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H.R.4519 - Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019116th Congress (2019-2020)

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Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 09/26/2019)
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 09/27/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in House (09/26/2019)

Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019 or the PACT Act of 2019

This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions. The consortium, chaired by the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, must develop priorities for the NIH to award research grants to early career pediatric researchers, including physician-scientists and researchers from underrepresented populations.