[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2448 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2448

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of high-
                      risk, high-reward research.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2015

  Mr. Harris 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 authorize a program of high-
                      risk, high-reward research.

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

SECTION 1. HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH.

    Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 409K. HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    ``The director of each national research institute shall, as 
appropriate--
            ``(1) establish programs to conduct or support research 
        projects that pursue innovative approaches to major 
        contemporary challenges in biomedical research that involve 
        inherent high risk, but have the potential to lead to 
        breakthroughs; and
            ``(2) set aside a specific percentage of funding, to be 
        determined by the Director of NIH for each national research 
        institute, for such projects.''.
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