Kids First Research Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate: (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
Redesignates the Presidential Election Campaign Fund as the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. Makes amounts in the Fund available only for allocation to national research institutes and national centers through the Common Fund for making grants for pediatric research under this Act. Requires deposit into the Treasury general fund of any amounts in the Pediatric Research Initiative Fund that remain unobligated on October 1, 2024.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, to allocate funds appropriated under this Act to the national research institutes and national centers for making grants for pediatric research representing important areas of emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, or knowledge gaps that deserve special emphasis and would benefit from conducting or supporting additional research that involves collaboration between two or more national research institutes or national centers, or would otherwise benefit from strategic coordination and planning.
Authorizes $13 million out of the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund for each of FY2014-FY2023 for pediatric research through the Common Fund. Requires such funds to supplement, not supplant, funds otherwise allocated by NIH for pediatric research. Prohibits the use of such amounts for any purpose other than making grants for pediatric research described in this Act.
Requires the Director of NIH, before continuing any health economics research grant, project, or activity, to report to Congress on the justification for such research, including the reason for giving it priority over research on pediatric diseases and disorders. Prohibits the Director from initiating any health economics research grant, project, or activity until the Director has submitted the report outlining the justification and a federal law has been enacted authorizing NIH to use funding specifically for health economics research.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1724 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1724
To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party
conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric
research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the
National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 25, 2013
Mr. Harper (for himself, Mr. Cole, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Hultgren, Ms.
Jenkins, Mr. Meehan, and Mrs. Walorski) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committees on House Administration and Ways and Means,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party
conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric
research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the
National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Kids First Research Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGNS.
(a) Termination of Designation of Income Tax Payments.--Section
6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply to taxable years
ending on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
(b) Termination of Fund and Account.--
(1) Termination of presidential election campaign fund.--
(A) In general.--Chapter 95 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 9014. TERMINATION.
``The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to
any presidential election (or any presidential nominating convention)
after the date of the enactment of this section, or to any candidate in
such an election.''.
(B) Conversion of fund to 10-year pediatric
research initiative fund.--Section 9006 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(d) Conversion to 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund.--
``(1) Conversion.--Effective on the date of the enactment
of the Kids First Research Act of 2013--
``(A) the special fund established under this
section shall be known and designated as the `10-Year
Pediatric Research Initiative Fund'; and
``(B) all amounts in the fund as of such date shall
be available only for the purpose provided in section
402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, and only
to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in
advance in appropriation Acts.
``(2) Termination.--Any amounts in the fund that remain
unobligated on October 1, 2024, shall be deposited into the
general fund of the Treasury.''.
(2) Termination of account.--Chapter 96 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 9043. TERMINATION.
``The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any candidate
with respect to any presidential election after the date of the
enactment of this section.''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) The table of sections for chapter 95 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 9014. Termination.''.
(2) The table of sections for chapter 96 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 9043. Termination.''.
SEC. 3. 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
(a) Allocation of NIH Funds in Common Fund for Pediatric
Research.--Paragraph (7) of section 402(b) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(7)(A) shall, through the Division of Program
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives--
``(i) identify research that represents important
areas of emerging scientific opportunities, rising
public health challenges, or knowledge gaps that
deserve special emphasis and would benefit from
conducting or supporting additional research that
involves collaboration between 2 or more national
research institutes or national centers, or would
otherwise benefit from strategic coordination and
planning;
``(ii) include information on such research in
reports under section 403; and
``(iii) in the case of such research supported with
funds referred to in subparagraph (B)--
``(I) require as appropriate that proposals
include milestones and goals for the research;
``(II) require that the proposals include
timeframes for funding of the research; and
``(III) ensure appropriate consideration of
proposals for which the principal investigator
is an individual who has not previously served
as the principal investigator of research
conducted or supported by the National
Institutes of Health;
``(B)(i) may, with respect to funds reserved under section
402A(c)(1) for the Common Fund, allocate such funds to the
national research institutes and national centers for
conducting and supporting research that is identified under
subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) shall, with respect to funds appropriated to the
Common Fund under section 402A(a)(2), allocate such funds to
the national research institutes and national centers for
making grants for pediatric research that is identified under
subparagraph (A); and
``(C) may assign additional functions to the Division in
support of responsibilities identified in subparagraph (A), as
determined appropriate by the Director;''.
(b) Funding for 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative.--Section
402A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and moving
the indentation of each such subparagraph 2 ems to the
right;
(B) by striking ``For purposes of carrying out this
title'' and inserting the following:
``(1) This title.--For purposes of carrying out this
title''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Funding for 10-year pediatric research initiative
through common fund.--For carrying out section
402(b)(7)(B)(ii), there is authorized to be appropriated, out
of funds in the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund
established by section 9006 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available under
paragraph (1) of this subsection and reserved under subsection
(c)(1)(B)(i) of this section, $13,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2023.''; and
(2) in subsections (c)(1)(B), (c)(1)(D), and (d), by
striking ``subsection (a)'' each place it appears and inserting
``subsection (a)(1)''.
(c) Supplement, Not Supplant; Prohibition Against Transfer.--Funds
appropriated under section 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act,
as added by subsection (b)--
(1) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the funds
otherwise allocated by the National Institutes of Health for
pediatric research; and
(2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in any
appropriation Act, shall not be used for any purpose other than
making grants as described in section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the
Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST NIH RESEARCH ON HEALTH ECONOMICS.
Section 402A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Health Economics Research.--
``(1) Ongoing research.--Before continuing any health
economics research grant, project, or activity that is ongoing
as of the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
Director of NIH shall submit to the Congress a report that
outlines the justification for such ongoing grant, project, or
activity, including the reason for giving priority to such
ongoing grant, project, or activity over research on pediatric
diseases and disorders, such as autism, cancer, and other
pediatric genetic disorders without cures.
``(2) New research.--The Director of NIH may not initiate
any health economics research grant, project, or activity
until--
``(A) the Director has submitted the report
described in paragraph (1); and
``(B) a Federal law has been enacted authorizing
the National Institutes of Health to use funding
specifically for health economics research.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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