I 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 619 

To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2023 

Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Ms. WATERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NAPA Reauthorization 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROJECT. 

7 Section 2 of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 11225) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)— 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
2 

•HR 619 IH

1 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and co2 ordination of’’ and inserting ‘‘on, and coordina3 tion of,’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

6 (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and 

7 (C), respectively; and 

8 (ii) by inserting before subparagraph 

9 (B), as so redesignated, the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) promotion of healthy aging and re11 duction of risk factors for Alzheimer’s;’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

13 and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (D) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

15 paragraph (7); and 

16 (E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(6) provide information on, and promote the 

19 adoption of, healthy behaviors that may reduce the 

20 risk of cognitive decline and promote and protect 

21 cognitive health; and’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘, across public and pri24 vate sectors,’’ after ‘‘Nation’s progress’’; and 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
3 

•HR 619 IH

1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including consideration 

2 of public-private collaborations, as appropriate’’ 

3 before the period; 

4 (3) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(xi) A designee of the Department of 

9 Justice. 

10 ‘‘(xii) A designee of the Federal 

11 Emergency Management Agency. 

12 ‘‘(xiii) A designee of the Social Secu13 rity Administration. 

14 ‘‘(xiv) A designee of the Office of 

15 Management and Budget. 

16 ‘‘(xv) 1 or more other designees of the 

17 Department of Health and Human Serv18 ices, as determined by the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services.’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

22 (i), by striking ‘‘12’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘14’’; 

24 (II) in clause (v)— 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
4 

•HR 619 IH

1 (aa) by striking ‘‘2 research2 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘3 research3 ers’’; and 

4 (bb) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘, including at least one 

6 researcher with demonstrated ex7 perience in recruitment and re8 tention of diverse cohorts of clin9 ical trial participants;’’; 

10 (III) in clause (vi), by striking 

11 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (IV) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(vii) an individual with a diagnosis of 

15 Alzheimer’s disease.’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘an initial evalua19 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘annual evalua20 tions’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘research, clin22 ical’’ and inserting ‘‘research, risk re23 duction, public health, clinical’’; 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

25 ‘‘initial’’; 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
5 

•HR 619 IH

1 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

2 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

3 (i), by striking ‘‘initial’’; and 

4 (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 

5 ‘‘and reduce disparities’’ before the 

6 semicolon; and 

7 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

8 ‘‘annually thereafter, an evaluation’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘annual evaluations’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘2035’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (g)(3)(A)(ii), by inserting 

13 ‘‘and reduce disparities’’ before the semicolon; and 

14 (5) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘2035’’. 

Æ 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB