119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 12, 2026
American Cures Act
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Latest action (May 12, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S2239)
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (May 12, 2026)
American Cures Act
This bill permanently funds several federal agencies and programs that perform biomedical research.
The bill provides specified funding for
• the National Institutes of Health,
• the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
• the Department of Defense health program, and
Show the full summary (3 more paragraphs)Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S2239)
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$250,000
Spent on own lobbying
…to WIC Act; H.R. ____/S. ____, Support Through Loss Act; H.R. 6468/S. 5232, Rural Residency Planning and Development Act; H.R. _____/S. 4445, Right to IVF Act; S. 4494, maternal mortality review committees (general); Patient-physician relationship (general); Obstetrician-gynecologist workforce (general); Substance use disorde…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS · lobbying firm or registrant: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
S. 4494, the American Cures Act, All provisions.
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