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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 353 

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

establishment of pediatric research consortia. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 29, 2009 

Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. BOND) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

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’’. 

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: 


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

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In3 stitutes of Health, acting through the Director of the Na4 tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

5 and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na6 tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 

7 shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 

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

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

10 operating support for up to 20 national pediatric research 

11 consortia. 

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

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

14 establishment of a comprehensive pediatric research port15 folio. Such consortium shall conduct basic, clinical, behav16 ioral, social, and translational research, as well as training 

17 and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment 

18 methods relating to pediatrics. 

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

20 Director of NIH shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordina22 tion of information among consortia under sub23 section (a) and ensure regular communication be24 tween such consortia; and 


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

2 on the activities of the consortia and the submission 

3 of the reports to the Director. 

4 ‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION OF CONSORTIUM.—Each consor5 tium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from 

6 a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead in7 stitution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed 

8 by the Director of NIH, including participation in a net9 work of such consortium. 

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

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

12 in the first 5 year cycle. 

13 ‘‘(f) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support for a consor14 tium established under subsection (a) may be provided 

15 under this section for a period of 5 years and may be ex16 tended for additional periods of 5 years each, with en17 hanced funding opportunities based on a review of the op18 erations by an appropriate scientific review group estab19 lished by the Director.’’. 

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