Injury Prevention Act of 1986
Public Law 99-649 · S. 2648 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 10, 1986 · Families
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Albert Gore
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Injury Prevention Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to: (1) conduct and assist in research relating to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries; (2) assist State and local governments in activities for the prevention of injuries; and (3) prepare and transmit a report to the Congress analyzing the incidence and causes of childhood injuries.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.
- Nov 10, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-649.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 30, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 16, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 3, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
- Sep 3, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Aug 6, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Jul 16, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.