US SB640 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1843-1844)
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1843-1844)
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
American Cures Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Diseases 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 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2016. 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.
Title
American Cures Act
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] |
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-03-15 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1843-1844) |
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
Medical research
Military medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care
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
Medical research
Military medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/640/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s640/BILLS-115s640is.pdf |