3.0.0 6801 2023-01-11T13:41:33Z 2023-01-11T13:41:33Z House HR 2018-09-13 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. VARGAS:H R. 6801.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:(1) to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises,to pay the debts and provide for the common defense andgeneral welfare of the United States; but all duties, impostsand excises shall be uniform throughout the United States, asenumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S.Constitution;(2) To borrow money on the credit of the United States, asenumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2 of the U.S.Constitution;(3) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumeratedin Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution;(4) To promote the progress of science and useful arts, bysecuring for limited times to authors and inventors theexclusive right to their respective writings and discoveriesas enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S.Constitution;(5) to make all laws necessary and proper for executingpowers vested by the Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause18 of the United States Constitution.[Page H8726]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-09-13T14:05:25Z 2018-09-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-09-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-09-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 N R000583 Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] Thomas Rooney R FL J. 17 2018-09-13 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2018-09-13 True Health Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research administration and funding Research and development Health 00 2018-09-13 Introduced in House 2019-08-20T20:32:00Z Rare Disease Fund Act of 2018 or the RaD Fund Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to organize the Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to purchase rights to, fund the development of, and sell ownership interests in drugs, biological products, and medical devices for rare diseases.

]]> RaD Fund Act of 2018 Display Title RaD Fund Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To establish a Rare Disease Therapeutics Corporation to encourage the development of high-risk, high-return therapies for rare diseases, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced RaD Fund Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced Rare Disease Fund Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6801ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6801ih.xml 2018-09-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.