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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019 or the PACT Act of 2019</b><br> <br> This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions. The consortium, chaired by the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, must develop priorities for the NIH to award research grants to early career pediatric researchers, including physician-scientists and researchers from underrepresented populations.</p>]]></text>
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