IB 
Union Calendar No. 380 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 758 
[Report No. 111–640] 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
establishment of pediatric research consortia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2009 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KIRK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mrs. 
SCHMIDT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. 
SPACE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. KILROY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DAVIS of Ala-
bama, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. BALD-
WIN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. REICHERT 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
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] 
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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 ‘‘Pediatric Research 
Consortia Establishment Act’’. 
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 the National In-
stitutes of Health, acting through the Director of the 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, 
shall 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. 
‘‘(b)
RESEARCH.—Each
consortium
established 
under subsection (a) shall supplement, but not replace, the 
establishment of a comprehensive pediatric research port-
folio. Such consortium shall conduct basic, clinical, behav-
ioral, social, and translational research, as well as training 
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and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment 
methods relating to pediatrics. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF CONSORTIA REPORTS.—The 
Director of NIH shall— 
‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordina-
tion of information among consortia under sub-
section (a) and ensure regular communication be-
tween 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 consortium. 
‘‘(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 SUPPORT.—Support for a consor-
tium established under subsection (a) may be provided 
under this section for a period of 5 years and may be ex-
tended for additional periods of 5 years each, with en-
hanced funding opportunities based on a review of the op-
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erations by an appropriate scientific review group estab-
lished by the Director.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pediatric Research Con-
sortia Establishment Act’’. 
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, con-
tracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit pri-
vate entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, estab-
lishing, 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 sec-
tion shall supplement, but not replace, research that is oth-
erwise conducted or supported as part of the comprehensive 
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pediatric research portfolio of entities receiving awards 
under subsection (a). Consortia established under subsection 
(a) shall, in the aggregate, conduct basic, clinical, behav-
ioral, social, or translational research to meet unmet re-
search needs, as well as training in and demonstration of 
advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to pe-
diatrics, as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF CONSORTIA REPORTS.—The 
Director of NIH shall— 
‘‘(1) as appropriate, provide for the coordination 
of information among consortia established under 
subsection (a) and ensure regular communication be-
tween 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 insti-
tution, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by 
the Director of NIH, including participation in a network 
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. 
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‘‘(f) DURATION OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under sub-
section (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 funding 
opportunities based on a review of the operations by an ap-
propriate scientific review.’’. 
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