EUREKA Act
Latest action · Apr 29, 2016 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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act or the EUREKA Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish EUREKA prize competitions to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and dementia prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care.
The NIH must: (1) convene an advisory council of nongovernmental experts in Alzheimer's disease and dementia to develop the EUREKA prize competitions, and (2) appoint a panel of judges to evaluate submissions. The council and panel are not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Support for EUREKA prize competitions may be provided by private organizations and individuals.Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2016 to Nov 16, 2016; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Apr 27, 2016 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Apr 27, 2016 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 13, 2016 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | May 16, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 18, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 19, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 19, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | May 23, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 24, 2016 | |
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 24, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 7, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 13, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jun 20, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 18, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Nov 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Nov 16, 2016 |
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 Apr 27, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 27, 2016Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E606)
- Apr 27, 2016Referred 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 · Extensions | Debate and remarks E606Lists H2066H.R. 5073–5087 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Apr 27, 2016 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 65, April 27, 2016, page H2066.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2067 | EUREKA Act | Identical bill | Sep 22, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish EUREKA Prize Competitions to accelerate discovery and development of disease-modifying, preventive, or curative treatments for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, to encourage efforts to enhance detection and diagnosis of such diseases, or to enhance the quality and efficiency of care of individuals with such diseases.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EUREKA Act
- Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Neurological disorders
- Research administration and funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2016Introduced 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.
