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‘‘(i) the national health services re-
search agenda; 
‘‘(ii) strategies with respect to infra-
structure needs of health services research; 
and 
‘‘(iii) appropriate organizational ex-
penditures in health services research by rel-
evant Federal departments and agencies. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The 
Council shall be composed of 20 members. One 
member shall be the Director of the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality. The Director 
shall appoint the other members not later than 
30 days after the enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(B) TERMS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), each member of the Council 
shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. 
‘‘(ii) 
TERMS
OF
INITIAL
AP-
POINTEES.—Of 
the 
members 
first 
ap-
pointed— 
‘‘(I) 8 shall be appointed for a 
term of 4 years; and 
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‘‘(II) 7 shall be appointed for a 
term of 3 years. 
‘‘(iii) 
VACANCIES.—Any 
vacancies 
shall not affect the power and duties of the 
Council and shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The members of the 
Council shall include one senior official 
from each of the following agencies: 
‘‘(I) The Veterans Health Admin-
istration. 
‘‘(II) The Department of Defense 
Military Health Care System. 
‘‘(III) The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(IV) The National Center for 
Health Statistics. 
‘‘(V) The National Institutes of 
Health. 
‘‘(VI) The Center for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services. 
‘‘(VII) The Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program. 
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‘‘(ii) 
NATIONAL, 
PHILANTHROPIC 
FOUNDATIONS.—The members of the Council 
shall include 4 senior leaders from major 
national, philanthropic foundations that 
fund and use health services research. 
‘‘(iii) STAKEHOLDERS.—The remain-
ing members of the Council shall be rep-
resentatives of other stakeholders in health 
services research, including private pur-
chasers, health plans, hospitals and other 
health 
facilities, 
and 
health 
consumer 
groups. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Council shall sub-
mit to Congress an annual report on the progress of 
the implementation of the national health services re-
search agenda. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RE-
SEARCH.—For fiscal year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal 
year, amounts in the Comparative Effectiveness Research 
Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the ‘CERTF’) 
under section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH TRUST 
FUND; FINANCING FOR TRUST FUND.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 
98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to trust fund code) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9511. HEALTH CARE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS 
RESEARCH TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is established 
in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be 
known as the ‘Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Re-
search Trust Fund’ (hereinafter in this section referred to 
as the ‘CERTF’), consisting of such amounts as may be ap-
propriated or credited to such Trust Fund as provided in 
this section and section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There are hereby appro-
priated to the Trust Fund the following: 
‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2008, $90,000,000. 
‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2009, $100,000,000. 
‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2010, $110,000,000. 
‘‘(4) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
year 2011— 
‘‘(A) an amount equivalent to the net reve-
nues received in the Treasury from the fees im-
posed under subchapter B of chapter 34 (relating 
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