HR 729
113th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
Introduced: February 14, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Feb 14, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E157)
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from any sequestration ordered by the President for FY2013.
Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for FY2013 to lower the amount calculated for a sequestration by the amount for which NIH would have been reduced if it were not exempt from sequestration.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Committees of jurisdiction
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