H.R. 729: Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
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H.R. 729: Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-14 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
Plain summary
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from any sequestration ordered by the President for FY2013. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for FY2013 to lower the amount calculated for a sequestration by the amount for which NIH would have been reduced if it were not exempt from sequestration.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · 8 cosponsors
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Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr729.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr729 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113