A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases.

Introduced

5 February 1981

Last action

9 February 1981 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6], Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32], Rep. Annunzio, Frank [D-IL-11], Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1], Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6], Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4], Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14], Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2], Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Rep. Grisham, Wayne R. [R-CA-33], Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4], Rep. Hinson, Jon C. [R-MS-4], Rep. Hollenbeck, Harold C. [R-NJ-9], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2], Rep. Kogovsek, Ray [D-CO-3], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15], Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6], Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3], Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15], Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11], Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1], Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18], Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Russo, Martin A. [D-IL-3], Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14], Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Whitley, Charles O., Sr. [D-NC-3]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026