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H.R. 2620 (116th)

Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

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Introduced

9 May 2019

Last action

10 May 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1], Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7], Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 January 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program that provides for a partial federal guarantee of specified bonds, the sale of which shall finance promising translational vision-impairment research with private investment. The Government Accountability Office must study this program and consider whether similar programs should be established for other areas of biomedical research.

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Timeline

  1. 9 May 2019

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 May 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 May 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 10 May 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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