I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6169 
To authorize the issuance of United States bonds to fund Alzheimer’s 
research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, and Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy 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 authorize the issuance of United States bonds to fund 
Alzheimer’s research. 
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 ‘‘Making Investments 
Now for Dementia Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF UNITED 
STATES BONDS TO FUND ALZHEIMER’S RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF BONDS.—Section 3102 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) ISSUANCE OF UNITED STATES ALZHEIMER’S 
BONDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue 
bonds under this section to aid in the funding of 
Alzheimer’s research. The Secretary shall carry out 
this paragraph in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The bonds authorized by para-
graph (1) shall be in such form and denominations, 
and shall be subject to such terms and conditions of 
issue, conversion, redemption, maturation, payment, 
and rate of interest as the Secretary may prescribe. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices and the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, shall submit an annual report to the Con-
gress describing the actions taken by the Secretaries 
under this subsection during the year covered by the 
report. The first such report shall describe the im-
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plementation of the program under this subsection, 
and each such report shall describe the use of funds 
and the status of the program.’’. 
(b) USE
OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts equal to the 
amounts received by the Secretary of the Treasury from 
the sale of bonds under section 3102(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, less amounts determined by the Secretary to 
be necessary for administration of such sales, are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health for research under title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act and shall be used solely for Alz-
heimer’s research. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any funds collected pursuant to section 3102(f) 
of title 31, United States Code (as added by this Act) are 
in addition to yearly appropriated funds and not to be 
used to supplement current funding. 
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