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S. 849: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016

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S. 849: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-24 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408. 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

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016

Plain summary

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve the collection of epidemiological and surveillance data on neurological diseases and conditions. HHS may provide support to public or nonprofit entities for such purpose. Collected data must be made available for biomedical research.

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Official text

Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · 27 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 849, Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016 (2016-07-21)

Cosponsors on this site

Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s849 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114