[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4451 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4451

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant 
program for research on preventing, treating, and finding the cure for 
              Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2007

 Mr. Stearns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant 
program for research on preventing, treating, and finding the cure for 
              Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.

    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 ``MRSA Research and Study Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. MRSA COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after section 317S the following new section:

``SEC. 317T. MRSA COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish a six-
year grant program under which the Secretary shall award competitive 
grants to eligible entities to conduct research for the purposes of 
preventing, treating, and finding the cure for Methicillin Resistant 
Staphylococcus Aureus.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the 
Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Eligible Entity Defined.--For purposes of this section, an 
eligible entity is an entity that is a public or private university or 
a teaching hospital affiliated with such a university.
    ``(d) Grant Period and Amount.--Each grant awarded under subsection 
(a) shall be for a period of two years and shall be in the amount of 
$5,000,000.
    ``(e) Minimum Number of Grants.--The Secretary shall award at least 
25 grants during each two-year period of the grant program under 
subsection (a).
    ``(f) Renewal of Grants.--The Secretary may renew a grant awarded 
under subsection (a) to an eligible entity if the entity meets the 
report requirement under subsection (g)(2) and the Secretary 
determines, based on the report so submitted, that the recipient has 
made reasonable and demonstrable progress in meeting the research 
purposes described in subsection (a).
    ``(g) Report Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        later than three years after the date of receipt of a grant 
        under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit to the 
        Secretary a report on the outcome of the entity's research 
        funded by such grant.
            ``(2) Expedited report requirement for grant renewals.--For 
        purposes of renewing a grant under subsection (f), the report 
        requirement under this paragraph is for an eligible entity to 
        submit to the Secretary a report described in paragraph (1) by 
        not later than two years after the date of receipt of the 
        initial grant awarded under subsection (a).
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014.''.
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