HR 8205

Summary

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises programs that support research and development of drugs and other therapies to address amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The bill reauthorizes grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for scientific research on investigational drugs to prevent or treat ALS for individuals not otherwise eligible for clinical trials, grants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for research and development of therapies to prevent and treat ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and a Public-Private Partnership including the FDA and NIH that supports development and regulatory review of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.  Also, the NIH, in considering renewal of its grants, must assess available information on the safety and efficacy of the investigational drugs. It must also require grantees to promptly report serious and unexpected adverse events associated with their investigational drugs. Additionally, the FDA must publish a plan describing actions it will take over a five-year period to foster development of safe and effective drugs, and facilitate access to investigational drugs, that treat ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases. The FDA must also publish a report describing the actions it has taken under the plan.

Bill status

Status

Passed House

Sponsor

Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL-5]

Cosponsors

103

Policy area

Health

Introduced

2026-04-06

Latest action

2026-07-23: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466.

Committee referrals

• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-07-09
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-05-21
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Referred To · 2026-04-06

Recent actions

• 2026-07-23: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466.
• 2026-07-22: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• 2026-07-22: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• 2026-07-22: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• 2026-07-22: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5159)