Policies / Policy record
H.R. 8662 — Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
Federal · DIED / SESSION ENDED
Purpose
Proposed federal grants and programs for ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative disease research, development, and access to investigational drugs.
Official summary
The official record shows introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; it did not become law in that Congress.
ALS and gene-carrier relevance
This record directly references ALS research, access, benefits, or related infrastructure. The official source controls the legal scope.
Policy scope and insurance types
- Policy scope
- Not stated
- Genetic policy scope
- Not stated
- Insurance types affected
- Not stated
- Policy type
- Bill
- Record type
- Current Bill
- Time status
- Current
- Verification
- Verified
- Discovered from
- Official Legislature
- Status detail
- Not stated
- Companion bills
- Not stated
- Derived from bill
- Not stated
- Codified as
- Not stated
Jurisdiction and session
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 116th Congress (2019–2020)
- Topics
- ALS research funding, clinical-trial access, Expanded Access, drug approval/access
- Bill / act number
- H.R. 8662
- Introduced
- 10-23-2020
- Last action
- 10-23-2020
- Passed House / Assembly
- Not stated
- Passed Senate
- Not stated
- Governor action
- Not stated
- Approved / enacted
- Not stated
- Effective
- Not stated
- Vetoed
- Not stated
Sponsors, cosponsors, and committees
Sponsors
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Cosponsors
- 278 cosponsors listed on the official record
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified organization support
No verified organization support recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified opposition
No verified organization opposition recorded in this policy snapshot.
Historical timeline
Introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
116th Congress ended; the bill was not enacted.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
Last verified source: Open verification source ↗
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