NIH IMPROVE Act

Lauren Underwood

Democrat · IL · Representative

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• Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Original· 2025-11-20
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)· 2026-04-15
• April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)· 2026-04-29
• Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2026-05-19

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.

2026-05-21

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The NIH IMPROVE Act would make changes to how the National Institutes of Health operates and conducts medical research, likely aiming to streamline operations or improve research funding processes. The bill would affect medical researchers, universities, hospitals, and patients who benefit from NIH-funded studies into diseases and treatments. The specific reforms would be determined as the bill moves through the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6238 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6238 To establish the IMPROVE Initiative within the National Institutes of Health. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Ms. Underwood (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the IMPROVE Initiative within the National Institutes of Health. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone'' or the ``NIH IMPROVE Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVE INITIATIVE. Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 409K. IMPROVE INITIATIVE. ``(a) In General.--The Director of NIH shall continue to carry out a program to improve maternal health outcomes, to be known as the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Initiative or the `IMPROVE Initiative' (referred to in this section as the `Initiative'). ``(b) Objectives.--The Initiative shall-- ``(1) advance research to-- ``(A) reduce preventable causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity; ``(B) reduce health disparities related to maternal health outcomes, including such disparities associated with populations with disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity relative to the national rate; and ``(C) improve health for pregnant and postpartum women before, during, and after pregnancy; ``(2) use an integrated approach to understand the factors, including biological, behavioral, and other factors, that affect maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by building an evidence base for improved outcomes in specific regions of the United States; and ``(3) target health disparities associated with maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity by-- ``(A) implementing and evaluating community-based interventions for disproportionately affected women; and ``(B) identifying risk factors and the underlying biological mechanisms associated with leading causes of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States. ``(c) Implementation.--The Director of NIH may award grants or enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions to carry out this section. ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $73,400,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031.''. <all>

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