I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1080 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
establishment of pediatric research consortia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2011 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. BALD-
WIN, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CLAY, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia. 
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 ‘‘Pediatric Research 
Consortia Establishment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 
Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 452H. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH CONSORTIA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH, acting 
through the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Na-
tional Institute of Child Health and Human Development 
and in collaboration with all other Institutes of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health that support pediatric research, 
may, subject to the availability of funds, award grants, 
contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit 
private entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, 
establishing, and providing basic operating support for up 
to 20 national pediatric research consortia. The Director 
of NIH shall take unmet research needs into account when 
making awards under this section. 
‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—Research conducted under this 
section shall supplement, but not replace, research that 
is otherwise conducted or supported as part of the com-
prehensive pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving 
awards under subsection (a). Consortia established under 
subsection (a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clin-
ical, behavioral, social, or translational research to meet 
unmet research needs, as well as training in and dem-
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onstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods 
relating to pediatrics, as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF CONSORTIA REPORTS.—The 
Director of NIH shall— 
‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordina-
tion of information among consortia established 
under subsection (a) and ensure regular communica-
tion between such consortia; and 
‘‘(2) require the periodic preparation of reports 
on the activities of the consortia and the submission 
of the reports to the Director. 
‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION OF CONSORTIUM.—Each consor-
tium established under subsection (a) shall be formed from 
a collaboration of cooperating institutions with a lead in-
stitution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed 
by the Director of NIH, including participation in a net-
work of such consortia. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Payments under subsection (a) 
shall not exceed $2,500,000 per year for each consortium 
in the first 5-year cycle. 
‘‘(f) DURATION
OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under 
subsection (a) for a consortium may be provided under 
this section for a period of 5 years and may be extended 
for additional periods of 5 years each, with enhanced fund-
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ing opportunities based on a review of the operations by 
an appropriate scientific review.’’. 
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