1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making of 2020 or AHEAD Act of 2020 . 2. Study to assess the value of using tools to measure the impacts of proposed Federal legislation on health and health disparities (a) Study The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (or, if the National Academies decline to enter into such arrangement, with another appropriate entity such as the National Academy of Public Administration) under which, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies (or other appropriate entity) will complete a study— (1) to examine the potential benefits on population health outcomes of incorporating into the Federal legislative process tools that measure the impacts of proposed legislation (including in areas outside of health care) on health and health disparities; (2) to formulate recommendations on integrating such tools into the Federal legislative process to achieve better population health outcomes; (3) to formulate recommendations on how behavioral and nudge research on the health and equity effects of policies may translate into evaluative tools for policymakers