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NAPA Reauthorization Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill extends the National Alzheimer's Project, which is a federal effort to address Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive decline. The bill updates the project's goals and changes when the project is scheduled to end.

Who It Affects

The bill affects: - The federal government agencies involved in the National Alzheimer's Project - People with Alzheimer's disease - Underserved populations and individuals with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome - Researchers studying Alzheimer's disease and dementia - The general public through public health and prevention efforts

Key Provisions

- The project now includes promotion of healthy aging and reduction of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (Sec. 2(a)) - The project will provide information about and promote adoption of healthy behaviors that may reduce the risk of cognitive decline and protect cognitive health (Sec. 2(a)) - The project's national plan must consider public and private sector collaboration (Sec. 2(b)) - The advisory council must include designees from the Department of Justice, Social Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and additional Department of Health and Human Services designees with expertise in Alzheimer's risk factors (Sec. 2(c)) - The advisory council must include at least one individual with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (Sec. 2(c)) - The project must conduct annual evaluations instead of an initial evaluation (Sec. 2(c)) - The project deadline extends to 2035 instead of 2025 (Sec. 2(c) and (e))

What Changes

The bill updates what the National Alzheimer's Project focuses on by adding healthy aging promotion and risk factor reduction. It expands the advisory council to include representatives from additional federal agencies and adds at least one council member who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The bill requires the project to produce annual evaluations and reports that include information about how the government identifies what conditions count as Alzheimer's disease. The deadline for the project extends ten years forward.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

IB Union Calendar No. 438 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 619 [Report No. 118–526] To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 30, 2023 Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Ms. WATERS) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce MAY 24, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. COLE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. ROSS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BLU- MENAUER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. TRONE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SCHNEI- DER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. MEUSER, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. BACON, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. POSEY, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. PELTOLA, Ms. MANNING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. SANTOS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. FROST, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. MOLINARO, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. OMAR, Mr. COSTA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. BERA, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. SORENSEN, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. BALINT, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BARR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 619 RH AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. NADLER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. WILD, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PORTER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. DUARTE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. LIEU, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. THOMP- SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. AMO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York MAY 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 30, 2023] A BILL To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 619 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NAPA Reauthorization 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT. 6 (a) PURPOSE OF PROJECT.—Section 2(c) of the Na- 7 tional Alzheimer’s Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225(c)) is 8 amended— 9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and coordina- 10 tion of’’ and inserting ‘‘on, and coordination of,’’; 11 (2) in paragraph (4)— 12 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 13 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec- 14 tively; and 15 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 16 as so redesignated, the following: 17 ‘‘(A) promotion of healthy aging and reduc- 18 tion and mitigation of risk factors for Alz- 19 heimer’s;’’; 20 (3) in paragraph (5)— 21 (A) by inserting ‘‘and other underserved 22 populations, including individuals with develop- 23 mental disabilities such as Down syndrome,’’ 24 after ‘‘populations’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 619 RH (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 1 semicolon; 2 (4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para- 3 graph (7); and 4 (5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(6) provide information on, and promote the 7 adoption of, healthy behaviors that may reduce the 8 risk of cognitive decline and promote and protect cog- 9 nitive health; and’’. 10 (b) NATIONAL PLAN.—Section 2(d)(2) of the National 11 Alzheimer’s Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225(d)(2)) is amend- 12 ed— 13 (1) by inserting ‘‘, across public and private sec- 14 tors,’’ after ‘‘Nation’s progress’’; and 15 (2) by inserting ‘‘, including consideration of 16 public-private collaborations, as appropriate’’ before 17 the period at the end. 18 (c) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 2(e) of the National 19 Alzheimer’s Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225(e)) is amended— 20 (1) in paragraph (2)— 21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the 22 end the following: 23 ‘‘(xi) A designee of the Department of 24 Justice. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 619 RH ‘‘(xii) A designee of the Social Security 1 Administration. 2 ‘‘(xiii) A designee of the Federal Emer- 3 gency Management Agency. 4 ‘‘(xiv) 2 or more other designees of the 5 Department of Health and Human Services, 6 at least one of whom has expertise in risk 7 factors associated with the development or 8 the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, as de- 9 termined by the Secretary of Health and 10 Human Services.’’; and 11 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 12 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 13 by striking ‘‘12’’ and inserting ‘‘14’’; 14 (ii) in clause (v)— 15 (I) by striking ‘‘2 researchers’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘3 researchers’’; and 17 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in- 18 serting ‘‘, including at least one re- 19 searcher with demonstrated experience 20 in recruitment and retention of under- 21 represented groups into research or 22 clinical trials related to dementia;’’; 23 (iii) in clause (vi), by striking the pe- 24 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 619 RH (iv) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(vii) 1 individual with a diagnosis of 2 Alzheimer’s disease.’’; 3 (2) in paragraph (5)— 4 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 5 (i) by striking ‘‘an initial evaluation’’ 6 and inserting ‘‘annual evaluations’’; and 7 (ii) by striking ‘‘research, clinical’’ 8 and inserting ‘‘research, risk reduction, 9 public health, clinical’’; 10 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘ini- 11 tial’’ and inserting ‘‘annual’’; 12 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 13 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 14 by striking ‘‘initial’’ and inserting ‘‘an- 15 nual’’; and 16 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and 17 reduce disparities’’ before the semicolon at 18 the end; and 19 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘an- 20 nually thereafter, an evaluation’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘annual evaluations’’; and 22 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in- 23 serting ‘‘2035’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 619 RH (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 2(g) of the National 1 Alzheimer’s Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225(g)) is amended— 2 (1) in paragraph (1)— 3 (A) by striking ‘‘that includes an evalua- 4 tion’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘that in- 5 cludes— 6 ‘‘(A) an evaluation’’; 7 (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), 8 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(B) a summary of the Secretary’s process 11 for identifying and updating what conditions 12 constitute Alzheimer’s disease;’’; and 13 (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and 14 reduce disparities’’ before the semicolon at the end. 15 (e) SUNSET.—Section 2(h) of the National Alzheimer’s 16 Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225(h)) is amended by striking 17 ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2035’’. 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 438 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 619 [Report No. 118–526] A BILL To extend the National Alzheimer’s Project. MAY 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:00 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H619.RH H619 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS

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