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[H.R. 758 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 380
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 758

                          [Report No. 111-640]

 To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
             establishment of pediatric research consortia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

    Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. King of New York, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
   Capuano, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
   Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mrs. Schmidt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

                           September 28, 2010

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, 
 Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Schauer, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, 
 Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Driehaus, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
 Blunt, Mr. Holt, Ms. Harman, Mr. Boccieri, Mr. Space, Mr. LaTourette, 
Ms. Kilroy, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Griffith, Ms. Sutton, 
Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Cohen, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
    Ms. Fudge, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Kucinich, Mr. Rush, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Christensen, and Mr. 
                                Reichert

                           September 28, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
             establishment of pediatric research consortia.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Pediatric Research 
Consortia Establishment Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 452H. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institutes 
of Health, acting through the Director of the National Institute of 
Child Health and Human Development and in collaboration with all other 
Institutes of the National Institutes of Health that support pediatric 
research, shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to 
public or nonprofit private entities to pay all or part of the cost of 
planning, establishing, and providing basic operating support for up to 
20 national pediatric research consortia.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Research.--Each consortium established under 
subsection (a) shall supplement, but not replace, the establishment of 
a comprehensive pediatric research portfolio. Such consortium shall 
conduct basic, clinical, behavioral, social, and translational 
research, as well as training and demonstration of advanced diagnostic 
and treatment methods relating to pediatrics.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Coordination of Consortia Reports.--The Director of 
NIH shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordination 
        of information among consortia under subsection (a) and ensure 
        regular communication between such consortia; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) require the periodic preparation of reports 
        on the activities of the consortia and the submission of the 
        reports to the Director.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Organization of Consortium.--Each consortium 
established under subsection (a) shall be formed from a collaboration 
of cooperating institutions with a lead institution, meeting such 
requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of NIH, including 
participation in a network of such consortium.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Limitation.--Payments under subsection (a) shall not 
exceed $2,500,000 per year for each consortium in the first 5 year 
cycle.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Duration of Support.--Support for a consortium 
established under subsection (a) may be provided under this section for 
a period of 5 years and may be extended for additional periods of 5 
years each, with enhanced funding opportunities based on a review of 
the operations by an appropriate scientific review group established by 
the Director.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pediatric Research Consortia 
Establishment Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA.

    Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 452H. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of NIH, acting through the Director 
of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and 
Human Development and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the 
National Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, may, 
subject to the availability of funds, award grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit private entities to pay 
all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing basic 
operating support for up to 20 national pediatric research consortia. 
The Director of NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when 
making awards under this section.
    ``(b) Research.--Research conducted under this section shall 
supplement, but not replace, research that is otherwise conducted or 
supported as part of the comprehensive pediatric research portfolio of 
entities receiving awards under subsection (a). Consortia established 
under subsection (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clinical, 
behavioral, social, or translational research to meet unmet research 
needs, as well as training in and demonstration of advanced diagnostic 
and treatment methods relating to pediatrics, as appropriate.
    ``(c) Coordination of Consortia Reports.--The Director of NIH 
shall--
            ``(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordination of 
        information among consortia established under subsection (a) 
        and ensure regular communication between such consortia; and
            ``(2) require the periodic preparation of reports on the 
        activities of the consortia and the submission of the reports 
        to the Director.
    ``(d) Organization of Consortium.--Each consortium established 
under subsection (a) shall be formed from a collaboration of 
cooperating institutions with a lead institution, meeting such 
requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of NIH, including 
participation in a network of such consortia.
    ``(e) Limitation.--Payments under subsection (a) shall not exceed 
$2,500,000 per year for each consortium in the first 5-year cycle.
    ``(f) Duration of Payments.--Payments under subsection (a) for a 
consortium may be provided under this section for a period of 5 years 
and may be extended for additional periods of 5 years each, with 
enhanced funding opportunities based on a review of the operations by 
an appropriate scientific review.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 380

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 758

                          [Report No. 111-640]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
             establishment of pediatric research consortia.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed