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HR 3827 112th Congress House Health Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Medical research Research administration and funding Research and development

To repeal the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and comparative effectiveness research funding.

Introduced: January 25, 2012 Introduced by: Guthrie, Brett Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2012
Introduced in House
Jan 25, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Internal Revenue Code, and rescinds all unobligated funds, that provide for the establishment and funding of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to identify priorities for, and establish, update, and carry out, a national comparative outcomes research project agenda, as well as that provide for the dissemination of the research findings published by the Institute and other government-funded research that are relevant to comparative clinical effectiveness research.

Rescinds all remaining unobligated balances available to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for purposes of comparative effectiveness research.

Requires the total amount rescinded by this Act to be deposited in the Treasury to pay down the national debt.

What's happening now February 1, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 1
WHITFIELD, EDWARD
· Feb 27, 2012
Kissell, Larry
· Feb 6, 2012
BARTON, JOE
· Jan 25, 2012
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 25, 2012
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jan 25, 2012
Rogers, Mike
· Jan 25, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3827: To repeal the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and comparative effectiveness research funding.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3827/
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