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PACT Act of 2019

Introduced: October 30, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 26, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019 or the PACT Act of 2019

This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions. The consortium, chaired by the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, must develop priorities for the NIH to award research grants to early career pediatric researchers, including physician-scientists and researchers from underrepresented populations.

What's happening now September 27, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3023 Identical bill PACT Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 15 Republican 4
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 25, 2020
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 11, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· Feb 6, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jan 27, 2020
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Jan 2, 2020
Roe, David
· Nov 18, 2019
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Nov 18, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 13, 2019
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Nov 8, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Nov 8, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Oct 30, 2019
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 30, 2019
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 30, 2019
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Oct 28, 2019
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Oct 28, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· Oct 28, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Oct 22, 2019
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 16, 2019
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4519: PACT Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4519/
MLA
"H.R. 4519: PACT Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4519/.
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H.R. 4519, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4519/.
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[H.R. 4519: PACT Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4519/)
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