Federal · 119th Congress
American Cures Act
Policy areaHealth
Summary
This bill permanently funds several federal agencies and programs that perform biomedical research.
The bill provides specified funding for
the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010 and the Senate PAYGO rule.
Sponsor
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Other titles2
A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research.Official Title as Introduced
American Cures ActShort Title(s) as Introduced
Legislative history1
May 12, 2026
SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S2239)