[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3584-S3585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4512. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. IMPROVING MEDICAL REHABILITATION RESEARCH AT THE 
                   NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

       (a) In General.--Section 452 of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 285g-4) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``conduct and support'' 
     and inserting ``conduct, support, and coordination'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``of the Center'' 
     and inserting ``within the Center'';
       (3) in subsection (d)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
     ``(1) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the 
     Director of the Institute, the coordinating committee 
     established under subsection (e), and the advisory board 
     established under subsection (f), shall develop a 
     comprehensive plan (referred to in this section as the 
     `Research Plan') for the conduct, support, and coordination 
     of medical rehabilitation research.'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) include goals and objectives for conducting, 
     supporting, and coordinating medical rehabilitation research, 
     consistent with the purpose described in subsection (b).'';
       (C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the 
     Director of the Institute, the coordinating committee 
     established under subsection (e), and the advisory board 
     established under subsection (f), shall revise and update the 
     Research Plan periodically, as appropriate, or not less than 
     every 5 years. Not later than 30 days after the Research Plan 
     is so revised and updated, the Director of the Center shall 
     transmit the revised and updated Research Plan to the 
     President, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives.''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the 
     Director of the Institute, shall, prior to revising and 
     updating the Research Plan, prepare a report for the 
     coordinating committee established under subsection (e) and 
     the advisory board established under subsection (f) that 
     describes and

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     analyzes the progress during the preceding fiscal year in 
     achieving the goals and objectives described in paragraph 
     (2)(C) and includes expenditures for rehabilitation research 
     at the National Institutes of Health. The report shall 
     include recommendations for revising and updating the 
     Research Plan, and such initiatives as the Director of the 
     Center and the Director of the Institute determine 
     appropriate. In preparing the report, the Director of the 
     Center and the Director of the Institute shall consult with 
     the Director of NIH.'';
       (4) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``periodically host a 
     scientific conference or workshop on medical rehabilitation 
     research and'' after ``The Coordinating Committee shall''; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``the Director of the 
     Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic 
     Initiatives within the Office of the Director of NIH,'' after 
     ``shall be composed of'';
       (5) in subsection (f)(3)(B)--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xi) as clauses 
     (x) through (xii), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
       ``(ix) The Director of the Division of Program 
     Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives.''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g)(1) The Secretary and the heads of other Federal 
     agencies shall jointly review the programs carried out (or 
     proposed to be carried out) by each such official with 
     respect to medical rehabilitation research and, as 
     appropriate, enter into agreements preventing duplication 
     among such programs.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall, as appropriate, enter into 
     interagency agreements relating to the coordination of 
     medical rehabilitation research conducted by agencies of the 
     National Institutes of Health and other agencies of the 
     Federal Government.
       ``(h) For purposes of this section, the term `medical 
     rehabilitation research' means the science of mechanisms and 
     interventions that prevent, improve, restore, or replace 
     lost, underdeveloped, or deteriorating function.''.
       (b) Requirements of Certain Agreements for Enhancing 
     Coordination and Preventing Duplicative Programs of Medical 
     Rehabilitation Research.--Section 3 of the National 
     Institutes of Health Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 285g-4 
     note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) In General.--''; 
     and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
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