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H.R. 8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

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H.R. 8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-10-23 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-10-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

Plain summary

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. HHS shall also establish the Collaborative for Neurodegenerative Diseases, which shall support the development and regulatory approval of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.

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Official text

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · 278 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Don Bacon (R-NE), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Roger Marshall (R-KS), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jim Costa (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Mike Levin (D-CA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) and 218 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8662 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116