United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1138 (108th)
Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention, and Care Act of 2003
Introduced
6 March 2003
Last action
17 March 2003 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention, and Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the purposes of the National Institute on Aging by making Alzheimer's disease research a priority. Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) undertake an Alzheimer's Disease Prevention Initiative, including accelerating the discovery of new risk and protective factors, rapidly identifying therapies and preventive interventions, and implementing effective prevention and treatment strategies; (2) conduct and support cooperative clinical research regarding Alzheimer's; and (3) conduct, or make grants to conduct, research concerning early detection and diagnosis, the relationship between Alzheimer's and vascular disease, and interventions designed to help caregivers. Authorizes the Director to establish a National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center to facilitate collaboration among Alzheimer's Disease Centers and Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through FY 2008.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
6 March 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 March 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 6 March 2003 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 March 2003
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 March 2003
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 March 2003
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Sponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1138
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1138
- us · 108-hr-1138 · source updated 18 August 2025