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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1724 

To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2013 

Mr. HARPER (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. 

JENKINS, Mr. MEEHAN, and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 

in addition to the Committees on House Administration and Ways and 

Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns 

and 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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kids First Research 

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF PRESI2 DENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. 

3 (a) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX

4 PAYMENTS.—Section 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code 

5 of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 

8 taxable years ending on or after the date of the enactment 

9 of this subsection.’’. 

10 (b) TERMINATION OF FUND AND ACCOUNT.— 

11 (1) TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

12 CAMPAIGN FUND.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 95 of such 

14 Code is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 9014. TERMINATION. 

17 ‘‘The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with 

18 respect to any presidential election (or any presidential 

19 nominating convention) after the date of the enactment 

20 of this section, or to any candidate in such an election.’’. 

21 (B) CONVERSION OF FUND TO 10-YEAR PE22 DIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE FUND.—Section 

23 9006 of such Code is amended by adding at the 

24 end the following new subsection: 

25 ‘‘(d) CONVERSION TO 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RE26 SEARCH INITIATIVE FUND.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) CONVERSION.—Effective on the date of 

2 the enactment of the Kids First Research Act of 

3 2013— 

4 ‘‘(A) the special fund established under 

5 this section shall be known and designated as 

6 the ‘10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative 

7 Fund’; and 

8 ‘‘(B) all amounts in the fund as of such 

9 date shall be available only for the purpose pro10 vided in section 402A(a)(2) of the Public 

11 Health Service Act, and only to the extent and 

12 in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

13 appropriation Acts. 

14 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—Any amounts in the fund 

15 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2024, shall 

16 be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 

17 (2) TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT.—Chapter 96 

18 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 

19 following new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 9043. TERMINATION. 

21 ‘‘The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any 

22 candidate with respect to any presidential election after 

23 the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 

24 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) The table of sections for chapter 95 of such 

2 Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

3 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 9014. Termination.’’. 

4 (2) The table of sections for chapter 96 of such 

5 Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 9043. Termination.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. 10–YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 

8 (a) ALLOCATION OF NIH FUNDS IN COMMON FUND

9 FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH.—Paragraph (7) of section 

10 402(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 282(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(7)(A) shall, through the Division of Program 

13 Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives— 

14 ‘‘(i) identify research that represents im15 portant areas of emerging scientific opportuni16 ties, rising public health challenges, or knowl17 edge gaps that deserve special emphasis and 

18 would benefit from conducting or supporting 

19 additional research that involves collaboration 

20 between 2 or more national research institutes 

21 or national centers, or would otherwise benefit 

22 from strategic coordination and planning; 

23 ‘‘(ii) include information on such research 

24 in reports under section 403; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) in the case of such research sup2 ported with funds referred to in subparagraph 

3 (B)— 

4 ‘‘(I) require as appropriate that pro5 posals include milestones and goals for the 

6 research; 

7 ‘‘(II) require that the proposals in8 clude timeframes for funding of the re9 search; and 

10 ‘‘(III) ensure appropriate consider11 ation of proposals for which the principal 

12 investigator is an individual who has not 

13 previously served as the principal investi14 gator of research conducted or supported 

15 by the National Institutes of Health; 

16 ‘‘(B)(i) may, with respect to funds reserved 

17 under section 402A(c)(1) for the Common Fund, al18 locate such funds to the national research institutes 

19 and national centers for conducting and supporting 

20 research that is identified under subparagraph (A); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) shall, with respect to funds appropriated 

23 to the Common Fund under section 402A(a)(2), al24 locate such funds to the national research institutes 

25 and national centers for making grants for pediatric 


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1 research that is identified under subparagraph (A); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(C) may assign additional functions to the Di4 vision in support of responsibilities identified in sub5 paragraph (A), as determined appropriate by the Di6 rector;’’. 

7 (b) FUNDING FOR 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

8 INITIATIVE.—Section 402A of the Public Health Service 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

12 through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 

13 respectively, and moving the indentation of each 

14 such subparagraph 2 ems to the right; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘For purposes of carrying 

16 out this title’’ and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) THIS TITLE.—For purposes of carrying 

18 out this title’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) FUNDING FOR 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RE21 SEARCH INITIATIVE THROUGH COMMON FUND.—For 

22 carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii), there is au23 thorized to be appropriated, out of funds in the 10– 

24 Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund established 

25 by section 9006 of the Internal Revenue Code of 


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1 1986, and in addition to amounts otherwise made 

2 available under paragraph (1) of this subsection and 

3 reserved under subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) of this sec4 tion, $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

5 through 2023.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsections (c)(1)(B), (c)(1)(D), and (d), 

7 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it appears 

8 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 

9 (c) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT; PROHIBITION

10 AGAINST TRANSFER.—Funds appropriated under section 

11 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 

12 subsection (b)— 

13 (1) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 

14 the funds otherwise allocated by the National Insti15 tutes of Health for pediatric research; and 

16 (2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in 

17 any appropriation Act, shall not be used for any 

18 purpose other than making grants as described in 

19 section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service 

20 Act, as added by subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST NIH RESEARCH ON HEALTH 

22 ECONOMICS. 

23 Section 402A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 282a) is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(f) HEALTH ECONOMICS RESEARCH.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ONGOING RESEARCH.—Before continuing 

3 any health economics research grant, project, or ac4 tivity that is ongoing as of the date of the enactment 

5 of this subsection, the Director of NIH shall submit 

6 to the Congress a report that outlines the justifica7 tion for such ongoing grant, project, or activity, in8 cluding the reason for giving priority to such ongo9 ing grant, project, or activity over research on pedi10 atric diseases and disorders, such as autism, cancer, 

11 and other pediatric genetic disorders without cures. 

12 ‘‘(2) NEW RESEARCH.—The Director of NIH 

13 may not initiate any health economics research 

14 grant, project, or activity until— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Director has submitted the report 

16 described in paragraph (1); and 

17 ‘‘(B) a Federal law has been enacted au18 thorizing the National Institutes of Health to 

19 use funding specifically for health economics re20 search.’’. 

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