{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3771","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3771","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-06-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-07-27","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h398","question":"On Passage","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act","result":"Passed","yea":237,"nay":192,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll398.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2022-07-28"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-07-27","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act","result":"Failed","yea":198,"nay":225,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll397.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-07-27","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to establish programs that support heart-disease research and awareness among communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, including the South Asian population of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"The programs include (1) grants to states for awareness initiatives and educational materials; and (2) research regarding heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other heart health-related ailments with respect to the South Asian population and other at-risk populations."}],"words":83},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow grants to States for heart health promotion and to allow research and an internet clearinghouse on heart disease and related conditions, with attention to South Asian communities in the United States.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#HD800A22D91A241C7BC5CC3071F7EE2E0"}]},"core_areas":["Heart health promotion grants to States","Heart disease and type 2 diabetes research","Reports to Congress on heart disease in at-risk populations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary to make grants to States to promote awareness of the increasing prevalence of heart disease in communities disproportionately affected by it, such as South Asian communities in the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"}},{"text":"Requires a State that receives a grant to use the funds to develop culturally appropriate heart health materials, support community organizations' heart health activities, or support conferences and workshops on including more members of affected communities in heart disease research.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary, within 60 days of enactment, to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a study of the relationship between COVID–19 and heart disease illness and death in at-risk populations, with a report to Congress within 5 years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on outreach efforts and data relating to heart disease in affected communities, first within 180 days of enactment and annually after that.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary to conduct or support research on cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and other heart health-related ailments among at-risk populations, and to establish an internet clearinghouse cataloging existing evidence-based heart health research and treatment options.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#HD800A22D91A241C7BC5CC3071F7EE2E0"}},{"text":"Authorizes $1,000,000 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 for the heart health promotion grants section, and the same amount for each of those years for the heart health research section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh#H112338D0A263418F8E6C7A4D4A2503BC"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-07-27","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3771/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3771.png","v":"551b251e5c15","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3771, 117th Congress: South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022. House: 237 Yea, 192 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 27 Jul 2022."}}