PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Became Public Law No: 117-101.
Congressional Research Service
Version 49 · Public Law · Mar 15, 2022
Supporting the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Act
This bill increases the amount of funds each fiscal year that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must transfer to the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA and that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must transfer to the Foundation for the NIH.
Specifically, it requires each agency to increase the amount transferred to its respective foundation (1) from a minimum of $500,000 to a minimum of $1,250,000, and (2) from a maximum of $1,250,000 to a maximum of $5,000,000.
People & committees
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D–NM
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Became Public Law No: 117-101.
Became Public Law No: 117-101.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1159)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1159)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1662.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1159-1160)
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4793; text: CR S4793)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S4793; text: CR S4793)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Dec 5, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.1662 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.1662 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.1662 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.1662 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.