    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-94
    113th Congress

    An Act

    To eliminate taxpayer financing of political party conventions and
    reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative
    through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of
    Health, and for other purposes. <>

    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 ``Gabriella Miller Kids First Research
    Act''.
    SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTY
    CONVENTIONS; USE OF FUNDS FOR PEDIATRIC
    RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

    (a) Termination of Payments for Conventions; Use of Funds for
    Pediatric Research.--Section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of
    1986 <>  is amended by adding at the end the
    following new subsection:

    ``(i) Termination of Payments for Conventions; Use of Amounts for
    Pediatric Research Initiative.--Effective on the date of the enactment
    of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act--
    ``(1) the entitlement of any major party or minor party to a
    payment under this section shall terminate; and
    ``(2) all amounts in each account maintained for the
    national committee of a major party or minor party under this
    section shall be transferred to a fund in the Treasury to be
    known as the `10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund', which
    shall be available only for the purpose provided in section
    402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, and only to the
    extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in
    appropriation Acts.''.

    (b) Continuation of Priority of Payments From Accounts Over Payments
    to Candidates.--
    (1) Availability of payments to candidates.--The third
    sentence of section 9006(c) of such Code is amended by striking
    ``section 9008(b)(3),'' and inserting ``section 9008(i)(2),''.
    (2) Availability of payments from presidential primary
    matching payment account.--The second sentence of section
    9037(a) of such Code is amended by striking ``section
    9008(b)(3)'' and inserting ``section 9008(i)(2)''.

    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
    (1) Elimination of reports by federal election commission.--
    Section 9009(a) of such Code is amended--
    (A) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);

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    (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of
    paragraph (3) and inserting a period; and
    (C) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6).
    (2) Elimination of penalties.--Section 9012 <>  of such Code is amended--
    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the second
    sentence;
    (B) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and
    redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
    (C) in subsection (e)(1), by striking the second
    sentence; and
    (D) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``, or in
    connection with any expense incurred by the national
    committee of a major party or minor party with respect
    to a presidential nominating convention''.
    SEC. 3. 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

    (a) Allocation of NIH Funds in Common Fund for Pediatric Research.--
    Paragraph (7) of section 402(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
    U.S.C. 282(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(7)(A) shall, through the Division of Program
    Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives--
    ``(i) identify research that represents important
    areas of emerging scientific opportunities, rising
    public health challenges, or knowledge gaps that deserve
    special emphasis and would benefit from conducting or
    supporting additional research that involves
    collaboration between 2 or more national research
    institutes or national centers, or would otherwise
    benefit from strategic coordination and planning;
    ``(ii) include information on such research in
    reports under section 403; and
    ``(iii) in the case of such research supported with
    funds referred to in subparagraph (B)--
    ``(I) require as appropriate that proposals
    include milestones and goals for the research;
    ``(II) require that the proposals include
    timeframes for funding of the research; and
    ``(III) ensure appropriate consideration of
    proposals for which the principal investigator is
    an individual who has not previously served as the
    principal investigator of research conducted or
    supported by the National Institutes of Health;
    ``(B)(i) may, with respect to funds reserved under section
    402A(c)(1) for the Common Fund, allocate such funds to the
    national research institutes and national centers for conducting
    and supporting research that is identified under subparagraph
    (A); and
    ``(ii) shall, with respect to funds appropriated to the
    Common Fund pursuant to section 402A(a)(2), allocate such funds
    to the national research institutes and national centers for
    making grants for pediatric research that is identified under
    subparagraph (A); and
    ``(C) may assign additional functions to the Division in
    support of responsibilities identified in subparagraph (A), as
    determined appropriate by the Director;''.

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    (b) Funding for 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative.--Section 402A
    of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is amended--
    (1) in subsection (a)--
    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
    subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and moving
    the indentation of each such subparagraph 2 ems to the
    right;
    (B) by striking ``For purposes of carrying out this
    title'' and inserting the following:
    ``(1) This title.--For purposes of carrying out this
    title''; and
    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Funding for 10-year pediatric research initiative
    through common fund.--For the purpose of carrying out section
    402(b)(7)(B)(ii), there is authorized to be appropriated to the
    Common Fund, out of the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative
    Fund described in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of
    1986, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available under
    paragraph (1) of this subsection and reserved under subsection
    (c)(1)(B)(i) of this section, $12,600,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2014 through 2023.''; and
    (2) in subsections (c)(1)(B), (c)(1)(D), and (d), by
    striking ``subsection (a)'' each place it appears and inserting
    ``subsection (a)(1)''.

    (c) <>  Supplement, Not Supplant;
    Prohibition Against Transfer.--Funds appropriated pursuant to section
    402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection
    (b)--
    (1) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the funds
    otherwise allocated by the National Institutes of Health for
    pediatric research; and
    (2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in any
    appropriation Act, shall not be used for any purpose other than
    allocating funds for making grants as described in section
    402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by
    subsection (a).

    Approved April 3, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2019:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 159 (2013):
    Dec. 11, considered and passed
    House.
    Vol. 160 (2014):
    Mar. 11, considered and passed
    Senate.
    DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2014):
    Apr. 3, Presidential remarks.