To ensure that a fair percentage of Federal cancer research funds are dedicated to pediatric cancer research.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the President to ensure that the share of federal cancer research funding devoted to pediatric cancer research matches the share of the U.S. population under age 18.
Who Benefits and How
Pediatric cancer research programs and families seeking more research attention to childhood cancer could gain a guaranteed funding floor tied to the child share of the population.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal cancer research funding would have less allocation flexibility, and non-pediatric research programs could receive a smaller share of the overall cancer research budget.
Key Provisions
- Requires a pediatric cancer research funding percentage for fiscal year 2026 and each subsequent fiscal year.
- Ties that percentage to the ratio of U.S. residents under age 18 to the total population.
- Uses Bureau of the Census population figures from the preceding fiscal year to calculate the share.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the President to ensure that the share of federal cancer research funding devoted to pediatric cancer research matches the share of the U.S. population under age 18.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Science & Space, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the President to ensure that the share of federal cancer research funding devoted to pediatric cancer research matches the share of the U.S. population under age 18.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Pediatric cancer research programs and families seeking more federal research emphasis on childhood cancer
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Non-pediatric cancer research programs that may receive a smaller share of total federal cancer research funds
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Non-pediatric cancer research programs that could lose budget share under the earmark, Pediatric cancer researchers and institutions receiving a protected share of federal cancer research funding
Positive-direction: Pediatric cancer researchers and institutions receiving a protected share of federal cancer research funding
Negative-direction: Non-pediatric cancer research programs that could lose budget share under the earmark
Families and children affected by pediatric cancer who could benefit from more research focus
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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