National Biomedical Research Act
Latest action · Dec 7, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedDec 7, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Biomedical Research Act
This bill establishes and makes deposits into the Biomedical Innovation Fund for initiatives at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration for advancing medical innovation, including by supporting (1) research for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; (2) research for diseases that disproportionally account for federal health care spending; (3) the development, review, and post-market surveillance of medical products; and (4) other innovative research.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 7, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Dec 7, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Dec 7, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Dec 7, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3161 | National Biomedical Research Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 8, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Biomedical Research Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aging
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Cancer
- Child health
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Education programs funding
- Environmental health
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Genetics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Immunology and vaccination
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Military medicine
- Minority health
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Neurological disorders
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Research administration and funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
