Fighting Cancer in Children Act
Summary
Fighting Cancer in Children Act This bill makes funding available for research and related activities concerning pediatric cancer that are conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funds previously made available to the NIH Office of the Director. Specifically, the bill transfers unobligated funding from the NIH Office of the Director and merges it with other NIH funding for biorepositories of pediatric cancer specimens and research on pediatric cancer survivorship. The bill also rescinds additional funding that was provided to the NIH Office of the Director.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
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Introduced Sep 2, 2022
Last action Sep 2, 2022
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Sep 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Sep 2, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Ralph Norman
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