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HR 2620 116th 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: May 9, 2019 Introduced by: Bishop, Sanford D. Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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May 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 9, 2019
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 Latest action May 10, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program that provides for a partial federal guarantee of specified bonds, the sale of which shall finance promising translational vision-impairment research with private investment. The Government Accountability Office must study this program and consider whether similar programs should be established for other areas of biomedical research.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 9 Republican 4
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Feb 11, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Oct 29, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 30, 2019
RUSH, BOBBY
· Aug 30, 2019
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Aug 30, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Aug 9, 2019
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Aug 9, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 10, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jul 9, 2019
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Jul 9, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 12, 2019
ENGEL, ELIOT
· May 22, 2019
Olson, Pete
· May 22, 2019
Marchant, Kenny
· May 14, 2019
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · May 9, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 9, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 9, 2019
O'Halleran, Tom
· May 9, 2019
Rodgers, Cathy
· May 9, 2019
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · May 9, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2620: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2620/
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"H.R. 2620: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2620/.
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H.R. 2620, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2620/.
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[H.R. 2620: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2620/)
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