Medical Research for Our Troops Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3906

 To amend the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 
 2025 to restore amounts available for Defense Health Agency research, 
 development, test, and evaluation, including Congressionally Directed 
                       Medical Research Programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2025

Mr. Carson (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Budzinski, 
     Ms. Craig, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Fields, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. 
  Goodlander, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
  Lynch, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Ocasio-
 Cortez, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schrier, and 
 Ms. Strickland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 
 2025 to restore amounts available for Defense Health Agency research, 
 development, test, and evaluation, including Congressionally Directed 
                       Medical Research Programs.

    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 ``Medical Research for Our Troops 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF AMOUNTS FOR DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY RESEARCH, 
              DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1407(1) of the Full-Year Continuing 
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$40,395,072,000'' and inserting 
        ``$41,576,684,000''; and
            (2) by striking the 23rd comma and all that follows through 
        the period at the end and inserting a period.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Full-Year Continuing 
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4).
    (c) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.--The funds 
made available for Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 
pursuant to section 1407(1) of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4), as amended by subsection 
(a), shall be implemented in levels and in a manner consistent with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47). The 
Secretary of Defense shall--
            (1) ensure that such funds are used to support all research 
        programs, peer-reviewed initiatives, and projects identified in 
        the explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47); and
            (2) obligate and expend such funds in a manner that 
        preserves program continuity, including adherence to all 
        specified funding allocations and research priorities 
        identified on pages 311 through 314 of such explanatory 
        statement.
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