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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4203 

To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 12, 2022 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. WARNER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

MORAN, and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

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)— 


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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 dis12 ease;’’; 

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

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (D) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

16 paragraph (7); and 

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

18 following: 

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

20 adoption of, healthy behaviors that may reduce the 

21 risk of cognitive decline and promote and protect 

22 cognitive health; and’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘, across public and pri25 vate sectors,’’ after ‘‘Nation’s progress’’; and 


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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.’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) in clause (v)— 

18 (aa) by striking ‘‘2 research19 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘3 research20 ers’’; and 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘, including at least one 

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1 tention of diverse cohorts of trial 

2 participants;’’; 

3 (II) in clause (vi), by striking the 

4 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (III) by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

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

8 Alzheimer’s disease.’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘an initial evalua12 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘annual evalua13 tions’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘research, clin15 ical’’ and inserting ‘‘research, risk re16 duction, public health, clinical’’; 

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

18 ‘‘initial’’; 

19 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

20 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

21 (i), by striking ‘‘initial’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘and reduce disparities’’ before the 

24 semicolon; and 


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

2 ‘‘annually thereafter, an evaluation’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘annual evaluations’’; and 

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

5 and inserting ‘‘2035’’; 

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

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

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

9 inserting ‘‘2035’’. 

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