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
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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