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House Bills - 108th Congress
Session I | Session II
H.R. 3756National Commission on Digestive Diseases
On February 3, 2004, Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced H.R. 3756, a bill to establish a
National Commission on Digestive Diseases. Provisions would require the Secretary of HHS, in
consultation with the Director of NIH, to establish a National Commission on Digestive Diseases. The
Commission would be required to be established within 60 days of enactment of the legislation. Among
its responsibilities, the Commission would be required to develop and recommend a long-range plan for
the use and organization of national resources to deal with digestive diseases, including research studies
into the basic biological processes and mechanisms, investigations related to the epidemiology, etiology,
diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of digestive diseases, and the conduct and subject matter
of clinical and translational research trials. The Commission would also be required to make
recommendations on estimated expenditures for each of the NIH research institutes that would be
involved in activities covered by the long-range plan. H.R. 3756 was referred to the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce.
Legislative Update (May 2004):
National Commission on Digestive Diseases
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