Medical Research for Our Troops Act
Sponsored By: Representative Carson
Introduced
Summary
This bill would increase Defense Health Agency medical research funding. It also would require that Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program funds follow prior appropriations guidance and priorities.
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Bill Overview
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More medical research for service members
This bill would add more money for military medical research. It would raise Defense Health Agency RDT&E funding from about $40.4 billion to about $41.6 billion (about $1.18 billion more). The change would take effect as if it were in the 2025 full-year funding law. Money for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs would be used the same way as in the 2024 appropriations plan. The Secretary of Defense would have to support all listed research projects and follow the funding priorities on pages 311–314 to keep programs running.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carson
IN • D
Cosponsors
Auchincloss
MA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Neal
MA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 6/20/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/4/2026
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