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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 623 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To extend the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research 

Program at the National Institutes of Health, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gabriella Miller Kids 

3 First Research Act 2.0’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR THE PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIA5 TIVE. 

6 The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 

7 seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in section 402A(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 

9 282a(a)(2))— 

10 (A) in the heading— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘10-YEAR’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘THROUGH COMMON

13 FUND’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘to the Common Fund’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘to the Division of Program Co16 ordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives’’; 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘10-Year’’; 

18 (D) by striking ‘‘and reserved under sub19 section (c)(1)(B)(i) of this section’’; and 

20 (E) by inserting before the period the fol21 lowing: ‘‘, and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 

22 years 2023 through 2027’’; 

23 (2) in each of paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(C) of 

24 section 402A(c) (42 U.S.C. 282a(c)), by striking 

25 ‘‘section 402(b)(7)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

26 402(b)(7)(B)(i)’’; and 


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1 (3) in section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 

2 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)), by striking ‘‘the Common Fund’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘the Division of Program Coordina4 tion, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives’’. 

5 SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF NIH FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC 

6 RESEARCH. 

7 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con8 gress that the Director of the National Institutes of 

9 Health should continue to oversee and coordinate research 

10 that is conducted or supported by the National Institutes 

11 of Health for research on pediatric cancer and other pedi12 atric diseases and conditions, including through the Pedi13 atric Research Initiative Fund. 

14 (b) AVOIDING DUPLICATION.—Section 

15 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

17 shall prioritize, as appropriate, such pediatric research 

18 that does not duplicate existing research activities of the 

19 National Institutes of Health’’ before ‘‘; and’’. 

20 SEC. 4. REPORT ON PROGRESS AND INVESTMENTS IN PEDI21 ATRIC RESEARCH. 

22 Not later than 5 years after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

24 Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

25 Congress a report that— 


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1 (1) details pediatric research projects and ini2 tiatives receiving funds allocated pursuant to section 

3 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)); and 

5 (2) summarizes advancements made in pediatric 

6 research with funds allocated pursuant to section 

7 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)). 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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