Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug therapyExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHearing, speech, and vision careInterest, dividends, interest ratesMedical researchPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSecuritiesUser charges and fees
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
USA116th CongressHR-2620| House
| Updated: 5/10/2019
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.
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug therapyExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHearing, speech, and vision careInterest, dividends, interest ratesMedical researchPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSecuritiesUser charges and fees