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HR 4075 113th Congress House

SPRINT Act

Official title: To provide funding to the National Institute of Mental Health to support suicide prevention and brain research, including funding for the Brain Research Throug… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide funding to the National Institute of Mental Health to support suicide prevention and brain research, including funding for the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

Introduced: March 4, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Department of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive care
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Medical researchMental healthNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Neurological disordersResearch administration and fundingRural conditions and development
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 25, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence associated with mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2035 Related bill SPRINT Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4
FATTAH, CHAKA
· Jul 10, 2014
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 17, 2014
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 25, 2014
Polis, Jared
· Mar 25, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· Mar 21, 2014
PASTOR, ED
· Mar 12, 2014
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 11, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 4, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4075: SPRINT Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4075/
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"H.R. 4075: SPRINT Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4075/.
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H.R. 4075, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4075/.
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[H.R. 4075: SPRINT Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4075/)
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