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Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020

Introduced: April 23, 2020 Introduced by: Beyer, Donald S. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Apr 23, 2020
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Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020

This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), to conduct a prize competition for institutions of higher education in order to incentivize research on point-of-care testing that is capable of detecting current or past infection with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and meets other specified criteria. The NIST must assist the NIH with the development of certain validation protocols and standards for the testing.

What's happening now April 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6924 Related bill At-Home Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Harder, Josh
California · Jun 4, 2020
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Babin, Brian
Texas · May 12, 2020
Gonzalez, Anthony
· May 8, 2020
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · May 8, 2020
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 5, 2020
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Carson, André
Indiana · May 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6600: Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6600/
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"H.R. 6600: Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6600/.
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H.R. 6600, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6600/.
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