I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5820 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to allocate additional 
funding through the Common Fund for research by emerging scientists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
allocate additional funding through the Common Fund 
for research by emerging scientists. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘YES to Cures Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FUNDING RESEARCH BY EMERGING SCIENTISTS 
THROUGH COMMON FUND. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 402(b)(7)(B) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) shall, with respect to funds reserved under 
section 402A(c)(1)(C) for the Common Fund, allo-
cate such funds to the national research institutes 
and national centers for conducting and supporting 
research that is identified under subparagraph (A) 
and is carried out by one or more emerging sci-
entists (as defined in section 402A(c)(1)(C)(iv)); 
and’’. 
(b) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 402A(c)(1) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL RESERVATION FOR RE-
SEARCH BY EMERGING SCIENTISTS.— 
‘‘(i) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
TAP
FOR 
EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—Beginning with 
fiscal year 2015, funds appropriated to the 
National Institutes of Health shall not be 
subject to section 241. 
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‘‘(ii) RESERVATION.—In addition to 
the amounts reserved for the Common 
Fund 
under 
subparagraph 
(B) 
and 
amounts appropriated to the Common 
Fund under subsection (a)(2), the Director 
of NIH shall reserve an amount for the 
Common Fund for fiscal year 2015 and 
each subsequent fiscal year that is equal to 
the amount that, but for clause (i), would 
be made available under section 241 for 
evaluation activities for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(iii) PURPOSE
OF
RESERVATION.— 
Amounts reserved under clause (ii) shall be 
used for the purpose of carrying out sec-
tion 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) (relating to the con-
duct and support of research that is identi-
fied under section 402A(b)(7)(A) and is 
carried out by one or more emerging sci-
entists). 
‘‘(iv) DEFINITION.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘emerging scientist’ means 
an investigator who— 
‘‘(I) will be the principal investi-
gator or the program director of the 
proposed research; 
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‘‘(II) has never been awarded, or 
has been awarded only once, a sub-
stantial, competing grant by the Na-
tional Institutes of Health for inde-
pendent research; and 
‘‘(III) is within 15 years of hav-
ing completed— 
‘‘(aa) the investigator’s ter-
minal degree; or 
‘‘(bb) a medical residency 
(or the equivalent).’’. 
(c) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT; PROHIBITION 
AGAINST TRANSFER.—Funds reserved pursuant to sec-
tion 402A(c)(1)(C) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
added by subsection (b)— 
(1) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
the funds otherwise allocated by the National Insti-
tutes of Health for young investigators; and 
(2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in 
any appropriation Act, shall not be used for any 
purpose other than allocating funds as described in 
section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 241(a) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 238j(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Such portion’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to section 
402A(c)(1)(C)(i), such portion’’. 
(2) Section 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health 
Service Act is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘402(b)(7)(B)(ii)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘402(b)(7)(B)(iii)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘reserved under subsection 
(c)(1)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘reserved under 
subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(ii) of subsection 
(c)(1)’’. 
(3) Section 3(c)(2) of the Gabriella Miller Kids 
First Research Act (Public Law 113–94) is amended 
by striking ‘‘402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health 
Service Act, as added by subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘402(b)(7)(B)(iii) of the Public Health Service 
Act, as added by subsection (a) and redesignated by 
section 2(a) of the YES to Cures Act of 2014’’. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
(and the amendments made by this Act) is intended to 
affect the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated 
to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 
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SEC. 3. REPORT ON TRENDS IN AGE OF RECIPIENTS OF 
NIH-FUNDED MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS. 
Not later than six months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health shall submit a report to the Congress— 
(1) explaining why, over the 30-year period pre-
ceding the enactment of this Act— 
(A) there has been a substantial increase 
in the age of investigators receiving their first 
major research grant from the National Insti-
tutes of Health; 
(B) there has been a substantial increase 
in the average age of all recipients of major re-
search grants from the National Institutes of 
Health; and 
(C) there has been a dramatic drop in the 
number of investigators under 40 years of age 
receiving major research grants from the Na-
tional Institutes of Health; and 
(2) describing— 
(A) the steps taken by the National Insti-
tutes of Health in recent years to address the 
trends identified in paragraph (1); and 
(B) the impact of taking such steps. 
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