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S 4494 119th Congress

American Cures Act

A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research.

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Introduced May 12, 2026 Latest action May 12, 2026 Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Health
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Source: Congress.govUpdated 2026-09-17 22:10:30 UTC.

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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR S2239)

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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 forthe National Institutes of Health,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,the Department of Defense health program, andthe Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program.The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010 and the Senate PAYGO rule.

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