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American Cures Act

Introduced: March 24, 2021 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S1770-1771)
Mar 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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American Cures Act

This bill permanently funds several federal agencies and programs that perform biomedical research.

The bill provides specified funding for

  • the National Institutes of Health,
  • the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
  • the Department of Defense health program, and
  • the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program.

The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.

What's happening now March 24, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S1770-1771)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 962: American Cures Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-962/
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"S. 962: American Cures Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-962/.
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S. 962, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-962/.
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