As Congress returns to Washington, D.C. for the lame-duck session, lawmakers are working to pass a year-end spending bill. The ACR is urging Congress to continue the longstanding, bipartisan commitment to sustained growth in medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Specifically, the ACR urges Congress to enact the 2025 Defense Appropriations Act to ensure full funding levels for the Defense Health Research Programs, including the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) and codify the Senate Appropriations Committee-approved level of $48.9 billion for NIH, in addition to funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

The ACR’s Legislative Action Center lets you contact your representatives in just a few clicks. Please take the time to send your letter today and tell your lawmakers to invest in critical medical research!