[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5002 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5002


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2018

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To expand the unique research initiatives authority of 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 ``Advancing Cutting Edge Research 
Act'' or the ``ACE Research Act''.

SEC. 2. UNIQUE RESEARCH INITIATIVES.

    Section 402(n)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
282(n)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) high impact cutting-edge research that 
                fosters scientific creativity and increases fundamental 
                biological understanding leading to the prevention, 
                diagnosis, or treatment of diseases and disorders, or 
                research urgently required to respond to a public 
                health threat.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.