United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session

[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 113-94
113th Congress

An Act


 
To eliminate taxpayer financing of political 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 ``Gabriella Miller Kids First Research
Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTY
CONVENTIONS; USE OF FUNDS FOR PEDIATRIC
RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

(a) Termination of Payments for Conventions; Use of Funds for
Pediatric Research.--Section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 <>  is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:

``(i) Termination of Payments for Conventions; Use of Amounts for
Pediatric Research Initiative.--Effective on the date of the enactment
of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act--
``(1) the entitlement of any major party or minor party to a
payment under this section shall terminate; and
``(2) all amounts in each account maintained for the
national committee of a major party or minor party under this
section shall be transferred to a fund in the Treasury to be
known as the `10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund', which
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.''.

(b) Continuation of Priority of Payments From Accounts Over Payments
to Candidates.--
(1) Availability of payments to candidates.--The third
sentence of section 9006(c) of such Code is amended by striking
``section 9008(b)(3),'' and inserting ``section 9008(i)(2),''.
(2) Availability of payments from presidential primary
matching payment account.--The second sentence of section
9037(a) of such Code is amended by striking ``section
9008(b)(3)'' and inserting ``section 9008(i)(2)''.

(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Elimination of reports by federal election commission.--
Section 9009(a) of such Code is amended--
(A) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);

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(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6).
(2) Elimination of penalties.--Section 9012 <>  of such Code is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the second
sentence;
(B) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
(C) in subsection (e)(1), by striking the second
sentence; and
(D) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``, or in
connection with any expense incurred by the national
committee of a major party or minor party with respect
to a presidential nominating convention''.
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 pursuant to 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;''.

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(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 the purpose of carrying out section
402(b)(7)(B)(ii), there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Common Fund, out of the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative
Fund described in section 9008 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, $12,600,000 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 pursuant to 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
allocating funds for making grants as described in section
402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by
subsection (a).

Approved April 3, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2019:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 159 (2013):
Dec. 11, considered and passed
House.
Vol. 160 (2014):
Mar. 11, considered and passed
Senate.
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2014):
Apr. 3, Presidential remarks.