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HR 777 114th Congress House Health Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Economic performance and conditions Executive agency funding and structure Health programs administration and funding Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research administration and funding

Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2015

Introduced: February 5, 2015 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 5, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Appropriations, 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.
Feb 5, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for FY2016-FY2025:

  • for FY2016, $32 billion; and
  • for each fiscal year from FY2017-FY2025, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year, adjusted by any percentage increase in nominal gross domestic product during the preceding calendar year.

The bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add NIH to the list of programs and activities exempt from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

What's happening now February 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 13, 2015
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Feb 5, 2015
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Feb 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 777: Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-777/
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