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HR 835 104th Congress House

Lupus Research Amendments of 1995

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for expanding and intensifying activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with respect to lupus.

Introduced: May 2, 1995 See on congress.gov
Health Autoimmune diseasesBlack womenClinical trialsDiseases
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 6, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Feb 6, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lupus Research Amendments of 1995 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to lupus.

Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate such activities with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, lupus, including research to determine the reasons underlying the elevated prevalence of the disease among African-American and other women.

Authorizes appropriations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1074 Identical bill Lupus Research Amendments of 1995
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 2
D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · May 1, 1996
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 22, 1996
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 15, 1996
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 6, 1996
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 25, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 25, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 2, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 2, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 2, 1995
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 24, 1995
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 24, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 835: Lupus Research Amendments of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-835/
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