- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Feb 20, 2025
What it does
The NIH Reform Act would replace the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with three separate institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Diseases. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish these new institutes, reassign their respective research purposes, transfer existing authorities from NIAID to the new institutes, and require Senate-confirmed presidential appointments for each institute’s director with five-year terms. It also includes transition provisions to ensure an orderly shift of authority and updates all references in federal law to…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.