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S.Amdt. 2689 to S. 578 — ALS Disability Insurance Access Act amendment
Federal · FAILED
Purpose
Proposed an amendment related to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.
Official summary
The official amendment record states that the amendment did not achieve 60 affirmative votes and was not agreed to by the Senate, 48–49.
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
- disability benefits, Other ALS-related policy
- Bill / act number
- S.Amdt. 2689 to S. 578
- Introduced
- 12-02-2020
- Last action
- 12-02-2020
- 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
- Sen. Chuck Grassley
Cosponsors
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Committees
- United States Senate
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
- Senate: not agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote 48–49 on 12-02-2020
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
Submitted and proposed in the Senate.
Not agreed to by the Senate, 48–49.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
Last verified source: Open verification source ↗
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