111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 758 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pediatric Research 

3 Consortia Establishment Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 

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

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

7 at the end the following: 

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

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

10 through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Na11 tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

12 and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na13 tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 

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

15 contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit 

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

17 establishing, and providing basic operating support for up 

18 to 20 national pediatric research consortia. The Director 

19 of NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when 

20 making awards under this section. 

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

22 section shall supplement, but not replace, research that 

23 is otherwise conducted or supported as part of the com24 prehensive pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving 

25 awards under subsection (a). Consortia established under 

26 subsection (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clin-
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1 ical, behavioral, social, or translational research to meet 

2 unmet research needs, as well as training in and dem3 onstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods 

4 relating to pediatrics, as appropriate. 

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

6 Director of NIH shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordina8 tion of information among consortia established 

9 under subsection (a) and ensure regular communica10 tion between such consortia; and 

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

12 on the activities of the consortia and the submission 

13 of the reports to the Director. 

14 ‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION OF CONSORTIUM.—Each consor15 tium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from 

16 a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead in17 stitution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed 

18 by the Director of NIH, including participation in a net19 work of such consortia. 

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

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

22 in the first 5-year cycle. 

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

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

25 this section for a period of 5 years and may be extended 
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1 for additional periods of 5 years each, with enhanced fund2 ing opportunities based on a review of the operations by 

3 an appropriate scientific review.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 30 

(legislative day September 29), 2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 758 

AN ACT 

To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act 

search consortia. to provide for the establishment of pediatric re-