National Arthritis Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
National Arthritis Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases constitute major health problems and that the development of methods for their diagnosis and treatment deserve the highest national priority. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, and specifies the composition of the Commission. Requires the Commission to survey Federal, State, and local programs relating to arthritis to assess the adequacy and coordination of such programs. Requires the Commission to formulate a long-range plan for the organization of national resources to combat arthritis. States that the Arthritis Plan shall provide a comprehensive program for the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and plans for Federal, State, and local programs, including specified activities and research. Requires the Commission to prepare an estimate of necessary expenditures for each of the National Institutes of Health to be affected by the Arthritis Plan, which shall be submitted to Congress for comparison with the amounts requested for each fiscal year. Directs the Commission to publish the Arthritis Plan within 210 days of the date on which funds are first appropriated and provides that the Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after the submission of the Plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. Directs the Secretary to establish an Arthritis Coordinating Committee, to be composed of representatives of Federal departments and agencies involved in research, health services, and rehabilitation programs affecting arthritis. Requires the Committee to submit a report of its work to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health: (1) to make grants to public and non-profit private entities for projects for the development and demonstration of methods for arthritis screening, detection, prevention and referral; and (2) to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank for the collection of data useful in the screening, prevention, and early detection of arthritis. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these duties $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Allows the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health, to provide for the development, modernization, and operation of centers for arthritis research, screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, control, and the rehabilitation of arthritis victims. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires that not less than 20 percent of the funds for each year be used for the purpose of establishing new centers.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on December 11, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 11, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
PAUL ROGERS (D-FL) introduced it on December 11, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on December 11, 1974, 18901 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18901 days ago, on December 11, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers