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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide 

a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2013 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HANNA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

BACHUS, Mr. GRIMM, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish 

and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer 

Research Fund, 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 ‘‘Taxpayers’ Cancer Re5 search Funding Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO 

2 BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH 

3 FUND. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the 

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new part: 

7 ‘‘PART IX—DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAY8 MENTS TO BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER 

9 RESEARCH FUND 

‘‘Sec. 6098. Designation to Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 6098. DESIGNATION TO BREAST AND PROSTATE CAN11 CER RESEARCH FUND. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every individual (other than a 

13 nonresident alien) whose adjusted income tax liability for 

14 the taxable year is $5 or more may designate that $5 shall 

15 be paid over to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research 

16 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 9512. 

17 In the case of a joint return of husband and wife having 

18 an adjusted income tax liability of $10 or more, each 

19 spouse may designate that $5 shall be paid to the fund. 

20 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTED INCOME TAX LIABILITY.—For pur21 poses of subsection (a), the term ‘adjusted income tax li22 ability’ means, for any individual for any taxable year, the 

23 excess (if any) of— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the income tax liability (as defined in sec2 tion 6096(b)) of the individual for the taxable year, 

3 over 

4 ‘‘(2) any amount designated by the individual 

5 (and, in the case of a joint return, any amount des6 ignated by the individual’s spouse) under section 

7 6096(a) for such taxable year. 

8 ‘‘(c) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des9 ignation under subsection (a) may be made with respect 

10 to any taxable year— 

11 ‘‘(1) at the time of filing the return of the tax 

12 imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year, or 

13 ‘‘(2) at any other time (after the time of filing 

14 the return of the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such 

15 taxable year) specified in regulations prescribed by 

16 the Secretary. 

17 Such designation shall be made in such manner as the 

18 Secretary prescribes by regulations except that, if such 

19 designation is made at the time of filing the return of the 

20 tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year, such des21 ignation shall be made either on the first page of the re22 turn or on the page bearing the taxpayer’s signature.’’. 

23 (b) BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH

24 FUND.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code is 

25 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 9512. BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH 

2 FUND. 

3 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab4 lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 

5 to be known as the ‘Breast and Prostate Cancer Research 

6 Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated 

7 or credited to such fund as provided in this section or sec8 tion 9602(b). 

9 ‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here10 by appropriated to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Re11 search Fund amounts equivalent to the amounts des12 ignated under section 6098. 

13 ‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Breast and 

14 Prostate Cancer Research Fund shall be available, as pro15 vided in appropriation Acts, for purposes of making quali16 fied research grants, to the extent that such amounts ex17 ceed the aggregate of all Federal administrative costs at18 tributable to the implementation of section 6098, sub19 sections (a) and (b) of this section, and (with respect to 

20 such fund) section 9602. Such amounts shall be used to 

21 supplement, not supplant, existing funding for research 

22 with respect to breast and prostate cancer. 

23 ‘‘(d) QUALIFIED RESEARCH GRANTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

25 (c), the term ‘qualified research grant’ means a 

26 grant, to a qualified person selected by the National 


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1 Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health 

2 by qualified peer review, for the purpose of con3 ducting research with respect to breast or prostate 

4 cancer. Such a grant shall be administered by such 

5 National Cancer Institute and the amount of such 

6 grant shall be determined by such Institute. 

7 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PEER REVIEW.—For purposes 

8 of paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified peer review’ 

9 means peer review described in sections 492 and 

10 492A of the Public Health Service Act.’’. 

11 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

12 (1) The table of parts for subchapter A of chap13 ter 61 of such Code is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new item: 

‘‘PART IX. DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS TO BREAST AND

PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH FUND’’. 

15 (2) The table of sections for subchapter A of 

16 chapter 98 of such Code is amended by adding at 

17 the end the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 9512. Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund.’’. 

18 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

19 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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