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HR 1750 · in committee · significant

HEARD Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill funds grants and programs at the Department of Health and Human Services to research and treat rare diseases in racial and ethnic minority populations.
  • Affected parties include health schools, tribal health centers, medical students, and minority communities with rare disease burdens.
  • The bill establishes new federal grant programs, scholarships, and research coordination initiatives without specifying a total cost or sunset date.

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    How should Congress decide between funding rare disease research for underserved populations versus other competing health priorities?

  2. 02

    What evidence shows that current rare disease research gaps disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities compared to other populations?

  3. 03

    Without a specified budget cap or expiration date, how should these new grant programs be evaluated for effectiveness and continued funding?

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Sponsor · D-WA-10

Marilyn Strickland

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Introduced 2025-02-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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