HEALTH Act

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify operational details, funding, or staffing for the new committee.

HEALTH Act

The HEALTH Act establishes a new standing committee in the House of Representatives called the Committee on Health to handle healthcare-related issues.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new standing committee named the Committee on Health within the House of Representatives.
• Gives this new committee responsibility for biomedical research and development, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Assigns the Committee on Health oversight over health facilities, healthcare supported by general revenues, and public health issues like quarantine.
• Removes certain topics from other committees such as the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of Congress who will work in or with the new Committee on Health.
• Agencies involved in health, like the FDA and CDC.
• Other standing committees whose jurisdiction is changed by this act.

Terms To Know

standing committee

A permanent committee within Congress that handles specific areas of legislation.

jurisdiction

The area or type of issues a committee is responsible for handling.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify how the new Committee on Health will operate day-to-day.
• Does not provide details about funding or staffing for the new committee.
• The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Rules and its future is uncertain.

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

[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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