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H.R. 1591: CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013

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H.R. 1591: CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013

Plain summary

Charles August Long Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013 or CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases patient network. Includes among the purposes of the CAL Network to: (1) provide physicians who are handling cases of undiagnosed diseases with a means to search for similar cases and to network and collaborate with physicians handling similar cases, (2) better enable and examine cross-disease research, (3) better describe the types and prevalence of cases of undiagnosed diseases in the United States, and (4) provide such data necessary to better understand the length of time for a diagnosis to be rendered and to identify barriers to diagnoses and reasons for misdiagnosis of diseases. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, public or private nonprofit entities for: (1) the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on cases of undiagnosed diseases and other disorders that can often go undiagnosed or be misdiagnosed as other diseases or disorders; and (2) the establishment of separate undiagnosed disease programs.

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Official text

CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] · 13 cosponsors

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Austin Scott (R-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1591 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113