Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026
Passed both chambers: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed both chambers
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 104
- Latest action
- Sep 28, 2026
What it does
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises programs that support research and development of drugs and other therapies to address amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The bill reauthorizes grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for scientific research on investigational drugs to prevent or treat ALS for individuals not otherwise eligible for clinical trials, grants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for research and development of therapies to prevent and treat ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and a…
Official summary · Reported to House · Jul 9, 2026
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Mike Quigley
- Adam Smith
- Adelita Grijalva
- Alma Adams
- Analilia Mejia
- Andrew Garbarino
- Angie Craig
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brad Sherman
- Bradley Schneider
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Carol Miller
- Charles (Chuck) Edwards
- Chellie Pingree
- Danny Davis
- Darin LaHood
- David Joyce
- David Rouzer
- David Valadao
- Debbie Dingell
- Deborah Ross
- Don Bacon
- Donald Davis
- Doris Matsui
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Eric Sorensen
- Eugene Vindman
- George Latimer
- George Whitesides
- Glenn Thompson
- Greg Landsman
- Greg Stanton
- Gus Bilirakis
- Gwen Moore
- Herbert Conaway
- J. Correa
- Jahana Hayes
- Jake Auchincloss
- James Himes
- Janelle Bynum
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jason Crow
- Jay Obernolte
- Jeff Hurd
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Joe Wilson
- John Carter
- John Larson
- John Rutherford
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While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.