HR 5198
106th Congress
House
Health
Academic medical centers
Administrative procedure
Child health
Child welfare
Clinical trials
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to medical education
Federal aid to medical research
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Human experimentation in medicine
Income tax
Informed consent (Medical law)
Children's Research Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 18, 2000
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Children's Research Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review regulations concerning the protection of children participating as subjects in research and implement any modifications necessary to ensure their protection; (2) require that all such research conducted, supported, or regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services complies with such regulations; (3) award grants to qualified academic research institutions and research networks to provide training in pediatric clinical pharmacology; (4) establish a pediatric research loan repayment program under which pediatricians agree to conduct pediatric research in return for the Government repaying up to $35,000 of their educational loans; and (5) establish a loan forgiveness program under which qualified health care professionals conduct research into childhood diseases in return for the Government repaying up to $35,000 of their educational loans.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5198: Children's Research Protection Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5198/
"H.R. 5198: Children's Research Protection Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5198/.
H.R. 5198, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5198/.
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