US Congress House Bill 610 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-7)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to issue bonds to aid in the funding of Alzheimer's research in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Declares that the bonds authorized under this Act shall be in such form and denominations, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions of issue, conversion, redemption, maturation, payment, and rate of interest, as the Secretary may prescribe. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress describing the actions taken by the Secretaries during the year, with the first such report describing the implementation of the program and subsquent reports describing the use of funds and the status of the program. Authorizes appropriations to the Director of NIH for research on Alzheimer's research equal to the amounts received by the Secretary from the sale of bonds under this Act, less amounts determined by the Secretary to be necessary for administration of such sales. Expresses the sense of Congress that any funds collected pursuant to this Act are in addition to yearly appropriated funds and are not to be used to supplement current funding.

Making Investments Now for Dementia Act of 2011

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-10	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-10	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-02-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/610/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr610/BILLS-112hr610ih.pdf