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Union Calendar No. 272 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4704 
[Report No. 116–342] 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support multi-
disciplinary research on the science of suicide, and to advance the knowl-
edge and understanding of issues that may be associated with several 
aspects of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to 
areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulnerability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2019 
Mr. MCADAMS (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, 
and Mr. BALDERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Ms. STEVENS, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. TRONE, 
Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. LAMB, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Okla-
homa, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Miss RICE of 
New York, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. LAMALFA 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 16, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to support multidisciplinary research on the science of 
suicide, and to advance the knowledge and understanding 
of issues that may be associated with several aspects 
of suicide including intrinsic and extrinsic factors related 
to areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulnerability. 
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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 ‘‘Advancing Research to 
Prevent Suicide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rate of Americans dying by suicide is on 
the rise, increasing 10.7 to 14.0 deaths per 100,000 
people from 2001 to 2017. 
(2) Suicide is the tenth-leading cause of death 
among people in the United States and the second- 
leading cause of death for young people between the 
ages of 15 and 34. 
(3) The National Science Foundation funds re-
search that is improving our basic understanding of 
factors with potential relevance to suicide, including 
potential relevance to prevention and treatment. 
(4) Despite progress in mental health research, 
current gaps exist in scientific understanding and 
basic knowledge of human neural, genetic, cognitive, 
perceptual, behavioral, social, and environmental fac-
tors with potential relevance to suicide. 
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SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH. 
(a) The Director of the National Science Foundation, 
in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health and the Director of the National Institute on 
Mental Health where appropriate, shall award grants on 
a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher 
education (or consortia of such institutions) to support 
multidisciplinary, fundamental research with potential rel-
evance to suicide, including potential relevance to preven-
tion and treatment, including but not limited to— 
(1) basic understanding of human social behav-
ior; 
(2) the neural basis of human cognition; 
(3) basic understanding of cognitive, linguistic, 
social, cultural and biological processes related to 
human development across the lifespan; 
(4) basic understanding of perceptual, motor, 
and cognitive processes, and their interaction, in typ-
ical human behavior; and 
(5) basic understanding of the relevance of drug 
and alcohol abuse. 
(b) To promote the development of early career re-
searchers, in awarding funds under subsection (a) the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall encourage applications 
submitted by early career researchers, including doctoral 
students or postdoctoral researchers. 
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Union Calendar No. 272 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4704 
[Report No. 116–342] 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the National Science 
Foundation to support multidisciplinary research 
on the science of suicide, and to advance the 
knowledge and understanding of issues that may 
be associated with several aspects of suicide in-
cluding intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to 
areas such as wellbeing, resilience, and vulner-
ability. 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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