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S. 2035: SPRINT Act

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S. 2035: SPRINT Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-24 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-02-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

SPRINT Act

Plain summary

Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence in mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · 1 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s2035 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113