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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2811 

Making supplemental appropriations for the National Institutes of Health 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2013 

Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making supplemental appropriations for the National Institutes of Health for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2013, 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 ‘‘Research First Act 

5 of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) In fiscal year 2013, the budget of the Na9 tional Institutes of Health was decreased by approxi10 mately $1.55 billion pursuant to section 251A of the 


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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

2 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a). 

3 (2) The National Institutes of Health is the 

4 true Department of Defense for the citizens of the 

5 United States, conducting vital research to fight the 

6 enemy of disease and protect the infrastructure of 

7 the human body. Such research funding should not 

8 be slashed while the Pentagon budget continues to 

9 increase. 

10 (3) The national security interests of the 

11 United States can be well served by reducing the 

12 total number of deployed nuclear warheads and their 

13 delivery systems, as suggested by the Department of 

14 Defense’s January 2012 strategic guidance titled 

15 ‘‘Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 

16 21st Century Defense’’. 

17 (4) The Government Accountability Office has 

18 found that there is significant waste in the construc19 tion of the nuclear facilities of the National Nuclear 

20 Security Administration of the Department of En21 ergy. Significant savings can also be found by reduc22 ing expenditures on weapons which the military has 

23 not requested such as the Abrams Tank, bringing 

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1 stan to a close, and decreasing the Nation’s reliance 

2 on expensive, private contractors. 

3 SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NA4 TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 

5 There is appropriated to the National Institute of 

6 Health, for an additional amount for the purpose of car7 rying out title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 281 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, out of any money 

9 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 

10 2013. 

11 SEC. 4. RESCISSIONS. 

12 Of the unobligated balances of the following accounts, 

13 the following amounts are rescinded: 

14 (1) ‘‘Department of Defense—Overseas Contin15 gency Operations—Operation and Maintenance—Af16 ghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’, $400,000,000. 

17 (2) ‘‘Department of Defense’’, $1,150,000,000. 

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