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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act

Introduced: June 27, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 27, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand activities addressing inflammatory bowel disease, emphasizing genetic, animal model, and clinical research.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a national program of prevention and epidemiology concerning such disease, addressing its prevalence and public and professional awareness.

Directs the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science to study public and private insurance standards for coverage of inflammatory bowel therapies.

Directs the General Accounting Office to study problems inflammatory bowel disease patients have applying for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

What's happening now July 16, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2562 Identical bill Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 13, 2002
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Nov 13, 2002
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 21, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 21, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 9, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 4, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 18, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5031: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5031/
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"H.R. 5031: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5031/.
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H.R. 5031, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5031/.
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