA	Feb 25, 2010

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1555	Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act	Related bill	Jul 31, 2009
S 3036	National Alzheimer's Project Act	Identical bill	Jan 4, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Alzheimer's Project Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 25, 2010Introduced in House

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