Watch Joe Biden’s Emotional Return To The Senate

As president of the Senate, Biden presided over the vote on the 21st Century Cures Act, a massive bill that will increase funding for health research. A portion of the bill allocates $1.8 billion toward Biden’s “cancer moonshot” initiative, which he made a priority after Beau died of brain cancer last year.

As a gesture to Biden, their former Senate colleague, Senate leaders dedicated the provision to Beau.

“Doing this for Beau only furthers the effect that this man, the presiding officer, has had on the country,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the Senate floor. “And I am grateful to the Republican leader for allowing me to co-sponsor this important amendment, changing the name of this bill to the Beau Biden Memorial Moonshot.”

Read more about the 21st Century Cures Act here.

The bill, which also includes funding to combat the opioid epidemic, passed overwhelmingly and now heads to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature.