HEALTH Act

HRES 1081, the HEALTH Act, is a procedural resolution proposing to amend House rules and establish a new standing Committee on Health. This committee would oversee biomedical research (including the FDA), public health (including the CDC), and non-veterans health care facilities, while adjusting the jurisdictions of the Education and Workforce and Energy and Commerce committees to remove overlapping responsibilities. The bill does not change health policy but restructures House committee assignments.