Sec. 310. Increased funding for the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund
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This section may be cited as the . Jonny Wade Pediatric Cancer Research Act Congress finds that pediatric cancer— kills over 100,000 children annually worldwide; reduces a child’s life expectancy by 69 years once diagnosed; increases the likelihood of a secondary cancer; is the leading cause of death by disease in children; affects over 300,000 children annually worldwide; and gives life-long adverse side effects to the patient. Congress finds that pediatric cancer research— increases new treatments for safety and effectiveness; increases the likelihood of identifying a secondary cancer after treatment; increases survival rates for children; increases the identity factors that may be associated with reducing risk; enhances our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of cancer; increases survivorship research to reduce the long-term adverse effects of cancer and its treatment; and increases the ability to identify the likely causes of pediatric cancer.
Congress finds that— the Presidential Election Campaign Fund has a surplus of $392 million; and no major party candidate in the general Presidential election has accepted public financing since 2008. Section 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: This section shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022. . Chapter 95 of subtitle H of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to any presidential election (or any presidential nominating convention) after the date of the enactment of this section, or to any candidate in such an election. . Section 9006 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary shall transfer the amounts in the fund as of the date of the enactment of this subsection to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008(c)(2), to be available as described in such section and to remain so available until expended. .
Chapter 96 of subtitle H of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any candidate with respect to any presidential election after the date of the enactment of this section. . Section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking under paragraph
(3); in paragraph (2), by striking under paragraph
(3); by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraphs
(4)and
(5)as paragraphs
(3)and (4); by striking subsections
(c)through (h); and by redesignating subsection
(i)as subsection (c). The table of sections for chapter 95 of subtitle H of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9014. Termination. . The table of sections for chapter 96 of subtitle H of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9043. Termination. . The Congress encourages the Director of the National Institutes of Health to oversee and coordinate research that is conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health for research on pediatric cancer and other pediatric diseases and conditions, including through the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. Clause
(ii)of section 402(b)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B) ) is amended by inserting and shall prioritize such pediatric research that does not replicate existing research activities of the National Institutes of Health before ; and .
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Sec. 310
Increased funding for the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund
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