A new fund pays for cancer research using tobacco tariff money.
H.R. 10093 — Cancer Research Trust Fund Act · Filed by Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a trust fund for cancer research. Money comes from a 10% cut of tariffs on imported tobacco and tobacco products. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Health Agency would spend the money. They would fund cancer screening, prevention, treatments, and therapies. Rare cancers and pediatric cancers get top priority.
Who it affects
Cancer researchers and medical centers would get new money for their work. Kids with cancer and people with rare cancers would benefit from more research. The money comes from tariffs, not from new taxes on regular people.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money the fund will get each year. Tariff money changes based on how much tobacco gets imported. Congress can choose to fund the trust or not. Tariff money would still be collected either way.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- trust fund — Money set aside for a specific purpose, kept separate from other government money.
- tariff — A tax on products brought into the country from other countries.
- pediatric cancers — Cancers that happen in children.
- rare cancers — Types of cancer that do not happen to many people.
- screening — Tests to find disease early, before a person feels sick.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,310 characters) on Aug 15, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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