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This resolution would change the rules of the House of Representatives to create a new standing Committee on Health. The new committee would handle major health-related issues such as biomedical research, the Food and Drug Administration, public health, quarantine, health care facilities, and health programs paid for with general government funds. It would also shift some health-related work away from other committees so that health topics have a clearer home in the House.
- The new committee would cover biomedical research and development, including oversight of the Food and Drug Administration.
- It would also handle health care, health facilities, and health programs funded by general revenues, but not matters involving veterans’ hospitals or veterans’ medical care.
- Public health issues, including quarantine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would fall under the new committee.
- The resolution would also adjust the existing responsibilities of other House committees, including the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Official Summaries
House Endeavor to Accelerate a Legislative Transformation of Healthcare Act or the HEALTH Act
This resolution establishes the Committee on Health, a standing committee of the House of Representatives, and specifies the subjects within its jurisdiction.
The Committee on Health is responsible for all legislation and other matters relating to biomedical research and development (including the Food and Drug Administration); health, health facilities, and health care supported by general revenues (except veterans’ hospitals, medical care, and treatment); and public health and quarantine (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The resolution also removes these topics from the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 10 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 10
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a
Committee on Health as a standing committee of the House.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Davidson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Rules
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RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a
Committee on Health as a standing committee of the House.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ``House Endeavor to Accelerate
a Legislative Transformation of Healthcare Act'' or the ``HEALTH Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE ON HEALTH.
(a) In General.--Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (j) through (t) as
paragraphs (k) through (u); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (i) the following new
paragraph:
``(j) Committee on health.--
``(A) Biomedical research and development,
including the Food and Drug Administration.
``(B) Health, health facilities, and health care
supported by general revenues (except veterans'
hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans).
``(C) Public health and quarantine, including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments to Existing Jurisdiction of Standing
Committees.--
(1) Committee on education and the workforce.--Clause
1(e)(6) of such rule is amended by striking ``generally'' and
inserting ``generally (except health insurance programs)''.
(2) Committee on energy and commerce.--Clause 1(f) of such
rule is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (12);
and
(B) by redesignating the remaining subparagraphs
accordingly.
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