[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2406

To advance cutting-edge research initiatives of the National Institutes 
                               of Health.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 8, 2018

  Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Young, and Ms. Hassan) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To advance cutting-edge research initiatives 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. ADVANCING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH.

    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.''.
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