American Cures Act

Bill: 116-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Military medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

American Cures Act 

 
This bill requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits over FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. 
 
The bill also requires annual appropriations in FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in House