BIRD Health Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4473 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4473 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a bilateral research and innovation program to facilitate and coordinate efforts between the United States and Israel in certain health-related areas, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2025 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Pappas, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a bilateral research and innovation program to facilitate and coordinate efforts between the United States and Israel in certain health-related areas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel Bilateral Innovation for Research and Development in Health Act of 2025'' or the ``BIRD Health Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (in this Act referred to as the ``BIRD Foundation'') was established in 1977 as a joint initiative between the United States and Israel and has become a model for successful bilateral research and development collaboration. (2) Since its inception, the BIRD Foundation has approved over 1,000 projects with a total investment exceeding $500 million, generating over $10 billion in sales. (3) In the past decade, approximately 30 percent of the projects approved by the BIRD Foundation have been related to health, biotechnology, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, and telemedicine. (4)