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Union Calendar No. 380 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 758 

[Report No. 111–640] 

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

establishment of pediatric research consortia. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2009 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KIRK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mrs. 

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 

CARNAHAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. 

SPACE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. KILROY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. RUSH, 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. REICHERT

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 

provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 

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

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

9 at the end the following: 

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

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In12 stitutes of Health, acting through the Director of the Na13 tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

14 and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na15 tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 

16 shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 

17 to public or nonprofit private entities to pay all or part 

18 of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing basic 

19 operating support for up to 20 national pediatric research 

20 consortia. 

21 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—Each consortium established 

22 under subsection (a) shall supplement, but not replace, the 

23 establishment of a comprehensive pediatric research port24 folio. Such consortium shall conduct basic, clinical, behav25 ioral, social, and translational research, as well as training 


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1 and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment 

2 methods relating to pediatrics. 

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 under sub7 section (a) and ensure regular communication be8 tween 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 consortium. 

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 SUPPORT.—Support for a consor22 tium established under subsection (a) may be provided 

23 under this section for a period of 5 years and may be ex24 tended for additional periods of 5 years each, with en25 hanced funding opportunities based on a review of the opVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:53 Sep 28, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\H758.RH H758

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1 erations by an appropriate scientific review group estab2 lished by the Director.’’. 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pediatric Research Con5 sortia Establishment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 

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

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

9 at the end the following: 

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

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

12 through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Na13 tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

14 and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na15 tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 

16 may, subject to the availability of funds, award grants, con17 tracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit pri18 vate entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, estab19 lishing, and providing basic operating support for up to 

20 20 national pediatric research consortia. The Director of 

21 NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when 

22 making awards under this section. 

23 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—Research conducted under this sec24 tion shall supplement, but not replace, research that is oth25 erwise conducted or supported as part of the comprehensive 


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1 pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving awards 

2 under subsection (a). Consortia established under subsection 

3 (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clinical, behav4 ioral, social, or translational research to meet unmet re5 search needs, as well as training in and demonstration of 

6 advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to pe7 diatrics, as appropriate. 

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

9 Director of NIH shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordination 

11 of information among consortia established under 

12 subsection (a) and ensure regular communication be13 tween such consortia; and 

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

15 on the activities of the consortia and the submission 

16 of the reports to the Director. 

17 ‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION OF CONSORTIUM.—Each consor18 tium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from 

19 a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead insti20 tution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by 

21 the Director of NIH, including participation in a network 

22 of such consortia. 

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

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

25 in the first 5-year cycle. 


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1 ‘‘(f) DURATION OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under sub2 section (a) for a consortium may be provided under this 

3 section for a period of 5 years and may be extended for 

4 additional periods of 5 years each, with enhanced funding 

5 opportunities based on a review of the operations by an ap6 propriate scientific review.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 380 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 758 

[Report No. 111–640] 

A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

search consortia. to provide for the establishment of pediatric reSEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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