# 116-hr-7057: U.C.S. ME/CFS Act

116-hr-7057, U.C.S. ME/CFS Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7057
- Congress: 116
- Title: U.C.S. ME/CFS Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-05-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 51
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Understanding COVID-19 Subsets and ME/CFS Act or the U.C.S. ME/CFS Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to support research on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome among COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) patients and survivors. This is a serious, chronic, and multisystem disease associated with survivors of viral infections. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services may carry out a public awareness campaign about post-viral chronic neuroimmune diseases.

## Cosponsors (51)

- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26] (D-FL), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] (D-FL), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-7057 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7057)

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