Sec. 2. Funding research by emerging scientists through Common Fund
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Section 402(b)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282 ) is amended— in clause (i), by striking and at the end; by redesignating clause
(ii)as clause (iii); and by inserting after clause
(i)the following: shall, with respect to funds reserved under section 402A(c)(1)(C) 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 is carried out by one or more emerging scientists (as defined in section 402A(c)(1)(C)(iv)); and . Section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(1) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)as subparagraphs
(D)and (E), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: Beginning with fiscal year 2015, funds appropriated to the National Institutes of Health shall not be subject to section 241. In addition to the amounts reserved for the Common Fund under subparagraph
(B)and amounts appropriated to the Common Fund under subsection (a)(2), the Director of NIH shall reserve an amount for the Common Fund for fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year that is equal to the amount that, but for clause (i), would be made available under section 241 for evaluation activities for such fiscal year. Amounts reserved under clause
(ii)shall be used for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) (relating to the conduct and support of research that is identified under section 402A(b)(7)(A) and is carried out by one or more emerging scientists). In this subparagraph, the term emerging scientist means an investigator who— will be the principal investigator or the program director of the proposed research; has never been awarded, or has been awarded only once, a substantial, competing grant by the National Institutes of Health for independent research; and is within 15 years of having completed— the investigator’s terminal degree; or a medical residency (or the equivalent). . Funds reserved pursuant to section 402A(c)(1)(C) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (b)— shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the funds otherwise allocated by the National Institutes of Health for young investigators; and notwithstanding any transfer authority in any appropriation Act, shall not be used for any purpose other than allocating funds as described in section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a). Section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 238j(a) ) is amended by striking Such portion and inserting Subject to section 402A(c)(1)(C)(i), such portion . Section 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act is amended— by striking 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) and inserting 402(b)(7)(B)(iii) ; and by striking reserved under subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) and inserting reserved under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(ii) of subsection (c)(1) . Section 3(c)(2) of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act ( Public Law 113–94 ) is amended by striking 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection
(a)and inserting 402(b)(7)(B)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by subsection
(a)and redesignated by section 2(a) of the . YES to Cures Act of 2014 Nothing in this Act (and the amendments made by this Act) is intended to affect the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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