[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4775-S4776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2518. Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims 
in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, 
and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                     National Institutes of Health

               national heart, lung, and blood institute

       For an additional amount for ``National Heart, Lung, and 
     Blood Institute'', $290,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute of 
     Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases'', $200,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute of 
     Allergy and Infectious Diseases'',

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     $480,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  Provided, That $55,000,000 
     shall be for Regional Biocontainment Laboratories:  Provided 
     further, That funding provided in the previous proviso shall 
     be divided evenly among the eleven laboratories:  Provided 
     further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

  eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
                              development

       For an additional amount for ``Eunice Kennedy Shriver 
     National Institute of Child Health and Human Development'', 
     $172,680,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  Provided, That such amount 
     is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                  national institute of mental health

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute of Mental 
     Health'', $200,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

      national institute on minority health and health disparities

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute on 
     Minority Health and Health Disparities'', $64,334,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally:  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

          national center for advancing translational sciences

       For an additional amount for ``National Center for 
     Advancing Translational Sciences'', $1,224,750,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 
     and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Office of the Director'', 
     $12,905,337,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  Provided, That not less 
     than $10,100,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
     heading in this Act shall be for offsetting the costs related 
     to reductions in lab productivity resulting from the 
     coronavirus pandemic or public health measures related to the 
     coronavirus pandemic:  Provided further, That $1,325,337,000 
     of the amount provided under this heading in this Act shall 
     be to support additional scientific research or the programs 
     and platforms that support research:  Provided further, That 
     $1,240,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading in 
     this Act shall be provided to accelerate the research and 
     development of therapeutic interventions and vaccines in 
     partnership:  Provided further, that no less than 
     $240,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading in 
     this Act shall be for supplements to existing research 
     training awards for extensions and other costs:  Provided 
     further, That funds available under this heading in this Act 
     may be transferred to the accounts of Institutes and Centers 
     of the NIH:  Provided further, That this transfer authority 
     is in addition to any other transfer authority available to 
     the NIH:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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