[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1080 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1080

 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

                             March 15, 2011

     Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Frank of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Van 
    Hollen, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Carnahan, Mr. Clay, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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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,

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.''.
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