To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for fiscal year 2024.

H.R. 1987 is a legislative proposal that would set a specific limit on the federal funding available to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) for the 2024 fiscal year. The NIDCD is the primary federal agency responsible for conducting and supporting biomedical research on hearing loss, balance disorders, speech, and language. If enacted, this bill would restrict the agency's budget to 2019 funding levels, potentially impacting the scope of federal grants and clinical trials dedicated to developing new treatments for communication-related disabilities.