HEART Foundation Act

This bill would direct the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to set up a nonprofit corporation called the Heart Security Foundation. The Foundation would raise private money and give grants to U.S. research institutions for heart and blood vessel research, with a priority on biomarker research linked to early-onset cardiovascular events. It would be run by a 5-member unpaid board appointed by the NIH Director, and it could accept private donations and apply for federal research grants. The Foundation would be barred from political advocacy, funding community organizing, unrelated public messaging campaigns, and acting as a health care provider or insurer. It would have to get annual independent audits and send yearly reports to Congress.

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Sponsors

• Thom Tillis Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors