--- description: President Barack Obama on Tuesday afternoon will sign the 21st Century Cures Act, which passed Congress with bipartisan support title: Watch Live: President Obama Signs the 21st Century Cures Act image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81e2c04cb46bc94/6988b2c1ab6d7799f66ac3e6/barack-obama-century-cures-act.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: President Obama Signs the 21st Century Cures Act  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 13, 2016 5:51 PM CUT  President Barack Obama speaks during the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom ceremony at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama speaks during the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom ceremony at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C.Leigh Vogel—WireImage  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 13, 2016 5:51 PM CUT President Obama on Tuesday afternoon will [sign the 21st Century Cures Act](https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/12/12/3-letters-explain-why-president-obama-signing-cures-act "undefined"), which passed Congress with bipartisan support. The [bill](http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20161128/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR34.pdf "undefined") speeds up the approval process for new drugs and medical devices and expands funding for medical research, including the “[cancer moonshot](http://time.com/4494104/joe-biden-cancer-moonshot/ "undefined")” initiative led by [Vice President Joe Biden](http://time.com/4178412/cancer-state-of-the-union-barack-obama-sotu/ "undefined"). The funding will also aid research on opioid abuse and brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Obama and Biden are scheduled to deliver remarks about the bill at about 2 p.m. E.T. Watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4599295/president-obama-cures-act-livestream-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4599295/president-obama-cures-act-livestream-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama Signs the 21st Century Cures Act","datePublished":"2016-12-13T17:51:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:17:00.865Z","description":"The bill passed Congress with significant bipartisan support","url":"https://time.com/4599295/president-obama-cures-act-livestream-online/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Joe Biden","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81e2c04cb46bc94/6988b2c1ab6d7799f66ac3e6/barack-obama-century-cures-act.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81e2c04cb46bc94/6988b2c1ab6d7799f66ac3e6/barack-obama-century-cures-act.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony","caption":"2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony","creditText":"Leigh Vogel—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4599295/president-obama-cures-act-livestream-online/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama Signs the 21st Century Cures Act"}}]}] ```