‘‘(1) CONVERSION.—Effective on the date of 
the enactment of the Kids First Research Act of 
2013— 
‘‘(A) the special fund established under 
this section shall be known and designated as 
the ‘10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative 
Fund’; and 
‘‘(B) all amounts in the fund as of such 
date shall be available only for the purpose pro-
vided in section 402A(a)(2) of the Public 
Health Service Act, and only to the extent and 
in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—Any amounts in the fund 
that remain unobligated on October 1, 2024, shall 
be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 
(2) TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT.—Chapter 96 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9043. TERMINATION. 
‘‘The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any 
candidate with respect to any presidential election after 
the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) The table of sections for chapter 95 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9014. Termination.’’. 
(2) The table of sections for chapter 96 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9043. Termination.’’. 
SEC. 3. 10–YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 
(a) ALLOCATION OF NIH FUNDS IN COMMON FUND 
FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH.—Paragraph (7) of section 
402(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
282(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7)(A) shall, through the Division of Program 
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives— 
‘‘(i) identify research that represents im-
portant areas of emerging scientific opportuni-
ties, rising public health challenges, or knowl-
edge gaps that deserve special emphasis and 
would benefit from conducting or supporting 
additional research that involves collaboration 
between 2 or more national research institutes 
or national centers, or would otherwise benefit 
from strategic coordination and planning; 
‘‘(ii) include information on such research 
in reports under section 403; and 
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‘‘(iii) in the case of such research sup-
ported with funds referred to in subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(I) require as appropriate that pro-
posals include milestones and goals for the 
research; 
‘‘(II) require that the proposals in-
clude timeframes for funding of the re-
search; and 
‘‘(III) ensure appropriate consider-
ation of proposals for which the principal 
investigator is an individual who has not 
previously served as the principal investi-
gator of research conducted or supported 
by the National Institutes of Health; 
‘‘(B)(i) may, with respect to funds reserved 
under section 402A(c)(1) for the Common Fund, al-
locate such funds to the national research institutes 
and national centers for conducting and supporting 
research that is identified under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(ii) shall, with respect to funds appropriated 
to the Common Fund under section 402A(a)(2), al-
locate such funds to the national research institutes 
and national centers for making grants for pediatric 
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research that is identified under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(C) may assign additional functions to the Di-
vision in support of responsibilities identified in sub-
paragraph (A), as determined appropriate by the Di-
rector;’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR 10-YEAR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 
INITIATIVE.—Section 402A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 282a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively, and moving the indentation of each 
such subparagraph 2 ems to the right; 
(B) by striking ‘‘For purposes of carrying 
out this title’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) THIS
TITLE.—For purposes of carrying 
out this title’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) FUNDING
FOR
10-YEAR
PEDIATRIC
RE-
SEARCH INITIATIVE THROUGH COMMON FUND.—For 
carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated, out of funds in the 10– 
Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund established 
by section 9006 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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1986, and in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available under paragraph (1) of this subsection and 
reserved under subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) of this sec-
tion, $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2023.’’; and 
(2) in subsections (c)(1)(B), (c)(1)(D), and (d), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 
(c) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT; PROHIBITION 
AGAINST TRANSFER.—Funds appropriated under section 
402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 
subsection (b)— 
(1) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
the funds otherwise allocated by the National Insti-
tutes of Health for pediatric research; and 
(2) notwithstanding any transfer authority in 
any appropriation Act, shall not be used for any 
purpose other than making grants as described in 
section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST NIH RESEARCH ON HEALTH 
ECONOMICS. 
Section 402A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 282a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(f) HEALTH ECONOMICS RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) ONGOING RESEARCH.—Before continuing 
any health economics research grant, project, or ac-
tivity that is ongoing as of the date of the enactment 
of this subsection, the Director of NIH shall submit 
to the Congress a report that outlines the justifica-
tion for such ongoing grant, project, or activity, in-
cluding the reason for giving priority to such ongo-
ing grant, project, or activity over research on pedi-
atric diseases and disorders, such as autism, cancer, 
and other pediatric genetic disorders without cures. 
‘‘(2) NEW RESEARCH.—The Director of NIH 
may not initiate any health economics research 
grant, project, or activity until— 
‘‘(A) the Director has submitted the report 
described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a Federal law has been enacted au-
thorizing the National Institutes of Health to 
use funding specifically for health economics re-
search.’’. 
Æ 
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