Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S2239)
Summary
The bill authorizes specific annual appropriations for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health research program, and the Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program from fiscal year 2027 through 2037, with future years adjusted for inflation. It also shields these funds from automatic spending cuts (sequestration) and excludes them from PAYGO accounting. The measure aims to boost the nation’s biomedical research capacity.
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