[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5724 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5724

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide funding for the 
                     National Institutes of Health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2014

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
    Committees on the Budget and Appropriations, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide funding for the 
                     National Institutes of Health.

    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 ``Permanent Investment in Health 
Research Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

    (a) Funding.--Section 402A(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 282a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out this title, there are 
hereby appropriated to the National Institutes of Health, to remain 
available until expended, the following amounts:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2015, $32,000,000,000.
            ``(2) For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2024, the 
        amount appropriated under this subsection for the preceding 
        fiscal year, adjusted by any percentage increase in nominal 
        gross domestic product during the preceding calendar year.''.
    (b) Conforming Change.--Section 402A(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(b)) is amended by striking ``Of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a)'' and inserting ``Of 
the amount appropriated under subsection (a)''.
    (c) Exemption From Sequestration Orders.--Subparagraph (A) of 
section 255(g)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)) is amended by inserting before the 
item relating to ``Office of Thrift Supervision'' the following new 
item:
            ``National Institutes of Health (75-9915-0-1-552).''.
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