I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2104 
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment 
in biomedical research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2015 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 
of California, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs, 
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 prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national 
investment in biomedical 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 ‘‘American Cures Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CAP ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(i) 
NATIONAL
INSTITUTES
OF 
HEALTH.—If a bill or joint resolution mak-
ing appropriations for a fiscal year is en-
acted that specifies amounts for the Na-
tional Institutes of Health at the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, then 
the adjustments for that fiscal year shall 
be the amount of additional new budget 
authority provided in that Act for such 
programs for that fiscal year, but shall not 
exceed— 
‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2016, 
$1,741,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2017, 
$3,422,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2018, 
$5,167,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
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‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$7,085,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$9,149,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; and 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$11,435,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority. 
‘‘(ii) CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 
AND PREVENTION.—If a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for a fiscal 
year is enacted that specifies amounts for 
the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention at the Department of Health and 
Human Services, then the adjustments for 
that fiscal year shall be the amount of ad-
ditional new budget authority provided in 
that Act for such programs for that fiscal 
year, but shall not exceed— 
‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2016, 
$716,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
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‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2017, 
$1,287,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2018, 
$1,503,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$1,980,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$2,298,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; and 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$2,884,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority. 
‘‘(iii) 
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE 
HEALTH PROGRAM.—If a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for a fiscal 
year is enacted that specifies amounts for 
the Department of Defense health pro-
gram, then the adjustments for that fiscal 
year shall be the amount of additional new 
budget authority provided in that Act for 
such programs for that fiscal year, but 
shall not exceed— 
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‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2016, 
$57,402,000 in additional new budget 
authority; 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2017, 
$139,213,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2018, 
$226,460,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$322,742,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$425,700,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; and 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$540,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority. 
‘‘(iv) MEDICAL AND PROSTHETICS RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—If a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for a fis-
cal year is enacted that specifies amounts 
for the medical and prosthetics research 
program of the Department of Veterans 
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