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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1080 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 

establishment of pediatric research consortia. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2011 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 

VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CLAY, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 

provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia. 

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 ‘‘Pediatric Research 

5 Consortia Establishment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 

2 Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 452H. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH, acting 

7 through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Na8 tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

9 and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na10 tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 

11 may, subject to the availability of funds, award grants, 

12 contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit 

13 private entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, 

14 establishing, and providing basic operating support for up 

15 to 20 national pediatric research consortia. The Director 

16 of NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when 

17 making awards under this section. 

18 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—Research conducted under this 

19 section shall supplement, but not replace, research that 

20 is otherwise conducted or supported as part of the com21 prehensive pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving 

22 awards under subsection (a). Consortia established under 

23 subsection (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clin24 ical, behavioral, social, or translational research to meet 

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1 onstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods 

2 relating to pediatrics, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF CONSORTIA REPORTS.—The 

4 Director of NIH shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordina6 tion of information among consortia established 

7 under subsection (a) and ensure regular communica8 tion between such consortia; and 

9 ‘‘(2) require the periodic preparation of reports 

10 on the activities of the consortia and the submission 

11 of the reports to the Director. 

12 ‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION OF CONSORTIUM.—Each consor13 tium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from 

14 a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead in15 stitution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed 

16 by the Director of NIH, including participation in a net17 work of such consortia. 

18 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Payments under subsection (a) 

19 shall not exceed $2,500,000 per year for each consortium 

20 in the first 5-year cycle. 

21 ‘‘(f) DURATION OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under 

22 subsection (a) for a consortium may be provided under 

23 this section for a period of 5 years and may be extended 

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1 ing opportunities based on a review of the operations by 

2 an appropriate scientific review.’’. 

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