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HR 6421 115th Congress House

Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

Official title: To advance treatment and cures for blindness and other retinal conditions and to promote competitiveness in the United States through a pilot program to increa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To advance treatment and cures for blindness and other retinal conditions and to promote competitiveness in the United States through a pilot program to increase funding for translational research, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2018 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 18, 2018
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 Latest action July 18, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program through which vision impairment research projects are funded by specified bonds.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 7 Republican 4
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 13, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Oct 16, 2018
Bishop, Mike
· Sep 27, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 25, 2018
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Sep 20, 2018
Granger, Kay
· Sep 12, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 10, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 10, 2018
Rooney, Thomas
· Sep 4, 2018
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Aug 7, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 24, 2018
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Jul 24, 2018
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jul 18, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 18, 2018
UPTON, FRED
· Jul 18, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6421: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6421/
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"H.R. 6421: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6421/.
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H.R. 6421, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6421/.
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