YES to Cures Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allocate for research by emerging scientists funds that otherwise would be used to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of National Institutes of Health (NIH) programs.
Requires NIH to explain why there has been an increase in the average age of grant recipients over the past 30 years and describe the steps taken to address this trend.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5820 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5820
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to allocate
additional funding through the Common Fund for research by emerging
scientists.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 9, 2014
Mr. Harris introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to allocate
additional funding through the Common Fund for research by emerging
scientists.
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 ``YES to Cures Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FUNDING RESEARCH BY EMERGING SCIENTISTS THROUGH COMMON FUND.
(a) Use of Funds.--Section 402(b)(7)(B) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282) is amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
``(ii) shall, with respect to funds reserved under section
402A(c)(1)(C) 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 is carried out by one or more emerging
scientists (as defined in section 402A(c)(1)(C)(iv)); and''.
(b) Reservation of Funds.--Section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as
subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) Additional reservation for research by
emerging scientists.--
``(i) Inapplicability of tap for evaluation
activities.--Beginning with fiscal year 2015,
funds appropriated to the National Institutes
of Health shall not be subject to section 241.
``(ii) Reservation.--In addition to the
amounts reserved for the Common Fund under
subparagraph (B) and amounts appropriated to
the Common Fund under subsection (a)(2), the
Director of NIH shall reserve an amount for the
Common Fund for fiscal year 2015 and each
subsequent fiscal year that is equal to the
amount that, but for clause (i), would be made
available under section 241 for evaluation
activities for such fiscal year.
``(iii) Purpose of reservation.--Amounts
reserved under clause (ii) shall be used for
the purpose of carrying out section
402(b)(7)(B)(ii) (relating to the conduct and
support of research that is identified under
section 402A(b)(7)(A) and is carried out by one
or more emerging scientists).
``(iv) Definition.--In this subparagraph,
the term `emerging scientist' means an
investigator who--
``(I) will be the principal
investigator or the program director of
the proposed research;
``(II) has never been awarded, or
has been awarded only once, a
substantial, competing grant by the
National Institutes of Health for
independent research; and
``(III) is within 15 years of
having completed--
``(aa) the investigator's
terminal degree; or
``(bb) a medical residency
(or the equivalent).''.
(c) Supplement, Not Supplant; Prohibition Against Transfer.--Funds
reserved pursuant to section 402A(c)(1)(C) 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
young investigators; and
(2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in any
appropriation Act, shall not be used for any purpose other than
allocating funds as described in section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of
the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a).
(d) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 238j(a)) is amended by striking ``Such portion'' and
inserting ``Subject to section 402A(c)(1)(C)(i), such
portion''.
(2) Section 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act is
amended--
(A) by striking ``402(b)(7)(B)(ii)'' and inserting
``402(b)(7)(B)(iii)''; and
(B) by striking ``reserved under subsection
(c)(1)(B)(i)'' and inserting ``reserved under
subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(ii) of subsection (c)(1)''.
(3) Section 3(c)(2) of the Gabriella Miller Kids First
Research Act (Public Law 113-94) is amended by striking
``402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added
by subsection (a)'' and inserting ``402(b)(7)(B)(iii) of the
Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a) and
redesignated by section 2(a) of the YES to Cures Act of 2014''.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act (and the amendments
made by this Act) is intended to affect the amount of funds authorized
to be appropriated to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON TRENDS IN AGE OF RECIPIENTS OF NIH-FUNDED MAJOR
RESEARCH GRANTS.
Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit a report
to the Congress--
(1) explaining why, over the 30-year period preceding the
enactment of this Act--
(A) there has been a substantial increase in the
age of investigators receiving their first major
research grant from the National Institutes of Health;
(B) there has been a substantial increase in the
average age of all recipients of major research grants
from the National Institutes of Health; and
(C) there has been a dramatic drop in the number of
investigators under 40 years of age receiving major
research grants from the National Institutes of Health;
and
(2) describing--
(A) the steps taken by the National Institutes of
Health in recent years to address the trends identified
in paragraph (1); and
(B) the impact of taking such steps.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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