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S 1555 111th Congress Senate Health Advisory bodies Aging Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Health promotion and preventive care Neurological disorders

Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act

Introduced: July 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act - Establishes in the Office of the President the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project to: (1) accelerate the development of treatments that would prevent, halt, or reverse the course of Alzheimer's; (2) create and maintain an integrated national plan to overcome Alzheimer's; (3) help to coordinate the health care and treatment of citizen's with Alzheimer's; (4) ensure the inclusion of ethnic and racial populations that are at higher risk for Alzheimer's or that are least likely to receive care in clinical, research, and service efforts with the purpose of decreasing health disparities; and (5) coordinate with international bodies to integrate and inform the fight against Alzheimer's globally.

Sets forth the duties of the Director of the Office, including to use discretionary authority to evaluate all federal programs around Alzheimer's.

Establishes in the Office an Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research and Treatment.

What's happening now July 31, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4689 Related bill National Alzheimer's Project Act
  • S 3036 Related bill National Alzheimer's Project Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 31, 2009
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 31, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1555: Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1555/
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"S. 1555: Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1555/.
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S. 1555, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1555/.
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