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HR 2436 114th Congress House Health Aging Child health Department of Health and Human Services Government information and archives Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research administration and funding

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects.

Introduced: May 19, 2015 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 19, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 19, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to convene a workshop within 180 days of enactment of this Act on appropriate age groupings and age exclusions in human research. Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the workshop, the NIH must publish guidelines addressing consideration of age in human research.

The NIH must publish the number of children included in NIH research disaggregated by age group, race, and gender.
What's happening now May 22, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2436: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2436/
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"H.R. 2436: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2436/.
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H.R. 2436, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2436/.
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[H.R. 2436: To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to appropriate age groupings to be included in research studies involving human subjects.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2436/)
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