[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 777 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 777

   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

                            February 5, 2015

Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Yarmuth, and Mr. Ruiz) 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 2015''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

    (a) Funding.--Paragraph (1) of section 402A(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) 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:
                    ``(A) For fiscal year 2016, $32,000,000,000.
                    ``(B) For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2025, 
                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 Changes.--Section 402A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``authorization of 
        appropriations'' and inserting ``funding''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Of the amount 
        authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a)'' and 
        inserting ``Of the amount made available 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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