# 114-hr-5073: EUREKA Act

114-hr-5073, EUREKA Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5073
- Congress: 114
- Title: EUREKA Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-04-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 39
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer's Act or the EUREKA Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish EUREKA prize competitions to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and dementia prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. The NIH must: (1) convene an advisory council of nongovernmental experts in Alzheimer's disease and dementia to develop the EUREKA prize competitions, and (2) appoint a panel of judges to evaluate submissions. The council and panel are not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Support for EUREKA prize competitions may be provided by private organizations and individuals.

## Cosponsors (39)

- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN MICA (R-FL), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] (R-IL), 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2016-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2016-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5073 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5073)

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