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S 1944 116th Congress Senate Health Appropriations Government trust funds Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care

Public Health Funding Restoration Act

Introduced: June 24, 2019 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 24, 2019
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Public Health Funding Restoration Act

This bill increases annual funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). (The PPHF assets are distributed to various agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) conduct community and clinical prevention initiatives, (2) research and track public health threats, (3) develop the public health infrastructure, and (4) other initiatives.)

What's happening now June 24, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3447 Identical bill Public Health Funding Restoration Act
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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jun 23, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jun 24, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 24, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 24, 2019
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 24, 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Jun 24, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1944: Public Health Funding Restoration Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1944/
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