HR 1897 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011

Introduced May 13, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Christopher H. Smith R-NJ

Latest action · May 23, 2011 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.

IntroducedMay 13, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and focus all Alzheimer's research activities of NIH, which shall include: (1) the establishment of a strategic Alzheimer's research plan to expedite therapeutic outcomes for individuals with or at risk for Alzheimer's; and (2) the provision of budget estimates, without regard to the probability that such amounts will be appropriated, of the amounts required to carry out the strategic plan.

Requires NIH to make available contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements to facilitate partnerships between public and private entities to execute the Alzheimer's research plan, support the development of diagnostic technologies and protocols, and develop and diffuse data sharing practices.

Expands the Alzheimer's Disease Center program to include translational research and research into outcome measures.

Cosponsors 135

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2011 to Dec 11, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	May 13, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	May 13, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	May 13, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 25, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		May 25, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 25, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 25, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		May 25, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		May 25, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		May 25, 2011
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		May 25, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross		May 25, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 25, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Jun 2, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Jun 2, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 2, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 2, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jun 2, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 2, 2011
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 14, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jun 14, 2011
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Jun 14, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 14, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jun 14, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jun 22, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jun 22, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Jun 22, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 22, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 22, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jun 22, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jun 22, 2011
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jun 24, 2011
D-OR	David Wu		Jun 24, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 24, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jun 24, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 6, 2011
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 6, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jul 6, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Jul 6, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Jul 6, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jul 6, 2011
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 6, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 6, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jul 6, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 8, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jul 13, 2011
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 13, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 20, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jul 25, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jul 25, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jul 25, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 29, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Aug 26, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Aug 26, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Sep 7, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Sep 7, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 7, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 7, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Sep 7, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 12, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Sep 12, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Sep 15, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 14, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Oct 14, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Oct 14, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 26, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Oct 26, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps		Nov 16, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Nov 16, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Nov 16, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Nov 16, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Nov 18, 2011
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Nov 18, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Nov 18, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Dec 1, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Dec 1, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Dec 5, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 7, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Dec 7, 2011
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Dec 7, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Dec 7, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating		Dec 7, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Dec 13, 2011
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Dec 13, 2011
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Dec 13, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Dec 14, 2011
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Dec 16, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Dec 19, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jan 17, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jan 25, 2012
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jan 25, 2012
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jan 25, 2012
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Jan 25, 2012
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jan 25, 2012
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jan 25, 2012
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jan 31, 2012
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jan 31, 2012
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jan 31, 2012
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jan 31, 2012
R-IA	Tom Latham		Feb 2, 2012
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Feb 9, 2012
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Feb 9, 2012
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 1, 2012
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Mar 29, 2012
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 29, 2012
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Mar 29, 2012
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 29, 2012
R-MD	Andy Harris		Apr 16, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 16, 2012
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Apr 16, 2012
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 16, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 16, 2012
D-CT	James A. Himes		Apr 19, 2012
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 19, 2012
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Apr 24, 2012
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Apr 24, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Apr 24, 2012
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Apr 27, 2012
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 27, 2012
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 27, 2012
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 7, 2012
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		May 7, 2012
R-IL	Judy Biggert		May 7, 2012
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		May 30, 2012
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		May 30, 2012
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		May 30, 2012
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jun 29, 2012
R-ND	Rick Berg		Aug 2, 2012
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Aug 2, 2012
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Aug 7, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Sep 19, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis		Oct 12, 2012
R-PA	Tom Marino		Nov 15, 2012
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 11, 2012
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Dec 11, 2012

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 May 13, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred May 23, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 13, 2011Introduced in House
May 13, 2011Referred 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
House	Debate and remarks H7919	Erik Paulsen R-MN	Nov 29, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill is based is Congress's power under Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3302.

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. 112-96	GLOBAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT THE DEVASTATING HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE106 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 23, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Short Titles as Introduced: Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 13, 2011Introduced in House

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