H.R. 4499 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4499 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2019Ms. Barragán (for herself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, and Mr. Lewis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that the authority of the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies with respect to both current and former centers of excellence, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2019. 2. Research endowments at both current and former centers of excellence Paragraph (1) of section 464z–3(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285t(h)) is amended to read as follows: (1) In general The Director of the Institute may carry out a program to facilitate minority health disparities research and other health disparities research by providing for research endowments— (A) at current or former centers of excellence under section 736; and (B) at current or former centers of excellence under section 464z–4. .