Protecting Medical Research Funding Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2855 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2855

 To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds 
  made available for the National Institutes of Health, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

   Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Ms. Williams of Georgia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds 
  made available for 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 ``Protecting Medical Research Funding 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DEFERRAL OR TRANSFER OF FEDERAL FUNDS MADE 
              AVAILABLE FOR NIH.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, discretionary 
appropriations made available for the National Institutes of Health may 
not be impounded, transferred, or reprogrammed unless specific 
statutory authority is enacted into law after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, with express reference to this Act, permitting such an 
impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming.
    (b) Certification of Compliance.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall certify, to the Committee 
on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, that 
the Secretary and the Director of the National Institutes of Health is 
in compliance with the requirements of this Act.
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