American Cures Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2016. The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1843-1844)
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1843-1844)
Health
AppropriationsBudget processCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Defense spendingDepartment of DefenseDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Veterans AffairsDisability and paralysisExecutive agency funding and structureMedical researchMilitary medicineNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Research administration and fundingVeterans' medical care
A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research.
USA115th CongressS-640| Senate
| Updated: 3/15/2017
American Cures Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2016. The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
AppropriationsBudget processCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Defense spendingDepartment of DefenseDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Veterans AffairsDisability and paralysisExecutive agency funding and structureMedical researchMilitary medicineNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Research administration and fundingVeterans' medical care